Kill Screen Staff

George Romero played Space Invaders

According to Tom Savini, the O.G. of gore makeup, America’s favorite zombie enthusiast was a proto-gamer: “I had the first Space Invaders game that came out, and that was a miracle back then. When I was making Knightriders with George Romero, we would sit in the hotel room and play Space Invaders an

Monsters as icons: what zombies tell us about the Recession

The notion that monster figures reflect the collective unconscious is not exactly news. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein made a bold statement about inherent alienation symptomatic of modernity while the 1950s Invisible Man addressed racial identity at the onset of the Civil Rights Movement. Even the ove

November 14, 2011, 9:14 am

With so much time and effort spent making virtual weapons in games like World of Warcraft and Monster Hunter, or cobbling together world monument #122 in Minecraft, it is refreshing to see a person who is actually making something. Made by Hand / No 2 The Knife Maker is a short documentary that focu

I don’t want my MTV, or CDs, or newspapers, or…

First, it was the music industry. Then, newspapers. Now the television business is feeling the pinch as younger generations are turning to the internet to watch TV shows and movies, hanging subscription services out to dry. According to the chairman of Dish Network: Young people who move to an apart