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# The world’s greatest cakes, R.I.P. NBA Jam, and NASA wants to put you on Mars (virtually)
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/worlds-greatest-cakes-rip-nba-jam-and-nasa-wants-put-you-mars-virtually/
- Published: 2013-05-15T12:12:10.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:59:45.000Z
- Description: Ah, memories!
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, cheat sheet, Twofivesix, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

These aerial photographs of airports make us pine for [*SimCityAir*!](http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/05/14/jeffrey%5Fmilstein%5Fflying%5Flooks%5Fat%5Fairports%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5Fair%5Fphotos.html?ref=killscreen.com) And business class.

“It’d be like going to Patisserie Valerie and saying ‘Make me a can of baked beans.’ You go to them for the best cakes in the world, and you let them get on with making those cakes. You trust them to do a good job of that.” [A Sony rep on doing a Vita game with indie dev Jeff “the Ox” Minter.](http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192195/Sony%5Ftells%5Fus%5Fwhats%5Fgoing%5Fon%5Fwith%5Fthe%5FPlayStation%5FVita.php?ref=killscreen.com)

*Among The Sleep*, [the horror game that puts you in the crib](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/articles/survival-horror-game-puts-you-baby-crib-among-sleep-only-getting-started/?ref=killscreen.com), was successfully funded. As thanks, the team has made [the demo available to everyone!](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krillbite/among-the-sleep/posts/480797?ref=killscreen.com)

*The Gameological Society* laments [the death of boom shakalakas](http://gameological.com/2013/05/the-decline-and-fall-of-unrealistic-sports/?ref=killscreen.com), washing machine infielders, quarterback decapitations, Bill Laimbeer’s time bombs, radioactive cornerbacks, morbidly obese boxers, and all the unrealistic sports games of yesteryear.

The XYZZY Awards have announced their picks for [the best interactive fiction of the year](http://xyzzyawards.org/winners.php?ref=killscreen.com).

[NASA’s session was THE highlight of G.D.C.](http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192134/Video%5FWhat%5Fgame%5Fdevelopers%5Fcan%5Fdo%5Ffor%5FNASA.php?ref=killscreen.com) (Aside from the Killer Queens.) You should watch.

*Nobunaga’s Ambition*, the long running—and, by some accounts, awesome—strategy series based on the conquests of Oda Nobunaga, the 16th century warlord who unified Japan, has turned 30\. [It’s great that Koei is still around.](http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/15/4332842/koei-celebrates-30-years-of-nobunagas-ambition-with-a-new-ps3-pc-game?ref=killscreen.com)

“Suck.” [*La Mulana*’s creator on being an indie in Japan.](http://indiegames.com/2013/05/pc%5Fmobile%5Fpick%5Fdumb%5Fand%5Ffats%5Fp.html?ref=killscreen.com#more)

*Until tomorrow!*