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# Syria: The Video Game, flies have their revenge, & join us at MoMA!
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/cheat-sheet-830/
- Published: 2013-08-30T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:09:28.000Z
- Description: Happy Labor Day. Eat plenty of pulled pork or falafel for us.
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, cheat sheet, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

This Sunday, we’re hosting a dialogue with *Proteus* and *Dyad* soundman David Kanaga. He’s one of the most enlightening minds in interactive sound design. [So, see you at MoMA PS1!](https://www.facebook.com/events/212802818884096/)

*Combat Mission Shock Force* is [the shooter that asks: what could happen if the U.S. launched a military campaign in Syria](http://www.slate.com/articles/news%5Fand%5Fpolitics/foreigners/2013/08/combat%5Fmission%5Fshock%5Fforce%5Fsimulates%5Fu%5Fs%5Fattack%5Fon%5Fsyria%5Flessons%5Ffor%5Fobama.html?ref=killscreen.com). Looks like we’ll see.

[This playground built on top of the site of Hitler’s cremation site](http://www.vice.com/read/the-site-of-hitlers-suicide-is-now-a-playground?ref=killscreen.com) is real. Which is kind of beautiful, but also spooky.

*Kentucky Route Zero, Gone Home*, and a wonderful-looking little game we’ve not heard of called *Fjords* are among [the selections for Fantastic Arcade Festival](http://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/fantastic-arcade-showcase-games-and-gamemaking-frenzy-announced?ref=killscreen.com).

On the heels of their survey about books people lie about reading, [Book Riot asked their readers which guilty pleasures they’re too embarrassed to fess up to](http://bookriot.com/2013/08/28/top-10-books-youre-embarrassed-admit-youve-read/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+bookriot%2FWlRy+%28BOOK+RIOT%29). The top three:

1\. The *Twilight* Saga

2\. *Fifty Shades* trilogy

3\. *The Da Vinci Code* by Dan Brown

On the games front, *Style Savvy* definitely falls into this category.

Perhaps best described as *Smash Bros.* meets Kurosawa, the red dead finale at sundown in *Samurai Gunn* is one of the most intense, austere, and tragic moments we’ve experienced with a game all year.

> “One of the things that influences the teamwork is how lethal you are.”

—Randy King, [the producer of *America’s Army: Proving Grounds*](http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/28/4669646/americas-army-proving-grounds-goes-back-to-basics-with-strategy-and?ref=killscreen.com), the latest in the series of free-to-play shooters that aspire for realism and double as an U.S. Army recruiting tool. Creepy.

To some developers and players, [games are one long buzz feed, supplying a steady flow of dopamine](http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/BenLewisEvans/20130827/198975/Dopamine%5Fand%5Fgames%5F%5FLiking%5Flearning%5For%5Fwanting%5Fto%5Fplay.php?ref=killscreen.com). But not so fast. According to this report, dopamine has little to do with actually enjoying things, especially games.

“[Hands off that fly swatter](http://www.creativeapplications.net/environment/fly-revolver-blurring-boundaries-between-real-and-perceived/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+creativeapplicationsnet+%28CreativeApplications.Net%29), chump.”

*Have a nice long lazy Labor Day weekend!*