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The Movie War Games IRL: An Interview With Kevin Mitnick
Salon sat down with Kevin Mitnick, one of the first hackers in the game, to chat about his philosophy on hacking, his thoughts on Anonymous, and how he ended up going to jail for like a million years for purportedly being able to trigger a nuclear emergency by whistling into a phone. Perhaps most in
Cheat Sheet 8/24: Kim Swift joins Square Enix, Nintendo to host 3DS trade show, PlayStation Home gets revamped
Enjoy another splash of mainstream videogame news! –Get the latest details on Serious Sam Double D. –The trailer for NBA 2K12 promises good old-fashioned b-ball. –The HD trailer for GoldenEye 007: Reloaded promises good old-fashioned shooting. –Nintendo plans to host a 3DS trade show in the wake o
Mega GIRP spreads the agony of defeat to your entire body
The good people who attended last May’s Arcade Boat got to experience a different kind of Twister. Constructed by Douglas Wilson and indie game designer Nicklas “Nifflas” Nygren, the strikingly familiar game seen above is Mega GIRP, a real-life take on Bennett Foddy’s addictive, phalanx-bone-murder
Flashback: The End of Mario World’s Era of Peace
(Found by Christian Richardson) I’m sure you remember this pitch-perfect commercial for the very first Super Smash Brothers. Of course, the commercial has taken on a whole new meaning after we here at Kill Screen have slowly unveiled the backstory behind this seemingly never-ending brawl that has sp
Would you like some ethics with your coffee? The story of the free Starbucks Card experiment
A couple of weeks ago, an era ended. That’s how you may feel if you were benefiting from Jonathan Stark’s free Starbucks card for the past month. The mobile app developer kicked off something of a social experiment when he made his Starbucks Card barcode freely available online. Instead of succumbin
Chinese military release online combat simulation
The war simulation arms race has escalated. In 2002, the U.S. military launched America’s Army, a computer game designed to both help soldiers train and allow the layperson a chance to experience the strategy and teamwork of the nation’s land forces from the comfort of their own office chair. This p
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