How Nintendo Became the World's Most Fun Video Game Company

Keza MacDonald, the video games editor at The Guardian and author of the new book “Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play,” chose to write her first book about Nintendo because it has been so central for so long to the culture of games. “It was the company that got me into video games,” she says. “I know that’s the same story that millions of other people have had as well." She speaks with host Gilbert Cruz about the iconic Japanese company as well as how the perception of gaming has changed over the decades.

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How Nintendo Became the World's Most Fun Video Game Company is an episode from The Book Review by The New York Times.

This episode is 00:42:45 long.

This episode was published on Feb 6, 2026.

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