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In the 1830s, a mathematician named Charles Babbage drew up a set of plans for a programmable machine that ran off of punch cards. He called it an “Analytical Engine.” Everyone thought he was crazy. A hundred years later, somebody created basically the same thing that Babbage designed and called it
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Sex is traditional thought of as an offensive and defensive game, with the man trying to steal home, while the woman hopes to get three outs to end the inning. Getting youth to think outside of this stereotype is one of the goals of a forward-thinking sex education class that is written about in thi
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Download audio file This is an audio excerpt from an interview with voiceover artist and actor Nolan North, featured in Kill Screen Issue 5: Sound. I caught North on Skype in Creative Director Amy Hennig’s office at Naughty Dog (he was there working on his book, Drake’s Journal, about the making of
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In a recent interview for the Atlantic, writer Jonathan Lethem talked on the key differences between adapting comics to film. “The movies insist on transforming a form into another form, and yet the results fall into a hideous void between them. The mystery of the evocativeness of a comic book panel
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Chris Hardwick, comedian, host of the Nerdist podcast, and former MTV game show host is a nerd and proud of it. In a recent article for Wired, however, he talks about how being a nerd is both a blessing and a curse. “Because of our mutant powers of obsession, it’s my guess that a lot of nerds suffer
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In an interview with Forbes about his recent book How To Do Things with Videogames, well-known game academic Ian Bogost explained why the word “gamer” is a misnomer. In some ways, the concept of the gamer is one of the worst ideas that proponents of games have advanced. It signals it as sort of a li
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When Megan and Eric Kellermeyer found out their child was going to be born on the release date for the highly anticipated Skyrim, they did what any parents would do: name their child after the main character. Bethesda had announced a baby naming contest months ago, but Mrs. Kellermeyer is adamant th
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For the aspiring and actual musicians out there who are offended by Guitar Hero, the digital realm has not failed you. Enter the iTar, a guitar and iPad hybrid device that emulates a real instrument-playing experience. Though the device is still in its formative stages on Kickstarter, it would let y
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While shrines to classic pixel art are everywhere, pixelstyle, a tumblr by artist Alex Bond (aka enso) casts a wider net. Old Nintendo work shares the page with logos from classic software pirate outfits, and work from modern artists (like the above piece “Winter” done by Samanasuke in 2010). Check
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Okay, not actually all of them. But, like, most. Still doesn’t top Das Racist’s “Who’s That? Brown!” video, which comes in the form of an actual video game. [via]
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Can somebody please give Mattias Adolfsson a job in level design? His stuff ranges from Baroque Death Stars to cobblestone planets, historical art mingling with geek chic. “The subjects, as you can see, range but tend to focus on built environments with a Steampunk-like nostalgia for vintage styles