Kill Screen’s Most Disappointing Games of 2012
The games that let us down this year.
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Kill Screen’s Top Ten Games of 2012
The very best of the past twelve months.
Are real sports becoming more like sports videogames?
Why the thousands of couch-bound general managers are teaching the pros a thing or two.
The secret slot machine logic behind your favorite casual game
The new tech-heavy gambling is coldly calculated to be as time consuming and profitable as possible. Are game developers taking notes?
LET THEM EAT CAKE IS A LIE: The decadent and depraved VGAs
Our man in Alabama sighs through the worst awards show on television.
The Halo Club, Part 5: Is the series in need of a new hero?
Master Chief was built as well as we could build him. But not to last.
The Lewis and Clark game and the new gaming Americana
The story behind Meriwether, Joshua DeBonis’ celebration of the American frontier.
The Halo Club, Part 4: The first person shooter is no Western
Why Master Chief isn’t ready to ride off into the sunset.
The Kill Screen Review: WWE 13, in the cage with fatherhood
The new wrestling game from THQ makes a bid for old glory. How will grownup fans of the genre react?
Can Pixel Academy teach the nation’s kids to code?
How Mike Fischthal plans to bring game design and 3D printing to the youngest programmers.
Playing Assassin’s Creed 3 on the Pine Ridge Rez
The men and women of this South Dakota reservation are used to seeing themselves depicted as deadbeat drunks and clairvoyant shamans. What do they think of Connor Kenway, the Native hero of Ubisoft’s blockbuster?
Can LA Game Space pioneer the artist residency for game developers?
Behind Daniel Rehn and Adam Robezolli’s attempt to create a Yaddo for game makers.
The Halo Club, Part 3: Master Chief as Bond
Has Halo entered the realm of the annual never-dead?
The Halo Club, Part 2: The more things change…
Our second belletrist finds Halo 4 a time capsule from better and simpler days.
This season, give the gift of: Top Spin 4
The first in our gift giving guide explains why the best present this holiday season is a year-and-a-half-old tennis game.
The Halo Club, Part 1: Cortana is going to give me a stroke
The first in a four-part conversation about 343 Industries’ blockbuster finds a series neophyte getting stressed out.
The Wii U diaries, Day 6: the really long countdown to launch
Our Wii U diarist waits with the masses for the new console. And waits. And waits.
The famous books that should really be games
Why the masterpieces of Joyce, Nabokov, and DFW would benefit from a little game design.
Can Rod Humble resurrect Second Life?
The former EA Play boss brings his passion for creative tools to Linden Labs. Will that be enough?
The Wii U diaries, Day 4: Mario’s uncomfortable close up
HD ruined the careers of newscasters and porn stars. Will it ruin Mario?
The Wii U diaries, Day 3: if you build it, will they come (back)?
Our diarist considers the fate of the Lapsed Nintendo Fan, and comes to identify with the Japanese salaryman.
Is it even possible to define games?
Three of gaming’s brightest theoretical minds ponder what turns out to be a huge question.
The Wii U diaries, Day 2: bifocals not included
In which our Nintendo diarist has trouble seeing the damn thing.
The woman behind League of Legends wants undead death knights as complex as Don Draper
Christina Norman, lead creative developer at Riot Games, thinks narrative depth is the way to keep her game on top.
The Wii U diaries, Day 1: improving one marriage at a time
Our coverage of the new console kicks off with that old time Nintendo feeling.