existentialism
The Philosophy of Choice
What the existentialists can teach us about living with too many choices.
Issue 09
Shadow of Rome
A Good Old-Fashioned Roman Barbecue
Here’s to one of the PS2’s most enduringly strange epics.
call of duty
The New Recruit
What does it mean when the National Guard uses Call of Duty to find new soldiers?
firewatch
Two Adults Talking
Firewatch lets two adults talk the way people actually talk, and that is rarer in games than it should be.
Edge of Tomorrow
Next Level Narrative
Edge of Tomorrow builds an entire movie out of the restart, the most videogame idea of all.
isometric
Exit Flatland
How isometric projection gave videogames a third dimension, centuries after painters found it first.
journalism
Important Moments in Videogame Journalism
A brief and not entirely reliable history of the games press, from cave walls to Nintendo Power.
Journey
Our Saddest Gaming Moments
Four Kill Screen staffers on the games that broke their hearts.
va-11 hall-a
Editor's Letter: Welcome to the New Kill Screen
Kill Screen relaunches in print with a love letter to strange games, the passionate people who make them and the players who find them.
CRT
Cathode Ray Missionaries
The strange appeal of scanlines on old TVs.