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How much strain does online gaming put on the Internet?
The answer might surprise you.
Yannick Lejacq
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Rain and the rise of the "precious indie game" sub-genre
Oscar bait comes to videogames.
Interview
Racial supremacy? Economic oppression? BioShock Infinite’s Ken Levine digs into America’s seedy past
Why do we accept floating cities, but never singing maidens?
Interview
BioShock Infinite creator Ken Levine talks Occupy Wall Street and how his game almost wasn’t
We chat with an exhausted Ken Levine just before the launch of the third installment of BioShock.
Interview
Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett on why every kill can’t be the first and why she hoped to make Lara Croft gay
In the second part of our conversation, the Tomb Raider penner walks us through the treacherous jungle of gender politics, reflects on whether we’re ready for “braver” characters, and postulates on Lara Croft’s other selves.
Interview
Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett on creating "men with boobs" and writing a vulnerable Lara Croft
Lara Croft’s influence on modern videogames is incalculable. So the potential outcome of a reimagining of her character and corresponding hero’s journey was understandably inestimable. After several months of controversy surrounding alleged depictions of rape in the new Tomb Raider, the game was fin
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With its "Full Spectrum" conference, Electronics Arts is reaching for the LGBT rainbow.
“If you set out to make a gay video game that would be the worst video game ever.”
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Review: Devil May Cry is a sexually-frustrated mess. It’s still a lot of fun.
Should we feel self-conscious about playing a game with rampant erotic juvenalia and giant demon fetuses roaming about? That question should answer itself, but, well, it’s complicated…
Interview
"Why is the player on the side of killing?": a conversation with the writer of Far Cry 3
How Jeffrey Yohalem took a AAA franchise and made a game about the violent escapism of his generation.
Review
The Kill Screen Review: Warfighter, the last refuge of a scoundrel
EA’s new military adventure teaches us what it means to be an American hero.
Interview
A conversation with Ian Dallas, creator of The Unfinished Swan
His game, now out on PSN, is the most anticipated indie game of 2012. Here’s what he had to say about testing, writing, and bugging out.
Review
The Kill Screen Review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Firaxis’ remake of the PC gaming classic lets you fail, and there is beauty in failure.