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Pause: A fleshy human pastiche to make a Dead Space fan blush

Le Sénat #2 By Louis Fortier, 2007

Today on Kill Screen: NBA Jam Creator on his early childhood

Our “pre-game” interview series rolls on with an interview with NBA Jam/NFL Blitz creator Mark Turmell. Our favorite piece is the unlikely adolescent origins of the famous catchphrase “He’s on fire!”: Did you have a big childhood secret? Yeah. I was really a pyromaniac. My buddy Elmer and I would wa

Civilization creator Sid Meier on the past and future of games

CNN gives a nice intro to the world of Sid Meier, creator of Civilization: “Players have continued to respond to the game in spite of how far technology has come, in spite of how the world has changed, in spite of how the demographics of game players have changed,” Meier said. “Each game starts out

Pause: You see sculptor Anish Kapoor, we see HAL 9000

Anish Kapoor. Untitled, 2008. Fibreglass and paint, 301×302×150 cm [via]

Portal 2 writer goes long on his art and craft

Game Center Lecture Series- Erik Wolpaw from NYU Game Center on Vimeo. Writer Erik Wolpaw gave a talk at NYU’s Game Center the other week. It’s a bit long — but if you love Portal 2, this is an exhaustive look at the humor of the game.

Cheat Sheet 5/12: Facebook game crash?, Portal 2 user levels, Minecraft conference

Mainstream videogame news can be a chore to wade through, so we’re here to help: –Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson mulls a real world conference. –Downloadable games for the 3DS are delayed. -Is Facebook gaming on the brink of a crash? -Entertainment Software Ratings Board quietly begins new

Rollercoaster Tycoon creator takes a stab at a $25 computer for developing world

David Braben, best known for the Rollercoaster Tycoon, has created a pint-sized wrist computer for the developing world.  To work the system, all one needs to do it plug a USB-based keyboard and mouse setup into the USB 2.0 port on the opposite end of the Pocket PC’s HDMI port. Additional storage co

Flashback: 1969 clip of Ralph Baer and Bill Harrison with a ping-pong videogame