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# Boston exhales, Mario’s questionable block, and Mr. Sim goes west
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/cheat-sheet-422/
- Published: 2013-04-22T15:25:51.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:59:08.000Z
- Description: Last week was rough. Rob Dubbin, Colbert Report contributor (and infrequent Kill Screen scribe) showed how making games in response to tragedy can offer a different kind of catharsis. Friday’s unprecedented manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers ended with the help of thermal imaging, a kind of hea
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, cheat sheet, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Last week was rough. Rob Dubbin, Colbert Report contributor (and infrequent Kill Screen scribe) showed how [making games in response to tragedy ](http://storify.com/Acccent/twines-for-boston?utm%5Fcontent=storify-pingback&utm%5Fcampaign=&utm%5Fsource=t.co&utm%5Fmedium=sfy.co-twitter&awesm=sfy.co%5Fr501)can offer a different kind of catharsis.

Friday’s unprecedented manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers ended with the help of [thermal imaging, a kind of heat-sensing vision](http://usnews.nbcnews.com/%5Fnews/2013/04/19/17830076-secret-weapon-how-thermal-imaging-helped-catch-bomb-suspect?ref=killscreen.com) familiar to *Call of Duty* fans the world over.

And in near-Boston news, the Times goes deep into the implosion of Curt Schilling’s 38 studios and the ensuing legal debacle. It’s a good read on how Rhode Island [put it all on black and lost](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/business/curt-schilling-rhode-island-and-the-fall-of-38-studios.html?pagewanted=all&%5Fr=0&ref=killscreen.com).

Need to check out for awhile after all the tension? Sink into *[Slayin](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slayin/id548580856?mt=8&ref=killscreen.com)*[, an action RPG that goes on forever](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slayin/id548580856?mt=8&ref=killscreen.com) and ever…

A suburb of Tempe, Arizona was evacuated after residents called in a suspicious box sitting in the middle of the road. I’d be suspicious, too… it wasn’t even floating in the air! (No Goombas were hurt; the box contained random papers.)

You lucky Banana Slugs get to hear Papa Sims wax poetic on conceptual frameworks! Translation: [Will Wright is giving a lecture at University of California Santa Cruz titled “Gaming as a Lens on the World.”](http://games.soe.ucsc.edu/events/event/279?ref=killscreen.com)

For those *Asteroids* addicts, here’s something to top your arcade obsession: [A trip to mars. Too bad it’s one-way.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22146456?ref=killscreen.com)

Douglas Wilson brought his next social experiment masquarading as a game to Copenhagen, showing off *Edgar Rice Frotteur* to a meet-up for Denmark’s National Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment.

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*Happy Monday!*