Kill Screen Staff

Have indie games lost their spark?

In a recent interview, prominent indie developer Jonatan Söderström, better known as cactus, called the creativity and relevance of recent indie games into question.  I’ve also grown tired of indie games in general, not easily being interested or impressed by what I see posted on blogs. Nothing real

Be a double major in chemistry and lacrosse

A column from the Washington Post recently argued that sports should be offered as an academic pursuit, alongside more traditional departments, such as science, business, and the humanities. Why shouldn’t we let kids major in sports? Aspiring athletes should be able to pursue their real interest, as

Mercedes-Benz made a terrifying interactive short film based on Google Maps

In Mercedes’ dystopian vision, we will all be blurs being sent nowhere, trapped in a pixelated dungeon of our own design. Luckily, you can be saved by driving a Mercedes. Or something. Play the game at Mercedes-Benz’s official UK site. Fair warning, they’re going to try to trick you into giving them

Having conquered Earth, Angry Birds eye space

As a team of two Russian and one American astronauts blasted through the Earth’s atmosphere towards the International Space Station on Monday, they had their eyes not on the control panel, as you’d expect, but on Angry Birds. This wasn’t a case of being distracted by mobile games. The astronauts dan