Kill Screen Staff
R.I.P. Fez 2, a total look at the New Aesthetic, & what’s your "game dose"?
Oh weep for FEZ 2—he is dead! Wake, melancholy Mother, wake and weep! Yet wherefore? Quench within their burning bed. Thy fiery tears, and let thy loud heart keep, Like his, a mute and uncomplaining sleep; For he is gone, where all things wise and fair Descend;—oh, dream not that the amorous Deep Wi
First-Person Flight, Fishing gets Ridiculouser, and Xbox 180 x 2
If you’ve been working for the weekend, now’s your time to play.
Buzz Aldrin gets a spaceship simulator, Nintendo (sort of) goes indie, and Kanye’s new dystopic RPG
We need to have a serious talk about videogame voice actors.
The Art of Failure, virtual kitten petting, & do you lie about the games you’ve played?
Pseudologia fantastica, we like dying a lot, Cormac McCarthy 101, invisible kittles, Museum of Design Atlanta, pitch drops—confirmed, and do bars really trust drunk people not to spill Sierra Nevada on this expensive-looking touch screen game?
Pikmin returns to the East, the strange anti-Pussy Riot game, and the microwave of the future
A GameCube classic returns and Japanese games are spotlit in France as the summer doldrums march on. Also, the Russian Orthodox church wants you virtually keep Pussy Riot from the cathedral. Wait, what?
Kill Screen’s 7/17 Playlist: Sneaking with Tiny Thief, sloppy seconds with Viscera Cleanup Detail, and Ittle Dew aids your Zelda fix
Sweaty from that summer heat? Chill out with our picks from this week’s Playlist.
Super T.I.M.E. Force explodes, Police Quest returns, & the SportsCenter of pro gaming
What games can learn from Disneyland, Incredible Temporality Power, the Shaq of e-sports, Pikmin piks, mind games, has Ralph Baer always been old? the return of Police Quest, and the perils of washing your hair in outer space!
EVO’s ultimate warriors, The Times goes extra-digital, and Famicom’s big 3-0
More outdoor gaming, the Times goes interactive, and we wish Nintendo’s Famicom a happy thirtieth.
Female game designers at the museum, Doseone does chiptune, & League of Legends is officially a sport
Kill Screen sends a huge shout out and congrats to the amazing players at EVO 2013.
The Power Glove gets a documentary, NHL ’94 returns and Xbox has a new boss
It’s Friday. Sip a cool beverage and run through the grass.
EVO indies, the Konami code goes GQ, & Desert Bus keeps on truckin’
Xbox One rejects, EVO, FMV gumshoes, the worst game ever made, a videogame that no one wins, and up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-b-a is forever.
Anti-social Foursquare, Mega Man gets physical, and Grand Theft 401K
The summer lull of gaming’s downtime continues… but tidbits always fall through the cracks.
The cast of The Wire loves Madden, Hotline Miami 2, & gaming on Google Glass sounds kooky
Madden tips and tricks (from The Wire); why “bro” is gender neutral; Xbox Live, no longer The Lord of the Flies; and more on today’s Cheat Sheet!
Fox McCloud turns 20, Kinect reads minds, and Pokémon goes medieval
“What if Halo was played on MARZ?” and other necessary questions.
Chibi-Robo voyeur, a very spiritual successor to Journey, & kids today are terrible at Mario
Mountain meditation, an augmented reality camera, U-boats, scary people in Sonic costumes, mo’ money, an awful lot of Pheonix Downs, and 50% of players die on the first Goomba twice.
Happy Fourth!
Get free.
Killer Queen, The Walking Dead, and the maze-like sketch pad of Jorge Luis Borges
Happy Fourth from Kill Screen!
The oldest wonderful podcast returns and YouTube reports on the state of gamers
On Canada Day, Xbox losts its leader. Coincidence?
McSweeney’s <3 ASCII art, MoMA gets Space Invaders, and a collection of awesome arcade games
ASCII art meets foodie fun, scavenger hunts of the rich and famous, Rambo, the real Syndicate reboot, No Quarter indeed, Museum of Modern Art’s new games, and chimps.