The first princess Mario saved was Nintendo itself. In 1981, Nintendo of America was a one-year-old business already on the brink of failure. Its president, Mino Arakawa, was stuck with two thousand unsold arcade cabinets for a dud of a game ("Radar Scope"). So he hatched a plan. Back in Japan, a bo[...]

August Shroeder, a burned-out teacher, has been sober since his 19-year-old son died. Every year he s spent the summer on the road, but making it to Yellowstone this year means everything. The plan had been to travel there with his son, but now August is making the trip with Philip s ashes instead. [...]