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PAUSE: Hollis Brown Thorton’s digital nostalgia
Over at art store 20×200, the work of Hollis Brown Thorton is dealing with questions of nostalgia, story-telling, and myth-making. The artist’s statement below: Osiris Mountain represents the outdated things that are still around-like ideas or beliefs that no longer serve their original purpose-and
Videogames are free! Check out our First Amendment tee.
In honor of Independence Day, help Kill Screen celebrate the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to uphold video games’ free speech rights with your very own Brown vs. EMA t-shirt. Did we mention Kill Screen was cited in the decision? Check out p. 32 if you don’t believe us. Granted it was by Justic
Can Friendster Reinvent Itself as Social Gaming Hub?
Anyone who registered on Friendster in the early 2000s might have received an email recently, explaining the prime social network’s recent move into gaming. Here is an excerpt from that letter, in which CEO Ganesh Kumar Bangah discusses Friendster’s influence and how it plans to move forward: Friend
Meet the real Ivy Valentine: Lani Minella, woman of a thousand voices
You wouldn’t know it, but SoulCalibur’s Ivy Valentine, Sheeva from this year’s Mortal Kombat and the Medivac Pilot from Starcraft II were all voiced by the same San Diego woman. Voice actress Lani Minella has contributed to over 500 video games since 1992. Her versatility is owed in part to her four
Flashback: This 1979 anthem to the computer age evokes The Matrix
In their 1979 hit single, “Computer Games”, New Zealand/Aussie New Wave band Mi-Sex addressed questions about computer technology we still feel the need to ask. On the other hand, one could handily beat this indie game just by singing along to the chorus. –Lana Polansky
Stop-Motion Vid Captures Indie Dev Crunchtime
24 Caret Games is bringing Retro/Grade to the PSN later this year, a shmup concerned with time manipulation. Fitting, then, that their trailer is a time-lapse video of developer Matt Gilgenbach crunching code and little else. Ben Kuchera of Ars Technica spoke with Gilgenbach about the decision. Last
Cheat Sheet 7/11: Ken Levine on BioShock Infinite, PAX 10 indie game winners are here, Donkey Kong is 30
Enjoy another calorie-light helping of mainstream videogame news! -You probably won’t find Battlefield 3 on Steam. -Ken Levine shares quite a bit about BioShock Infinite. -Bethesda announces Dishonored for 2012. -Get to know PlanetSide 2 with these new screens and trailer. -New Terraria version o
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