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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
Can Robots Teach Our Children the Future?
Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab, thinks robots can do much more than vacuum our floors or perform a fan-dance. Previous “social robots” developed by her group have been able to display emotion in reaction to human prompts or even notice and understand
Flashback: Remember When Halo Was New?
With the rerelease of the original Halo: Combat Evolved on the horizon, why wouldn’t Microsoft save their marketing dollars and just use the same TV ads from back in the day? Well… That generic heavy metal just isn’t cutting it anymore. Still, remember how cool it was when you first saw that dude ge
These fireworks look awfully familiar…
This September, Rockstar Games will release a free DLC pack for Red Dead Redemption called “Myths & Mavericks.” To get ready, we suggest seeking out this box of fireworks not only featuring Mr. Marston himself, but titled after the first DLC pack released last summer. (As seen on Kotaku, via Reddit
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