Kill Screen Staff

September 30th, go for Baroque with KS and "Johann Sebastian Joust"

Atari creator helps develop game that accelerates learning amongst teens

There’s a new game being tested called Speed to Learn, made with the express purpose of boosting high school education. It was created by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, and it’s seriously on some Star Trek shit: At an education summit in New York, Bushnell described the program as “an arcade-

Are videogames turning robots into a squad of killing machines?

Maybe! The military has been adapting their technology to fit the skills that videogames have taught us: (Military drone) controllers themselves are videogame controllers. They’re just like the ones that you would have with an X-Box or a Playstation. And the reason the military does this is twofold.

An explanation for lonely noobs?: New poll claims young people more likely to condone offensive language

Logging into an online gaming service like PSN or Xbox Live can sometimes have the unfortunate side effect of feeling an awful lot like looking graffiti in a high school bathroom stall. Or like opening a door and accidentally finding yourself at an Odd Future concert. Why is that? Well, because all

PAUSE: QWOP finds its way onto one of Bill Cosby’s sweaters

We meant that literally.  –Lana Polansky [via]

Ikea Introduces Manland, Baby-Sitting For Your Husband

It’s kind of hard to know where to start with this one, but let’s start with the perceived problem: women take their husbands or significant others furniture shopping at Ikea, only to find them zoning out and complaining the whole time. Leave him home? Dump him? No, pacify him.  Manzone is Ikea’s ow

September 30th, go for Baroque with KS and "Johann Sebastian Joust"