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There are plenty of racers inspired by NASCAR or science fiction. But what about one inspired by minimalists and constructivists? Brandon Boyer takes a look at Chalo Chalo over at Venus Patrol. Looking every bit like an even further abstracted & awesomely organic take on Nintendo’s bit Generations c
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Coins are ubiquitous in Mario games, but their function has remained relatively constant. Who can deny their allure? The collectibles are a little different this time and just that small change can affect the way the whole game is played. – – – For one thing, it’s a Mario that’s concerned with score
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Peter McFarlane makes art with computers. No not on Photoshop, but with old circuitboards from garbaged PCs: To me, waste is just lack of imagination. This belief carries beyond the boundaries of my art production and permeates most aspects of my life. Most of my home and studio, and much of everyt
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RE6 has locked content on the disc, and people are ANGRY. Capcom is now promising that the content will be unlockable via a free download, but the question is, had this “DLC” not been outed, would they have charged for it? Regardless, the gesture may not do much to help the beleaguered title. DLC is
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We here at Kill Screen have diligently pursued a “NO NECK BEARDS” policy for the homepage. That said, sometimes exceptions have to be made, especially when the neckbeard in question could change life as we know it. – – – There are no easy words for what lies below, but we will try. 1. It is heroic t
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Falling over is bad, but especially if you’re old. The Wii may be able to keep old folks upright: Using the Wii, Wii Balance Board peripheral, and a game designed specifically for the research project, researchers found that elderly participants showed improvement in balance and gait. Researchers te
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Reading about playing a horror game can be scarier than playing the game itself. For Ryan Winslett’s experience playing Slender, the narration is terrifying enough for my tastes. The simple Unity game has the player collecting 8 pages. With each page, the Slender Man chases you more intensely. When
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The new LEGO line, Monster Fighters, brings supernatural creatures and pocket watches to the toy franchise. The train set has a throttle lever and a coal chamber with a little fire inside it. One minifigure has garlic and a vampire stake as her accessories. Austin Sirkin at WonderHowTo did a review
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The flak continues for Microsoft, after the introduction of a new regulation that prohibits the distribution of games rated above ESRB Mature and Pegi 16 through the Windows 8 store. This includes titles Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, Bioshock et cetera. It’s been a bad few weeks for the new OS and games. N
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October is the one time where I feel compelled to play horror games in order to be a good festive citizen. They both fascinate and terrify me. Cameron Kunzelman, in his “designing horror” series, examined why the game Deep Sleep is disturbing. The aesthetic is a dream aesthetic. Things change before
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Characters don’t spring fully-formed from the pen of an artist. For a while, their designs are malleable; their expressions half-formed. It’s why early comics usually look a little different from the final designs. For some mediums, these in-between forms never see the light of day. Doug TenNapel, t
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There is a painting in a COD map that reads “Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty”, and predictably, some Muslim gamers are upset. They aren’t offended by the unusual presence of Allah-worshippers in a favela, but rather because the words hung above a toilet. Activision released an apology: We apo