There is a thoughtful piece on Game|Life today about the returning trend of permadeath, found in various permutations in games like DayZ, Dark Souls, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The real nugget comes from XCOM lead designer Jake Solomon: The downside of strong narratives, Solomon said, is that they’re
Bioshock auteur Ken Levine announced today on Twitter that the frantically anticipated Bioshock: Infinite will not include multiplayer. This will rankle some, to be sure, as multiplayer is essentially de rigeur in every major console release these days, even in series in which no one asked for it, l
As you know, we here at Kill Screen are big, big FIFA fans. We’re also now big Hot Chip fans, thanks to their new video for “Don’t Deny Your Heart”, in which the band plays a malfunctioning pseudo-FIFA, in which the players put aside their differences and get a little sexy: The spectacle of City and
Here are the things you can do in Bientôt l’été (Soon, the Summer), the new art game from Belgian developer Tale of Tales: -Walk on a beach -Close your eyes -Run with your eyes closed -Find objects on the beach -Watch your house change sizes and shapes -Read and listen to cryptic conversations in Fr
Well, this is just flippin cool: a new iPhone app allows you to upload Minecraft-created objects onto the real world, and view them using an augmented reality interface. Check it out: For me, this is a very significant development. Among my plans: turn my basement apartment into the Playboy Mansion,
To all of our readers, friends, family, enemies, frenemies and pets, HAPPY THANKSGIVING, or as it’s affectionately known, Jewish Christmas. Please eat more food than is comfortable, drink more beer than is advisable, and play more games than is acceptable. We’ll see you on Monday, when, coincidental
Last year, the Game Creation Society at Carnegie Mellon University played an icebreaker to welcome new members. Officers in the club, including then-senior Duncan Boehle, had come up with seed guidelines for teams to develop into little games. “One of the ideas was smell-based stealth,” Boehle said,