Kill Screen staff writer Jon Irwin attends his first Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. In this dispatch, holding hands with mutants and reading into attire.
Swing Swing Submarine’s Blocks That Matter is a game within a game—within many more games. Jon Irwin unravels the indie title inspired by Tetris and Minecraft.
Can keeping a digital pet ever live up to a master’s relationship with a real one? Do we want to see the day when it can? Jon Irwin wonders why Nintendogs + Cats for 3DS makes him feel so guilty, and why pet sims don’t take the responsibility of pet ownership seriously enough.