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The Kill Screen Review: Metro: Last Light turns up the gas

Metro: Last Light has great atmosphere. But don't inhale.

May 21 Reviews

AR-15, the Pokemon ballet, and electroshock therapy may improve your game

All is quiet as the internet awaits the announcement of the next Xbox.

May 21 News

Denis Dyack defends himself, 90s mascot rivalry finally crumbles, and Happy Xbox Eve!

Welcome to the week ahead.

May 20 News

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

Las Vegas' new king of pinball doesn't care what you think

Next time you're in Vegas, go where the real men play: Tim Arnold's Pinball Hall of Fame.

May 17 Profiles

League of Legends goes Anthony Burgess, Golden State Warriors fan fiction, and the Bitcoin Bundle

The Outdoor issue ships next week!

May 17 News

Meet the man who's been playing the same Pokémon character for a decade

How far would you go to keep your favorite videogame character alive?

May 16 Interviews

Jimmy eats cake, Twitch goes Live, and Robert Frost: The Game

Catch up with us.

May 16 News

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

The world's greatest cakes, R.I.P. NBA Jam, and NASA wants to put you on Mars (virtually)

Ah, memories!

May 15 News

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

Tecmo Bo wins, gay Miis lose, and a Phoenix rises in the west

Here here.

May 14 News

Reflections on Twofivesix, our first videogames arts + culture conference

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

May 13 Articles

World of Warcraft's top guild quits, SimCity's missing parking lots, and the art of Francis Bacon

An unexpectedly morose cheat sheet for Monday. The week can only get better from here!

May 13 News

Stealthy kitty-cats, another console goes POP!, and Mr. Schafer answers all

Don't forget to write.

May 10 News

Dress Up Drake, Steve Wozniak talks phone phreaks, and Will Wright wants to know your deepest private thoughts

Dress up Drake is a thing. So is Cello Hero. WUUUUT?

May 9 News

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

Lights growing on trees, a LGBTQ doc finds a voice, and R.I.P. Ray

Poetry will save us. B. J. Blazkowicz will not.

May 8 News

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

Virtual decapitations, Miiverse made tangible, and the nastiest jazz piano this side of Calcutta

May 7 News

How Anamanaguchi pulled the 8-bit into the real world

Chiptune is dead. Long live chiptune.

May 6 Articles

Eternal Darkness returns, Roger Ebert talks memes, and a new experimental game console

Technology is getting strange and/or scary!

May 6 News

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

The hidden realms of Shadow Of The Colossus, Keyboard Cat sues Scribblenauts, and a playable documentary about insomnia

We have a couple of nice videogame longer reads for your leisurely Sunday in our daily news grab bag.

May 3 News

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

Gomez evaporates, FCC applauds game store cashiers, and My First Robot

Darren Aronofsky is flipping out about GTA V.

May 2 News

We're part of an amazing pay-what-you-want videogame story bundle!

May 1 News

Twofivesix schedule is up! Keynotes from Tim Schafer and heads of Kickstarter, Foursquare, Linden Lab and more!

An amazing line up of speakers for May 11th!