Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twin-stick shooters are a fascinating contradiction. These are games in which you move and shoot while the hordes attack. They’re games that are absolutely composed of hectic overstimulation, of flinging nasty stuff right at you, and yet they’re games in which you can often get into the flow of things and find that you’ve pleasantly zoned out. At heart I suspect this is down to two reasons. One: I often find myself moving through twin-stick arenas in chummy, lazy circles, as if I’m stirring a nice bubbling soup. Two: in these games you generally move and shoot and that’s it. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":999673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[132,6881,14594,13486],"class_list":["post-999672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-arcade","tag-hackslash","tag-kill-knight","tag-now-playing"],"yoast_head":"\n
Kill Knight's twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you - but it's very much worth it | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Twin-stick shooters are a fascinating contradiction. These are games in which you move and shoot while the hordes attack. They're games that are\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kill Knight's twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you - but it's very much worth it | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twin-stick shooters are a fascinating contradiction. These are games in which you move and shoot while the hordes attack. They're games that are\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-09T05:22:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Kill Knight’s twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you – but it’s very much worth it\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-09T05:22:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":127,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Arcade\",\"Hack&Slash\",\"KILL KNIGHT\",\"Now Playing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kill Knight's twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you - but it's very much worth it | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-09T05:22:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Twin-stick shooters are a fascinating contradiction. These are games in which you move and shoot while the hordes attack. They're games that are\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Kill Knight\u2019s twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you \u2013 but it\u2019s very much worth it\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kill Knight’s twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you – but it’s very much worth it\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kill Knight's twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you - but it's very much worth it | Arcader News","description":"Twin-stick shooters are a fascinating contradiction. These are games in which you move and shoot while the hordes attack. They're games that are","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kill Knight's twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you - but it's very much worth it | Arcader News","og_description":"Twin-stick shooters are a fascinating contradiction. These are games in which you move and shoot while the hordes attack. They're games that are","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-01-09T05:22:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Kill Knight’s twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you – but it’s very much worth it","datePublished":"2026-01-09T05:22:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/"},"wordCount":127,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg","keywords":["Arcade","Hack&Slash","KILL KNIGHT","Now Playing"],"articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/","name":"Kill Knight's twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you - but it's very much worth it | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-09T05:22:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Twin-stick shooters are a fascinating contradiction. These are games in which you move and shoot while the hordes attack. They're games that are","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Kill Knight\u2019s twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you \u2013 but it\u2019s very much worth it"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kill Knight’s twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you – but it’s very much worth it"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1455224,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999672\/revisions\/1455224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/999673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kill-knights-twin-stick-carnage-asks-an-awful-lot-of-you-but-its-very-much-worth-it.jpg\")
<\/p>\n