What follows is my attempt to understand the widespread popularity of a mobile videogame called Angry Birds. I don’t play games, but this past summer I became bed-ridden, unable to read or listen to music. Jamin Brophy-Warren, this publication’s president, happened to be taking care of my less print
At times, games can seem useless. “The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.” Oscar Wilde ends his preface of The Picture of Dorian Gray wry tongue in wry cheek. Being useless is glorious. It is our freedom.
So you like videogames, right? But you probably like other things too. Good food. Beer. Clothing. Architecture. You know, things that adults like. Culture things. Things you can touch and see and talk about. We here at Kill Screen are just like you. We like stuff. That’s why we’re not just a magaz
