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Do game designers actually need to go to school?
At this year’s IndieCade, academics were out in full force. But does professional school impede game designers’ punk ethos or give them the structure they need survive?
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Exhibition of 80s art ignores games for their lack of desire
It took a long time, but videogames are finally being placed in museums as artistic objects to appreciate. The Smithsonian exhibit, “The Art of Video Games” ran from last March until September, giving fans and laymen alike a chance to view and play pivotal games from the nascent industry’s first fou
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Press X Not to Die
Games weren’t always an escape from my mental illness. They were one of the symptoms.
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Lebron James didn’t kill the NBA, but he did kill NBA videogames
Superteams have made the NBA more exciting, and NBA games a total bore.
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Games are too damn long
Why length of playtime should no longer be a defining criteria of the medium.
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The presidential debate is going to be boring. Let’s gamify it.
Kill Screen’s suggestions for making the debate watchable, for once.
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Why I miss the original World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a different game than it was in 2004, a better game. For Luke Winkie and his friends, though, something isn’t quite right.
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What will happen to BioWare?
The retirement of BioWare cofounders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka leaves the beloved developer in transition. Here’s what might happen.
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"That awkward moment": social media in Madden
How Twitter made its way from Chad Johnson’s fingertips to Madden 2013.
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Love for a Machine
For more than two years, Ryan Kuo has edited for Kill Screen. As he heads off to pursue an M.S. at MIT, he reflects on the life of iPad gaming that is now ending when he gives back the tablet to the company. When is an app more than an app?
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Chris Marker: Open-World Pioneer
The late Chris Marker was a forerunner of experimental science fiction and transmedia practice. Today, Henry Crouch reflects on his contributions to art and the open-world game.
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A Series of Uninteresting Decisions
The popular airline simulator Pocket Planes may not provide goals, direction, or even motivation, but it does demonstrate the importance of being bored with a videogame.