Meghan Morris

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small |Meghan Morris

After spending the past two decades cultivating a market for casual gamers, Nintendo is relying on star power in its latest advertising campaign. "Let me show you a little something something that I learned in the 1900s," the actor Paul Rudd says in one commercial, failing to impress a girl named Lisa who thinks it is strange he is dressed as his 22-year-old self, complete with an indie-rock hairstyle and wearing beads.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Meghan Morris |Tala Safie

"When you really look at it ... you're pretty much dead already." -Shane Walsh In "The Walking Dead" Father Gabriel (left, friend) welcomes newcomers; in "Z Nation" Father Jacob (right, foe) feeds newcomers to zombies. "I'm feeling like this glass is not zombieproof." -Bob Belcher In "The Walking Dead," Officer Dawn (left, foe) shoots people; in "Happiness," Officer Sae-bom (right, friend) saves people. "We were called contractors ... We were cool.