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Editor's Note

Editor's Note

Meet The Escapist's new Editor-in-Chief.

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After five years, six Webby Awards, two Streamy nominations, a G.A.N.G. Award nomination, two dozen video series, over 1,000 written articles, hundreds of millions of page views, quadruple digit percentage traffic growth and a Time Magazine "50 Best Websites" mention, I have decided that it is time for me to move on to new adventures.

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The magazine that started The Escapist is undergoing yet another change - it's growing.

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Videogames provide a means for creation far surpassing the opportunities of our natural world.

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Trust is important. That's why threatening game reviewers is a dangerous game.

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The only way to top being the best is to become even better.

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A look back at E3's look forward.

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Fantasy author and Second Amendment rights activist dies from complications of a heart attack.

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Valve's proposal for weeding out obnoxious players is nothing less than a tyrannical dick tax.

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You've burned your last bit of goodwill, Obsidian.

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It's hard for an adult to believe in a concept as absurd as Happily Ever After, but Disney does its best to make you try.

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The videogame industry is utterly screwed, and it's all your fault - but don't feel too bad about that, because that's how it should be.

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The Escapist brings home three awards, including one to celebrate games as a lifestyle.

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Russ Pitts puts games aside for a moment to take stock of a momentous event: the death of Osama Bin Laden.

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Zombies will always infect videogames, because gamers need something they can shoot guilt-free.