Samus Aran -- she has a cult following unlike nearly any other female game character out there. Lara Croft may be pretty, but she doesn't hold a candle to Samus' moves and persona. Ms. Aran, a bounty ...

The Spider Guardian boss in the Gamecube version of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is arguably one of the toughest bosses the whole ...

Derek's love of games came at an early age when his parents first brought home the Nintendo Entertainment System. From then on, countless nights were spent hunting ducks, stomping turtles, exploring ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. For those that are curious, this is not the first time Good Smile ...

A full decade before popular female leads like Lara Croft and Jill Valentine became mainstays of gaming, Samus Aran, the badass bounty hunter of the Metroid Series, made waves when her pixilated ...