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Flashback: Duke Nukem’s Glory Days
For many of us, there was a time when that gruff, confident voice intrigued us, when the glimpse of a giant pixelated boss monster caused us to to consider the wonders of the videogame medium, and when the catch phrase, “Hail to the king, baby!” inspired us to new levels of solitary confidence. This
Battlefield Bad Company 2 brings the battle to Somalian Hunger Relief
Over a third of Somalia’s population—that is, roughly 3.7 million people—are at risk of starvation because of consistently poor harvests due to lack of rain. Enter First Person Saviors, the combined effort of Don’t Revive Me Bro, Quantic Media, and Battlefieldo, a charity effort aimed at Somalian h
Google News Badges are Achievements for Reading
Reading the news used to be about personal edification, or learning about what’s going on in your community. No more. Now it’s a contest. Google is introducing a new feature called Google News Badges, a program that will track what kinds of news items users read online. “The more you read, the highe
Screenwriter Parker Bennett reminisces on the bob-omb that was Super Mario Bros. The Movie
Steven Applebaum and Ryan Hoss, founding members of site Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive snagged an interview with half of the infamous film’s final screenwriting team, Parker Bennett. The lengthy interview covers the span of the film’s creative development, the trials of being over-budget and o
Cheat Sheet 8/8: MW3 Wii confirmed, Activision promises nothing, Happy Birthday Metroid!
Happy Monday! Let’s race through some mainstream videogame news! -Celebrate Samus Aran’s 25th birthday with this fanmade video. –Modern Warfare 3 has been confirmed for Wii. –Skyrim boss thinks games are too costly; Skyrim remains $60. –Take a look at the latest The Walking Dead screens and deta
All hail "Spazzi," a robot with rhythm
We here at Kill Screen love robots. So do the editors and contributors of MAKE magazine, whose Vol. 27 is all about the adorable machines. ‘Spazzi’ (seen above) was created for the issue by Beatbots, a group out of Pittsburgh that “develops robotic characters that defy entrenched notions of robots
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