Biome is a god game that lets you do pretty much nothing, if you want
No Molyneux to be found.
Stop what you’re doing and watch this documentary on Japanese videogame music
Nobuo Uematsu, meet FlyLo.
Like its predecessor, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is compulsively readable
Real, live drama. Sometimes dead.
Machineers teaches you programming with or without your consent
The rethinking of the educational game continues.
Spanish scientists make first steps toward actual telepathy
Has nobody watched Scanners?
You can now track the universal happiness bias, from social media to classic literature
Are you actually happy, or is that just your brain lying again? Language’s positivity bias proves consist across cultures and mediums.
Beat Blox is like real-life Patatap
The intuitive, color-soaked beat-making app Patatap is something we still think you should check out. Following in its footsteps is Beat Blox, a grad project by Swedish student Per Holmquist. His piece, created at the Beckmans College of Design, takes Patatap‘s tactility and fuses that with the much
Ollie is the future of toys and also probably of terrifying cats
Smart toys, dumb cats.
Boy, there sure are a bunch of good-looking games for Gear VR
Samsung’s surprise headset takes mobile games wide-screen.
Solitaire.exe recaptures the magic of Windows 95
Enjoy Windows 95 from a new perspective, then destroy it.
Hug these cloud-like lamps into any shape and size
Watch these ethereal lamps be styled through hugs.
Hunting for witches in Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
The crossover mines uneasy territory.
Three new games to play this week
Featuring birds.
The developers behind Monument Valley are making a VR game
Fleece jacket not included.
Ninety-four cameras paint an aging actor in 3D virtual reality
London multimedia design studio Marshamallow Laser Feast does it again.
Upsilon Circuit combines crowdplaying, permadeath, and game shows
An unholy fusion that may just work.
Low-poly crosses over into the real world with 3D printing contest
Pixels are over.
The Salt Pleeease makes a meal out of table manners
Dinner tables are all etiquette and outstretched arms. Chaos waiting to happen.
This new peripheral blends the real world with your VR headset
Imagine what jazz hands could do
Westport Independent explores how print is mightier than the sword
If journalism is all lies, how will you wield it responsibly?
Child’s Play
Why can’t videogames find a meaningful place for children?
Turning dark pop music into grim horror games
The sound of horror and sexy nightmares.
Interactive documentary offers snapshots of life in occupied territories
“I didn’t want people to watch a predetermined narrative with one or two conclusions made by the director.”
What would The International’s crowd-funding model look like in traditional sports?
Esports leads the way.
Want to intern for Kill Screen? Applications due September 15.
If you love videogames but balk at the word “gamer,” this is the internship for you.