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# Playlist 5/14: Southern Gothic, police states, and gun-happy frogs
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/playlist-514-southern-gothic-police-states-and-gun-happy-frogs/
- Published: 2014-05-14T18:24:50.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:36:58.000Z
- Description: Three sure things.
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, kentucky route zero, kero blaster, Playlist, republique, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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## KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO, ACT 3 ([PC, MAC, LINUX](http://kentuckyroutezero.com/?ref=killscreen.com))

### BY CARDBOARD COMPUTER

The newest episode of the Southern Gothic-via-Beckett adventure opus *Kentucky Route Zero* emerged as mysteriously as a new scene in the game might. Its meandering, haunted qualities take their time in every sense (it’s been a year since Act 2), but if you approach it with a contemplative mind and perhaps a nice glass of scotch, you’ll find your time justly rewarded.

**Perfect for**: Fans of geometrically impossible highways, contemporary theater, Flannery O’Connor

**Playtime**: Around an hour.

## REPUBLIQUE: EPISODE 2 ([iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/republique/id687888390?mt=8&mc%5Fcid=327ce78faf&mc%5Feid=%5BUNIQID%5D&ign-mpt=uo%3D4&ref=killscreen.com))

### BY CAMOUFLAJ

If you slept on the slinking, smart first episode of *Republique*, it’s time to get caught up. In this oppressive world, you hack cameras and doors in order to guide your young charge Hope to safety. The game evokes many of the best qualities of the games from the first PlayStation, but its themes and fixations are troublingly contemporary.

**Perfect for**: Stealthy iOS players, political dissidents, readers of Orwell

**Playtime**: About an hour-and-a-half.

## KERO BLASTER ([PC](http://www.playism-games.com/games/keroblaster/?mc%5Fcid=327ce78faf&mc%5Feid=[UNIQID]&ref=killscreen.com), [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keroblaster/id867598817?mt=8&ref=killscreen.com))

### BY STUDIO PIXEL

  
The wait between Pixel’s classic *Cave Story* and his new *Kero Blaster* has been long—like, My Bloody Valentine’s third album long. But like the best comebacks, Pixel has refined his style and put out a piece of work that’s as perfectly judged and brimming with creativity as you could ask for. And you play as a *precious* little green frog … who’s bristling with weapons.

**Perfect for**: Frog lovers, fans of no-frills shoot-em-ups, devotees of cuteness

**Playtime**: Two hours, but replayable.