Interview
A conversation with Ralph Anspach, the man behind Anti-Monopoly
An economist thought Monopoly taught the wrong lessons, so he created anti-Monopoly. Then the monopolies got mad.
Jason Johnson
Article
LET THEM EAT CAKE IS A LIE: The decadent and depraved VGAs
Our man in Alabama sighs through the worst awards show on television.
Interview
A conversation with the Maine State Senator-elect who was game-shamed for playing World of Warcraft
The Maine GOP blasted Colleen Lachowicz for playing World of Warcraft in her spare time. Then, she facerolled them. Here’s how.
Article
The famous books that should really be games
Why the masterpieces of Joyce, Nabokov, and DFW would benefit from a little game design.
Review
The Kill Screen Review: Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
The latest never-ending puzzler helps our reviewer sort out the food bill.
Article
Dark Souls broke me. Why did I give it another chance?
Jason Johnson gave up on From Software’s murderous masterpiece a year ago and recovered. Then he relapsed.
Interview
We interviewed the DayZ developer right before he was arrested in Greece
Ivan Buchta stands accused of espionage for taking pictures in Greece. We talked to him about designing landscapes days before his arrest.
Essay
The presidential debate is going to be boring. Let’s gamify it.
Kill Screen’s suggestions for making the debate watchable, for once.
Article
Can a Flash game improve the lives of Syrian refugees?
Inside the Egyptian-made food-prep game that aims to help Syrians displaced in the civil war
Article
Attention angry nerds: stop sending Bayonetta creator death tweets
INTRANURTZ rage has gone too far this time. Now, it’s personal.
Article
Won’t virtual reality die already?
I thought Valve was working on a real-life portal gun. Instead, they built 1992.
News
Electing the Freshman Class to the UN of Gaming
This post is part of a content series presented in partnership with smartwater. smartwater, simplicity is delicious. Technology may be making the world smaller, but as the computer scientist Vannevar Bush pointed out in his watershed 1945 essay As We May Think, it is also making the world infinitel