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Techno artist and Youtuber SynaMaxMusic has done the unheard of—and unthought of: he has successfully combined instrumental sounds from the Seinfeld theme with beloved videogame music. Below we have a bass-slapping Seinfeldian tribute to the Super Mario Bros. Underground Theme: Be sure to also check
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(found by Christian Richardson) Pokemon are so cute, sometimes you just want to capture them in a giant vice and magically trap them in your Game Boy. You have to resist that temptation, though, or else you’ll end up like this guy. -Richard Clark [via]
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Probably the easiest way of telling whether or not someone has an addictive personality is to hand them a copy of Angry Birds and see what happens. Now, a Chinese foods maker is hoping that same tendency carries over to snack, with their introduction of Angry Birds mooncakes, reports The New York Da
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Salon sat down with Kevin Mitnick, one of the first hackers in the game, to chat about his philosophy on hacking, his thoughts on Anonymous, and how he ended up going to jail for like a million years for purportedly being able to trigger a nuclear emergency by whistling into a phone. Perhaps most in
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Enjoy another splash of mainstream videogame news! –Get the latest details on Serious Sam Double D. –The trailer for NBA 2K12 promises good old-fashioned b-ball. –The HD trailer for GoldenEye 007: Reloaded promises good old-fashioned shooting. –Nintendo plans to host a 3DS trade show in the wake o
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The good people who attended last May’s Arcade Boat got to experience a different kind of Twister. Constructed by Douglas Wilson and indie game designer Nicklas “Nifflas” Nygren, the strikingly familiar game seen above is Mega GIRP, a real-life take on Bennett Foddy’s addictive, phalanx-bone-murder
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(Found by Christian Richardson) I’m sure you remember this pitch-perfect commercial for the very first Super Smash Brothers. Of course, the commercial has taken on a whole new meaning after we here at Kill Screen have slowly unveiled the backstory behind this seemingly never-ending brawl that has sp
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A couple of weeks ago, an era ended. That’s how you may feel if you were benefiting from Jonathan Stark’s free Starbucks card for the past month. The mobile app developer kicked off something of a social experiment when he made his Starbucks Card barcode freely available online. Instead of succumbin
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The war simulation arms race has escalated. In 2002, the U.S. military launched America’s Army, a computer game designed to both help soldiers train and allow the layperson a chance to experience the strategy and teamwork of the nation’s land forces from the comfort of their own office chair. This p
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It’s no secret that the Japanese game industry has been struggling lately. Still, don’t expect them to go quietly into the night. According to Keiji Inafune, CEO of Comcept and former head of global R&D at Capcom, they’re going somewhere else entirely: In sum, for Japanese game companies to regain
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(Found by Christian Richardson) Oftentimes the videos we feature as flashbacks can seem, well… silly. This Jet Set Radio Future commercial from 2002, on the other hand seems almost timeless in its’ appeal. It doesn’t overreach, it doesn’t rely too heavily on current trends, and it focuses squarely o
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Let’s sit back, relax and enjoy some mainstream videogame news! –Enjoy the new trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. –Tease yourself with these new Metal Gear Solid HD Collection screens. -New Dragon Age II DLC is now on the market. –Look snappy in these Modern Warfare 3 sunglasses. -Squar