That picture there is the cover of the next issue of Kill Screen. Checking in at 96 pages – almost twice as long as our debut – it’s at the printers right now and will ship in the next two weeks. Subscribers will get it as quickly as we can send it to you; for individual orders, visit our shop.
THE WRITERS
Jason Fagone talks to the team behind Big Buck Hunter Pro, and studies the allure of its gun.
John Teti tells the incredible story of New York City’s 30-year ban on pinball.
Jenn Frank picks the videogame feminist of the decade.
J. Nicholas Geist with a story of marriage, judgment, and World of Warcraft addiction.
Jason Killingsworth is schooled by an eight-year-old Guitar Hero prodigy – and uses the opportunity to grow up.
Gus Mastrapa battles anxiety and finds a rescue in EverQuest.
Rob Dubbin digs up the strange, hilarious fan fic of internet legend Stuart Michigan, starting with his latest work, “Some Russian.”
Majed Athab takes on on the Six Days in Fallujah controversy, and asks: why is it easier to make a ridiculous war game than a realistic one?
Matthew Burns asks: Is competition necessary? Or is he just terrible at multiplayer Halo?
Nora Nahid Khan on the most disgusting bosses in survival horror.
Mitch Krpata goes to the darkest corners of the Fun and Games in Framingham, to play torture porn shooter Chiller.
Ryan Kuo with a critique of Left 4 Dead 2.
Filipe Salgado on the hopelessness of Stephen Lavelle.
Interviews with MESSHOF, ANNA ANTHROPY, JESS CHAVEZ, and KRYSTIAN MAJEWSKI, by Jamin Brophy-Warren, Chris Dahlen, Richard Morgan, and Ryan Kuo.
And Zack Handlen brings it home with the most disgusting puzzle in interactive fiction history.
THE ART
Drink in the works of Fred Benenson, David Boni, Eóin Burke, Brody Condon, Alessandro Cotrufo, Joseph DeLappe, Eric Englehard, Ben Fry, Jon Haddock, Sarah Jacoby, Julian Lytle, Eva and Franco Mattes, Julian Sancton, and Ryan Theodores
Looking forward to reading it. I am especially happy about the length, since I thought #0 was on the bit short site (I read it in under an hour).
woah, Fun and Games in Framingham is still there??? I used to go there when I was a kid and play f-114. Looking forard to Krpata’s piece + this whole thing…
Is this hard cover for $20? Looks interesting, but a little expensive. Maybe I’m being naive.
Psdeuce – Sadly there’s no hardcover, but the $20 includes US shipping, and it lets us cover the cost of publishing a small run with no ads.
Cjhyde – Fun and Games is still there, though I should havep ointed out that Mitch is writing about a childood memory. Maybe while you were playing F-114 he was in the back, torturing helpless shackled prisoners?
Interesting magazine, but does the 20 bucks cover shipping to Europe (The Netherlands) as well? Why not publish a pdf-version, and lower the costs?