And four of them are indies: The balance between Triple-A, traditionally developed games and independently developed games is starting tosway. The closest Triple-A game to make it to the Top Five was Mass Effect 3, with a score of 93, with Dishonored not too far behind with 92. Even so, the top game
Old people reactin’ to newfangled stuff is a tried and true formula for SRS LAFFS, and these wrinkly folks getting all riled up about the new Call of Duty game sure hits the spot. Things to watch for include the guy who does a double point and the guy who makes the old-timey two-fisted machine gun “
All too often, videogames accentuate the difference between men and women; women characters wear pink and have long hair while the men have huge muscles and big guns. Real-life genre preferences are often accounted for by the difference between men and women’s spatial reasoning, or ability to visual
Here at Kill Screen, we’re in favor of expanding your consciousness legally, through the great works of the Western canon, rigorous and intellectually generous debate, really spicy food and the occasional runner’s high. Justin Amirkhani, a former Kill Screen intern, decided to take this process a st
Wedbush research analyst Michael Pachter after more bad news from the developer of Darksiders.
From genuine interpersonal relationships to the art of the pickup, the gaming of life is an inevitability. We may overtly participate in it, or it may take place beneath the surface of our awareness, but we are constantly playing with the systems of social interaction and society. Being polite, dona
It’s tempting to dismiss Halo 4 as purely a workout for the adrenal glands, but it has a softer side hidden beneath the battle rifles and pulse grenades. Its characters were not just iterations of Hollywood’s collection of Johns (Rambo, MccLane, Connor), but were influenced particularly by a progeny
It’s not news that the mainstream horror game is in a bad way: Resident Evil 6 was an atrocity, Silent Hill hasn’t been relevant in years, and the Dead Space series (which, to be fair, is excellent) seems to be moving in more of a pure-action direciton. At FMV, Matt Butler takes heart in a groundswe