Illustration for Killscreen 4. Accompanies an article by Chris Baker about his run in with pro gamer Fatal1ty in Unreal 2004.
The theme of the issue is Public Play, combined with the article had me thinking of gladiatorial combat, and one of my favorite paintings of all time, Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme.
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