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Many articles have been published about Kentucky Route Zero, and its developers have participated in multiple written interviews.

2012

'Kentucky Route Zero' is a bluegrass adventure with robots and cats by Andrew Webster. October 26, 2012.
- https://www.theverge.com/2012/10/26/3558366/kentucky-route-zero-adventure-game-cardboard-computer

Interview: Kentucky Route Zero's Mountain Of Meanings by Nathan Grayson. January 22, 2013.
- https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/22/interview-kentucky-route-zeros-mountain-of-meanings/

From Kickstarter to burgeoning cult hit, we explore the origins of Kentucky Route Zero by Adam Rosenber. February 5, 2013.
- https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/exploring-the-magical-reality-of-cardboard-computers-kentucky-route-zero/

Breathe In The Road: Cardboard Computer and Kentucky Route Zero by Charlie Hall. April 11, 2013.
- https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/4/11/4158338/breathe-in-the-road-kentucky-route-zero

Kentucky Fried Zero parts 1, 2, and 3, by Magnus Hildebrandt (English translation by Dennis Kogel).
- https://superlevel.de/spiele/kentucky-fried-zero-english-edition/ April 21, 2013.
- https://superlevel.de/spiele/kentucky-fried-zero-act-2-english-edition/ July 24, 2013.
- https://superlevel.de/spiele/kentucky-fried-zero-act-3-english-edition/ February 27, 2015.

The Making Of: Kentucky Route Zero by Edge staff. October 10, 2013.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140222023509/http://www.edge-online.com:80/features/the-making-of-kentucky-route-zero/

Making 'Kentucky Route Zero,' a Magical Realist Adventure in Five Acts by Michael Rougeau. December 12, 2013.
- http://animalnewyork.com/2013/game-plan-making-kentucky-route-zero-magical-realist-adventure-five-acts/

The Indifference of 'Kentucky Route Zero' to the Platonic Ideal of Video Games by Eric Swain. December 17, 2013.
- https://www.popmatters.com/177535-kentucky-route-zero-indifference-to-the-platonic-ideal-of-video-game-2495700024.html

Interview: Cardboard Computer by Benjamin Filitz. February 20, 2014.
- https://superlevel.de/spiele/interview-cardboard-computer/

"Try to Perceive Life": An Interview with Kentucky Route Zero Developers Jake Elliot and Tamas Kemenczy by Drew Dixon. May 2, 2014.
- http://gamechurch.com/try-to-perceive-life-an-interview-with-kentucky-route-zero-developers-jake-elliot-and-tamas-kemenczy/

Wot I Think: Kentucky Route Zero – Act III by Adam Smith. May 7, 2014.
- https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/05/07/wot-i-think-kentucky-route-zero-act-iii/

The Kentucky Route Zero Guide To Film by Brandon Boyer. May 20, 2014.
- http://venuspatrol.com/2014/05/venus-patrol-presents-kentucky-route-zero-guide-film/

Kentucky Route Zero's Musical Centerpiece and the Power of Choice by Ansh Patel. July 14, 2014.
- https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/07/kentucky-route-zeros-musical-centerpiece.html

The Poetics of Space by Cara Ellison. January 3, 2015.
- https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-03-cara-ellison-on-the-poetics-of-space

Pulling the Strings by Lindsey Joyce. February 7, 2015.
- http://www.haywiremag.com/features/pulling-strings/

A Psychogeography Of Games #1: Kentucky Route Zero by Hannah Nicklin. July 3, 2015.
- https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/03/a-psychogeography-of-games-1-kentucky-route-zero/

Opened World: Art Imitates Art by Miguel Penabella. March 27, 2016.
- http://www.haywiremag.com/columns/opened-world-art-imitates-art/

Finding poetry in the caves beneath Kentucky by eli fessler. April 19, 2016.
- https://elifessler.com/games/blog/posts/finding-poetry-caves-beneath-kentucky

We Talked to Cardboard Computer About ‘Kentucky Route Zero’ and the Politics of Debt by Lewis Gordon. June 27, 2016.
- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gea93/kentucky-route-zero-and-the-politics-of-debt-an-interview-with-cardboard-computer-123-58477fecace19e023cedc910

The Unsteady Steadying The Unsteady by Cara Ellison. August 11, 2016.
- http://caraellison.co.uk/essay/the-unsteady-steadying-the-unsteady/

A Melancholy Journey Through the Lost American Dream by Laura Hudson. August 16, 2016.
- http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/08/kentucky_route_zero_reviewed_a_perfect_depiction_of_quiet_economic_desperation.html

Kentucky Route Zero: How Ben Babbitt scored a Lynchian modern classic by Lewis Gordon. August 23, 2016.
- http://www.factmag.com/2016/08/23/kentucky-route-zero-ben-babbitt/

Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV: All but Done by Richard Herndon. January 22, 2017.
- https://medium.com/the-cube/kentucky-route-zero-act-iv-all-but-done-664ecae2d896

Welcome to The Zero: the making of Kentucky Route Zero's open road by Joe Donnelly. January 27, 2017.
- https://www.pcgamer.com/welcome-to-the-zero-the-making-of-kentucky-route-zeros-open-road/

The Forgetting Game by Sam Dibella. November 29, 2017.
- http://www.heterotopiaszine.com/2017/11/29/forgetting-game-kentucky-route-zero/

The Making of Kentucky Route Zero – Games™ Magazine, Issue 194. November 30, 2017.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/kentuckyroutezero/comments/7tzhsf/games_magazine_issue_194_the_making_of_kentucky/

Video killed the video star: on "Un Pueblo De Nada" by Cardboard Computer by Robert Yang. February 2, 2018.
- https://www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2018/02/video-killed-video-star-on-un-pueblo-de.html

Opened World: Kentucky Route Zero Acts I, II, III, and IV by Miguel Penabella.
- http://www.haywiremag.com/columns/opened-world-kentucky-route-zero-act-i/ March 7, 2018.
- http://www.haywiremag.com/columns/opened-world-kentucky-route-zero-act-ii/ April 1, 2018.
- http://www.haywiremag.com/columns/opened-world-kentucky-route-zero-act-iii/ May 10, 2018.
- http://www.haywiremag.com/columns/opened-world-kentucky-route-zero-act-iv/ July 17, 2018.

The Scenographic South by Miguel Penabella. April 26, 2018.
- http://www.heterotopiaszine.com/004-2/

Player Two: An Interview with Ben Babbitt by Miguel Penabella. July 31, 2019.
- https://invalidmemory.wordpress.com/2019/07/31/player-two-an-interview-with-ben-babbitt/
Critical Compilation: Kentucky Route Zero by Nicholas O’Brien. September 26, 2019.
- https://critical-distance.com/2019/09/26/kentucky-route-zero/
Why Kentucky Route Zero is the most important game of the decade by Chris Plante. November 12, 2019.
- https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/12/20960055/kentucky-route-zero-the-most-important-game-of-the-decade