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Yesterday a new Joe Danger was revealed to the world. Coming to your iPhone “real soon,” it has been confirmed, is Joe Danger Infinity, the latest entry about popping wheelies on a stunt bike. Personally, I couldn’t be more excited, which is a little surprising, given that the guys at Hello have bee
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Say what you will about Tale of Tales—the best known and ostensibly pretentious art game house from Belgium. For ten years they’ve been making games that challenge our expectations. On their anniversary, they are opening the cellar and giving away, for a small donation, experiments and prototypes th
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It’s been a great year for games. So for our special end of the year Game/Show, we’ve brainstormed the brightest and boldest ideas of the past twelve months. Of course there have been moments we’d rather forget (we’re looking at you, Resolutiongate), but overall 2013 was a melange of technical innov
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Pet ownership isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be. There’s the wear-and-tear on the carpet, the vet visits, the untimely messes. But looking at the alternatives, such as hovering robotic Slinkies, maybe your shedding cat isn’t so bad. That doesn’t mean that these Cthulhu-esque robots created by t
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The amazing thing about The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter is how nature looks more gorgeous in it than in whatever gorgeous game you have in mind: Far Cry 3, Crysis, Skyrim, Battlefield. So you might be surprised to learn that it was made by a small and unknown independent team. How’d they do it? Well,
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Earlier this year, we learned of one man’s bonkers plan to shoot a documentary as he excavates a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico, where it’s said millions of copies of E.T. are buried. Today we found out that this film will be original content for Xbox. There has been original television content
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We here at Kill Screen believe that two teams of intensely skilled gold farmers going at it is a wholly worthwhile activity. But the rest of the world doesn’t necessarily see it that way. When guests on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel recently entertained the question of whether esports count a
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Nightmare: Malaria is a game with a good cause, namely fighting malaria in Africa. But hold up, Mr. Cynical-pants. Before you dismiss it outright on the grounds that it’s fighting the good fight, I have to say it looks like a compelling experience in its on right—sort of like Limbo with sinister mos
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The other day I questioned what good could come from President Obama inviting the founder of Zynga to the Oval Office for a chat about national security. I think the sentiment was something to the effect of: what the eff? Well, it turns out Mark Pincus of Zynga made a bold and populist contribution
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Namco High is the stateside dating sim that lets you loan your letterman jacket and class ring to many forgotten characters from the Namco vault. Yep, it’s nuts. But then the question arises of sexual orientation. Is the ship from Galaga a dude, a gal, or agendered? The thought alone is kind of sil
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Nintendo announced a confounding but potentially cool new Zelda title for Wii U today. Dubbed Hyrule Warriors, the latest adventure for our peach-fuzzed wonder is being developed by Tecmo Koei, not Nintendo. The game will be chockablock full of action, as Link will find himself facing an unfamiliar
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Over at freeindiegam.es, Terry Cavanagh, designer of really hard games like Super Hexagon and VVVVVV, has put together a list of his favorite free games from this year. These are great because you aren’t likely to hear these games mentioned anywhere else (aside from Become a Great Artist in Just 10