Author Jeff Ryan Explains Why Nintendo's Mario Is Still Super
His new book, Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America, chronicles the rise of Nintendo
In the new book, Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America, author Jeff Ryan follows three stories: the business history of Nintendo over the years since it came to America, the gaming innovations of the Super Mario series of games, and the pop culture life of Mario as an icon. The former Katrillion.com video game editor took some time to explore the past, present and future of Nintendo in this exclusive video interview.
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About the Author
John Gaudiosi
Editor-in-Chief
John Gaudiosi has been covering videogames for the past 20 years for outlets like The Washington Post, CNET, Wired Magazine and CBS.com. He has focused on the convergence of entertainment and videogames for outlets like Video Business, Home Media Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Gamerlive.TV and is also a freelance game columnist for Reuters and writes for outlets like Forbes.com, NVISION, Official PlayStation Magazine, EGM Now, Geek Monthly, PrimaGames.com, and Yahoo! Games. John also serves as the video game expert for NBC in Washington D.C. and has produced videogame documentaries for The History Channel and Starz Entertainment. John was named one of the Top 50 Game Journalists in the world by Next-Gen.biz in 2007. He is the co-author of Scholastic Books' How to Get into Videogames, Prima Publishing's Madden: Twenty Years of Videogame Football and Electronic Arts: The Official History.
