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# Whipped cream-covered avatars, an importers’s plea, and D&D’s influence
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/links-624/
- Published: 2013-06-24T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:00:44.000Z
- Description: Summertime in the Northern Hemisphere is here. Remember to get outside and don’t forget the ‘SPF30. PABA-free, of course.
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, cheat sheet, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Some ex-Irrational folks have founded a new independant company, Ludeon Studios, and [revealed their first game: *Eclipse Colony*](http://ludeon.com/blog/eclipse-colony/?ref=killscreen.com). After crash-landing on a distant planet, your only goal is to survive. This ain’t about shooting space demons — *Colony* looks more about resource-management and creative adaptation. Show us more, please.

Indie Games, Part 2: Jake Kazdal and his team at 17-Bit stood on the stage at Sony’s E3 presser and showed off *GalakZ*, which gives us that sweet *Sinistar* feeling. But that’s a ways off. Luckily, their debut, *[Skulls of the Shogun](http://skullsoftheshogun.com/buy-it-now/?ref=killscreen.com)*[, full of slapstick arcade strategy action, is coming soon to Steam after a futile launch on Windows 8.](http://skullsoftheshogun.com/buy-it-now/?ref=killscreen.com)

With Sony and Microsoft’s new consoles both able to play games from all territories, gaming forum powerhouse NeoGaf is digging its heels into a campaign for [Nintendo to follow suit and embrace Region-Free systems.](http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=585936&ref=killscreen.com)

But can those fancy next-gen consoles put your face on a latte? [The future of avatars is in Taiwanese coffee shops](http://petapixel.com/2013/06/21/taiwanese-coffee-machines-prints-photos-of-customers-onto-lattes/?ref=killscreen.com).

If you thought Monopoly was the de facto boardgame about money, power, and parking lots, a challenger approaches: [Corporate America.](http://nothingsacredgames.com/?page%5Fid=42&ref=killscreen.com) Time to maximize some profits, y’all.

Here’s a blow-by-blow account of perhaps the [greatest Super Smash Bros. match ever](http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/the-most-epic-super-smash-bros.-match-ever-proves-the-game-isnt-just-for-bu?ref=killscreen.com). If you’re into that sort of thing.

[PBS Off Book, a collection of online mini-documentaries](http://www.youtube.com/user/PBSoffbook?feature=watch&ref=killscreen.com), explains the influence of Dungeons & Dragons and the rebirth of table-top gaming.

*Stay cool!*