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sports theory
What Tottenham's Collapse Teaches Us About the Corruption of Play
What happens when capitalism corrupts play itself? Tottenham's historic collapse explores what game theory reveals about the soul of sport.
News
Football Manager 2017 simulates the consequences of Brexit on the sport
It’s been a while since Kill Screen checked in on the Brexit fallout. Last time around, David Cameron was still an active Member of Parliament and Nigel Farage was giving awkward interviews about the NHS while looking a bit like Downton Abbey’s gawpy interpretation of Pepe the Frog. How time flies!
Feature
Soccer tactics and the evolution of Rocket League
Soccer as we know it has undergone several modifications since its earliest stages. Back in 1529, a soccer-esque sport called ‘Calcio Fiorentino’ was being played between two teams with 27 players each in the Piazza Santa Croce, a famous plaza in front of a basilica in Florence, Italy. The players u
Article
The tragic tale of rugby as a sports game
This article is part of a collaboration with iQ by Intel. After the 34-17 loss at the Rugby World Cup semi-finals last October, Australian fans could do with some escapism. But if they’re looking to relieve their broken hearts and reclaim the cup through a videogame fantasy, they’ll find that the me
Article
Can India become an eSports powerhouse?
This article is part of a collaboration with iQ by Intel. The eSports fever that has taken the world by storm is largely driven by its popularity throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. But there are still billions of people on the sidelines in countries where competitive gaming has yet to take o
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How to make soccer more entertaining? Add ragdoll physics
Americans insist that soccer is and always will be boring. And, admittedly, low-scoring games with few opportunities for commercial breaks isn’t the most ‘Murica thing ever. But defenders of soccer might point to the simple elegance of a well-executed pass, or the unparalleled tension of a final bat
Review
Pro Evo Soccer 2016 is a leviathan of approximation
Letting soccer get lost in the scramble
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Sigh, FIFA 16 can’t avoid the systemic inequality of women’s soccer after all
Kadeisha Buchanan, the best young player at this summer’s Women’s World Cup, is a fantastic talent, the kind of player you can only dream of being. That’s why the news that a select few female soccer players would be included in the latest edition of FIFA was so exciting. That’s also why the news th
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Soccer City’s ironic realism does away with pesky player agency
“Football is a simple game,” the onetime England striker and fulltime milquetoast TV personality Gary Lineker once explained. “Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.” Alternately, football is an incredibly complicated tactical exercise at the end of which
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FIFA 16 is slowly discovering the existence of women’s soccer
Alex Morgan will be the first woman to appear on a FIFA cover.