Kill Screen Archives: Articles

How the sound designers of The Last of Us built a quiet armageddon

We go deep with Naughty Dog's Phil Kovats about recording puddles of water and the sound of the end of the world.

May 20 Articles

Inside the strange and confusing world of Kickstarter consultants

The success of the crowd-funding site has birthed a cottage industry of consultants. Is it really worth it?

May 15 Articles

Rymdkapsel will make you fall in love with pixels...by sacrificing them

The Malmö-based Martin Jonasson takes a run at space strategy with style, grace, and brutality.

May 14 Articles

Reflections on Twofivesix, our first videogames arts + culture conference

Coffee, brisket, and conversation. A post-mortem.

May 13 Articles

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is all bluster & no boom

The promise of the kitsch 80s falls flat in this follow-up to Ubisoft's marquee shooter.

May 9 Articles

Playlist 5/8: An infinite box of candy, the cleanest dot removal system, and a prehistoric puncher returns

The clean notes of Dots, the ASCII grinding of Candy Box, and the 1-2 of Zeno Clash 2 are this week's selections.

May 8 Articles

How The Perfect Woman answers Wikipedia's male bias

Society is always putting idealized representations of women in your face. The Perfect Woman says forget about it.

May 8 Articles

Hannah Epstein wants to get sued

The Toronto artist is aiming for Disney and Nike by flaunting copyright. Will her protest draw their attention?

May 7 Articles

How Anamanaguchi pulled the 8-bit into the real world

Chiptune is dead. Long live chiptune.

May 6 Articles

In the 11th district of Paris, a fiery television upstart seeks the future of game culture

Founded in 2007, NoLife fights to capture the heart of modern French gamers...if the government would only let them.

May 3 Articles

Is Year Walk the first black metal game?

Sweden's Simogo has conjured up something wicked and reminds our author of his favorite genre's yesteryear.

May 2 Articles

Jason Rohrer hid a board game in the Nevada desert. So we went looking for it.

There's only one copy of A Game for Someone. And it's buried somewhere in the Nevada badland.

May 1 Articles

How Twin Peaks finds new life in the world of Deadly Premonition

Swery's Deadly Premonition is getting its director's cut this week. He has a lot to discuss with David Lynch. Perhaps over a cup of coffee?

Apr 30 Articles

The Kill Screen Review: Monaco will steal your time and your heart

Andy Schatz's long-awaited Monaco is a deft tribute to the heist film, but builds a world all its own.

Apr 29 Articles

How a Guggenheim fellow obsessed over Atari's Breakout -- and found the future instead

David Sudnow's Pigrim in the Microworld is a chronicle of an addiction to Breakout! Here's why it's important today.

Apr 26 Articles

A survival horror game that puts you as a baby in a crib, Among the Sleep is only getting started.

A Norwegian studio captures the fear of childhood with the eeriest of intentions. Also, trolls!

Apr 25 Articles

Is Sifteo the new Nintendo?

A rogue upstart from San Francisco wants to change the way we play.

Apr 22 Articles

Nintendo is caught in a generation gap

The coming age war at the House of Mario.

Apr 19 Articles

Introducing DRONE, an ethically-bending card game for the guilty American

Sonny Rae Tempest wants you to laugh at drone warfare. You'll feel terrible about it. You should.

Apr 17 Articles

After LucasArts closing, what does the future of adventure games look like? Tim Schafer, Dan Connors, & Dave Gilbert weigh in.

The best of the adventure genre, past, present and future, weigh in on lauded genre's potential.

Apr 16 Articles

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The Archive

How the sound designers of The Last of Us built a quiet armageddon

Inside the strange and confusing world of Kickstarter consultants

Rymdkapsel will make you fall in love with pixels...by sacrificing them

Reflections on Twofivesix, our first videogames arts + culture conference

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is all bluster & no boom

Playlist 5/8: An infinite box of candy, the cleanest dot removal system, and a prehistoric puncher returns

How The Perfect Woman answers Wikipedia's male bias

Hannah Epstein wants to get sued

How Anamanaguchi pulled the 8-bit into the real world

In the 11th district of Paris, a fiery television upstart seeks the future of game culture

Is Year Walk the first black metal game?

Jason Rohrer hid a board game in the Nevada desert. So we went looking for it.

How Twin Peaks finds new life in the world of Deadly Premonition

The Kill Screen Review: Monaco will steal your time and your heart

How a Guggenheim fellow obsessed over Atari's Breakout -- and found the future instead

A survival horror game that puts you as a baby in a crib, Among the Sleep is only getting started.

Is Sifteo the new Nintendo?

Nintendo is caught in a generation gap

Introducing DRONE, an ethically-bending card game for the guilty American

After LucasArts closing, what does the future of adventure games look like? Tim Schafer, Dan Connors, & Dave Gilbert weigh in.

REVIEW: Why Lego City Undercover is actually GTA for adults

Why the Cave makes us the worst of Real Housewives

So what makes a "queer" game anyway?

REVIEW: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is a frightening exercise in fear and powerlessness. Who knew?

First-person prototypes, Luigi's fashion secrets revealed, and the end of Game Developer

The five most essential skills to become a pinball wizard

How the magic sounds of Proteus are making their way into the real world

Videogames need fewer Metacritics, more Roger Eberts.

Save me, SimCity!

Face-on with Oculus Rift: My eyes loved it, but not my stomach.

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