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HBO’s new show “Girls” finally began airing this past Sunday amidst a massive amount of hype. Almost immediately, however, I was struck by the ferocity of attacks against the show. Most of the anger was not directed at the quality of the writing, acting, cinematography, or many of the other things I
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Last month the release of Mass Effect 3 had a nifty design tweak for fans of femshep: the cover art was made to be double-sided, so fans could switch between which version of Shepard they could prefer. It was a clever idea, but with the growing trends towards digital media, might these sort of desig
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Kill Screen recently spoke with videogame scholar Jesper Juul about the creative possibilities inherent in failure, something game designers and gamers alike may be loath to take seriously considering the emotional difficulty of processing failure itself. Herman Cain may seem like an odd candidate t
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tk The chances of a Ron Paul-led GOP ticket come this election season may be slim, but that doesn’t mean the cantankerous libertarian doesn’t have to stop fighting! Kickstarter has once again helped foment the burgeoning indie game seen (and, I suppose, the libertarian revolution) with this new Mari
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Happy hump day! Here’s everything you need to know: Dark Souls is coming to PC later this year in a special Prepare to Die edition. It will be offered through the Games for Windows Live service. Peter Molyneux spoke to Eurogamer in an exclusive interview, explaining his departure from Microsoft and,
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If an alternate reality game forcing you to run away from vicious hordes of the undead in order to burn calories and survive a bit long (in the game and real life, I suppose) isn’t enough to quench your thirst for undead action, here’s another brain-eating form of augmented reality for you: “Map of
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One of the most successful television shows ever made, a constant joke in The Simpsons is the resistance on the creator’s part to actually reveal where in the United States the show is set. That may have changed with a new reveal by Matt Groening, BBC News reports: Mr Groening also said he was inspi
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The simplest videogames today excel at one thing: the chase that we pursue endlessly and never finish. Yannick LeJacq looks at mobile hits Canabalt and Temple Run through the health and fitness lens.
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Happy Tuesday! If you missed today in gaming news, fear not. Here is everything you need to know: A new legal settlement will require GameStop to warn customers about DLC and potentially refund them. The founder of Commodore passed away last Sunday at the age of 83. BioWare announced its official re
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Despite any potential for brilliance in its hardware, the Microsoft Kinect has often seemed to struggle under the weight of its own cultural ambitions (see the recent ambivalent response to Kinect Star Wars). But in transforming a legendarily complicated custom controller (pictured above) into a ser
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The Eye blog has some amazing images from Galt Toys today in recognition of a new exhibition of Ken Garland’s design work for the manufacturer. Speaking about the work, Garland sheds some light on how toy and game manufacturers began to see their products in terms of the unified design of a branded
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Today at Kill Screen Richard Clark asked if a alternate reality game centered on being chased by virtual zombies could finally inspire him to exercise (spoiler alert: it does, but not nearly as much as being single can). Turns out the existence of a mobile app this ridiculous might be a symptom of a