Kill Screen Magazine's Blog, page 281

Words of Oz introduces beautiful poetry to Scrabble

Words of Oz creates an intimate word game using the social game template.

Play therapist to this angsty, cosplaying chatbot

Exploring identity while growing up online.

Robots: Experts at spotting art forgery, still don't get art

F is for Fake. R is for Robot.

How one forum is trying to create a safe space for women in game development

MakeGame is a model for better discourse.

Get ready to play an “elephant tea party simulator”

Horton hears you chewing with your mouth open.

The triumph of Helldivers’ will

One of the sharpest critiques of videogame imperialism ever made.

This week's Playlist pick: White Night

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WHITE NIGHT (LINUX, MAC, PC, PLAYSTATION 4, XBOX ONE) 
BY OSOME STUDIO 

Chiaroscuro has been handed down from the drawn arts, to cinema and photography, and is now making headway in videogames. In White Night, it is made interactive, as the darkness is as much a sign of danger for you to carve up with the safety of light, as it is a stylistic nod to film noir. As you creep through its chilling mansion, draped in starkness, you'll find ghosts of the past blocking your way. Their grief is scattered like debris, in the many letters and photos for you to find, from which the tale of a serial killer unravels against the backdrop of the Great Depression. But, while the visuals may be black-and-white, the characters in this supernatural crime fiction are far from.

Perfect for: Film noir connoisseurs, slaves to chiaroscuro, horror fans

Playtime: Five to seven hours

Feel the amazing pain of creating 8-bit art

Beads: not just for bracelets.

A virtual gallery restores the world's stolen art to the public

Virtual museum features hidden and “invisible” art.

Ustwo: Monument Valley's elegance is the result of "letting go"

How a "less is more" philosophy informed the development of this elegant game.