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Big data comes to games. How one company sees the future in personalized play.

Pretty soon game designers will know everything about how you play. Is that a good thing?

Jun 19 Articles

BioShock's Levine pens sci-fi, game designers on acid, and Legacy of Kain titles that never were

Logan's Run meets BioShock, Ian Bogost just says NO to serious games, Soudself says YES to acid, with loans on decline libraries turn to playing dominoes with their books, and the DJs of e3 you never knew existed. Also, there are 10 canceled Legacy of Kain games on today's cheat sheet.

Jun 19 News

The Rift gets naughty, PS4 looks nice, and one interactive wall of protest

We've come a long way, baby.

Jun 18 News

In defense of shooting people in the face

A meditation on E3.

Jun 18 Articles

Ignore the doomsayers. There's nothing wrong with Nintendo.

Why Nintendo doesn't need to "show up" at the biggest videogame conference of the year.

Jun 17 Articles

William Basinski-inspired loops, Xbox One's launch lineup, & Super Pole Riders is, well, super!

Super Pole Riders is chaos squared, games are owning the ambient music genre, paranoia, psychosis, OOBE, genocide, PRISM, and a nightstand that plays Snake. What more could you ask for?

Jun 17 News

E3 2013: Lower Manhattan gets an MMO, a game for the drunk and lovely, and a tree screams

It's all over.

Jun 14 News

Pixels on canvas, Spielberg's predictions, and Polytron's glorious tease

Inhale, exhale, and light some candles... the long week is almost over.

Jun 14 News

Microsoft says you don't listen, a Walking Dead prequel, & Jimmy Fallon games with mom

The Walking Dead returns, Apple's iOS, yoga fighters, mom gamers, and if you want to play the Xbox One, you better live in the developed world!

Jun 13 News

Will dogs in Call of Duty: Ghosts finally make us think about violence?

Riley the dog makes an entrance as we make an exit.

Jun 13 Articles

E3 2013: Fred Astaire meets a ghost story and we claw with Cat Suit Mario

In day two, we spend some good time in Sony booth.

Jun 13 News

E3 2013: A biker buddy comedy, Saul Bass' heir, and a medieval playground

Our picks from the first day of annual videogame mecca E3

Jun 12 News

The Starship Damrey and Hiversaires rekindle the power of ignorance

Good things happen when games stop holding your hand.

Jun 12 Reviews

Mario in a Cat Suit, Upside-Down Karts, and Microsoft gets its SportsCenter

So what's the deal with Cat Mario, Twitch Box One, and Sony's possible truth-stretching? Seek and ye shall find, thou hungry scourers of information.

Jun 11 News

How The Swapper's blissed-out sound design elevates ambient music

The Swapper's soupy synths echo and evolve the hum of ionised air pioneered by Edgar Froese and Eduard Artemyev.

Jun 11 Reviews

Xbox One doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up

Sony's made up its mind. Microsoft needs to stop dancing.

Jun 11 Articles

Can new tech improve Resident Evil Revelations and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D?

Two recent reboots attempt to adapt.

Jun 10 Articles

Thousands disembark noisily in L.A., an E3 alternative arrives across the pond, and a New Leaf finally falls

Things are gonna change... I can feel it.

Jun 10 News

What would you do in outer space for 100 years?

A chat with Dr. Mae Jemison, American physician, astronaut and first African-American woman in orbit

Jun 7 Articles

Metal Gear snags 24's star, Scrolls goes live, and Smash Bros. returns yet again

Hopefully Badland, Keifer Sutherland, Smash Bros., The Boards of Canada, Scrolls, Gauntlet, and the demise of Zynga are enough to tide you over till the big announcements of e3.

Jun 7 News

Why are badgers "magical animals" in Sweden? Might & Delight explains.

Swedish developer Might & Delight lives up to its name with its next outdoor excursion.

Jun 6 Articles

Deus Ex goes mobile, Mega Man's robotic friend lends a hanky, and the Ouya gets weird

The latest and greatest from the wide world of games.

Jun 6 News

Is the design of the new Xbox One too masculine?

We speak to a handful of industrial designers about what Xbox One's design really means.

Jun 5 Articles

Sex ed games, Second Life, and Whack-A-Mole for Cats

Safe Sex with Friends, Whack-A-Mole with Cats, Dada with Second Life's founder, parties with spies, art games with umbilical cords, and shoot'em ups with insane dimensions, and more on Cheat Sheet!

Jun 5 News

Now on Sale! Kill Screen issue #7: The Great Outdoors!

What can our off-screen lives teach us about our on-screen ones?

Jun 4 News

Do treadmills and virtual reality mix?

Launched on Kickstarter today, the Omni will have you lacing up your sneakers to play Team Fortress 2.

Jun 4 Articles

Fantasia was expensive and misunderstood. Why is Rock Band's studio giving it a makeover?

Disney's greatest experiment becomes an interactive Kinect experience. Will it work?

Jun 4 Articles

PopCap travels in time, Madden tackles DirecTV, and R.I.P. Game Developer

A challenger approaches.

Jun 4 News

How videogame makers are turning to the airline industry to nickel and dime you

As the rumors mount around new fees for new consoles, we turn to another industry known for sucking you dry: the not-so friendly skies.

Jun 3 Articles

DARPA targets Angry Birds, Daft Punk gamified, and digging for E.T. carts in the New Mexico desert

Today's cheat sheet has Daft Punk, buried E.T. carts, exposed iPhone game cheaters, Mephistophelean pinball machines, nostalgia as a worldwide phenomenia, vibrating gaming vests, and cyber-warfare as World of Warcraft!

Jun 3 News

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