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Next time you find yourself at a Dave & Buster’s (or something like it), keep your eyes open for a mammoth-sized version of Fruit Ninja. The arcade setup contains all of the same touch-screen fruit-killing you might expect from Fruit Ninja, but it doesn’t come without its limitations: The touch scr
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The game itself may not have much of a plot, but that hasn’t stopped producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Gigi Pritzker from starting work on the film. Their track record can be deemed “mixed”: For di Bonaventura, Space Invaders is the latest of a string of projects based on 80s touchstones. He is
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Now, intrepid gamer NotEntirelySure didn’t necessarily reach the lowest possible score in the NES clasic Super Mario Bros., but he did set quite a standard with 600 points —and zero deaths— using an emulator and keyboard with no save states or slowdowns. Simply consider all the coins, enemies and he
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The work of Rhett Allain, associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University and science blogger for Wired.com, inspired physics teacher John Burk to combine beloved indie game Angry Birds with the study of physics. And so far, Burk’s experiment has been pretty darn successful —havi
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ETC-Press, publisher of Well Played 1.0 and 2.0, has released a third and final journal. Edited by Drew Davidson, Well Played 3.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning reflects on meaningful play experiences from contributing authors, including our friend Simon Ferrari. The site describes the journal: Fo
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Get ready for another dose of mainstream videogame news! –Left 4 Dead 2’s upcoming DLC will breath new, um, life into the zombie-infested FPS. -Kings and queens of the 2011 Pokemon Video Game National Championships have been crowned. -The new Batman: Arkham City trailer is all riddles. -Sony chie
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If you’re of a certain age, you likely recall the program D.A.R.E., an attempt at teaching school-aged children the dangers of drug use and abuse. I remember the black t-shirt with red lettering, but little else. Perhaps such lessons are taught more effectively through interactive play. Two students
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Those in-flight instructions don’t lie. Image by Pippin Barr. -Lana Polansky
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First, humans played chess with other humans. Seeking tougher competition, humans began playing chess against machines. The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) has taken this to the logical conclusion, pitting Machine vs. Machine in the annual World Computer Chess Championships. If only
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Over at art store 20×200, the work of Hollis Brown Thorton is dealing with questions of nostalgia, story-telling, and myth-making. The artist’s statement below: Osiris Mountain represents the outdated things that are still around-like ideas or beliefs that no longer serve their original purpose-and
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In honor of Independence Day, help Kill Screen celebrate the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to uphold video games’ free speech rights with your very own Brown vs. EMA t-shirt. Did we mention Kill Screen was cited in the decision? Check out p. 32 if you don’t believe us. Granted it was by Justic