Noteworthy developments in the worlds of gaming, gathered from Kill Screen stringers embedded in hotspots around the universe. -The various races of the failed state Tyria signed a landmark ceasefire Monday. The humans, the norn, and the asura agreed that their decades of squabbling had distracted t
Augmenting reality, whether it’s through portals, free running, or controlling gravity, is a videogame specialty. A group of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students take advantage of the thrill of speed in their skating game, Zineth. Their trailer makes all the skating look easy, but there is a te
At this year’s No Quarter exhibition at NYU, amongst the flashier digital entries, Zach Gage debuted one of the strangest card games I’d ever seen. Titled Guts of Glory, it was turn-based eat em’ up that has you channeling the carnal powers of appetite to outconsume your opponents. At the time, it w
One of the more frustrating pieces of recommending games to friends is the not-so-stunning realization that not everyone has every major game console, tablet, and so forth on the market. So when a game like Bastion strolls along, telling friends about it is not nearly enough. You want them to play i
There’s some new screenshots out for the upcoming 3DS/DS game Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?, a game based on Pendleton Ward‘s TV series, which shows how BMO interfaces with the player. BMO also carries around loot like salt and ketchup, which are no doubt necessary for s
How do you show someone what it means to be you? You could tell them, or write about your experiences alongside photos. Or if you’re Alan Kwan, you attach cameras to your glasses every day and turn the footage into houses in the virtual landscape of your mind. A recent graduate of the City Universit
Videogame journalism is tough to break into. Often other writers don’t want you to know about their favorite places to get published, or they simply assume you already know about them. There’s no point where your future income is set, and there are all kinds of weird tax laws when it comes to contra