Adam LaMosca Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Waypoints

Burnout: Paradise Lost and Found

When Criterion’s Burnout: Paradise demo went live last December, fans of the high-speed, crash-and-burn racing series were largely unimpressed. And for good reason: ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorFebruary 5, 2008

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Child’s Play, Live from Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital

Some kids arrive by ambulance. Others by helicopter. Some will leave the same day. Others will stay for weeks. Whether they’re in the ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorJanuary 22, 2008

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If Only

Five assassinations in, and I was done. I didn’t care that my remarkably animated hero was capable of superhuman feats. It didn’t matter ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2008

Reviews

Review: Crysis [Single-Player]

Three and a half years ago, Crytek didn’t have a reputation to worry about. No one could’ve guessed that the unknown German studio’s ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorNovember 27, 2007

Reviews

Review: Hellgate: London

I’ve spent about thirty hours with Hellgate: London in the two weeks since its release–enough time to conclude that the game’s debut should ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorNovember 13, 2007

Waypoints

Playing for the Reward

I’m occasionally perplexed by my own gaming habits. During the past few years I’ve found myself setting aside or even foregoing certain games ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorOctober 30, 2007

Reviews

Review: Phantom Hourglass

It’s hard to believe it’s been only two and a half years since a hand-held Zelda title debuted. Maybe it’s because the DS ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorOctober 16, 2007

Waypoints

Merging My Hobbies: Halo 3’s Theater

I wasn’t always a gamer. Although I spent much of my childhood clutching 8-bit console controllers and dumping paper route income into arcade ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2007

Reviews

The King of Kong

You wouldn’t think a documentary about the rivalry between two arcade competitors would garner much critical acclaim, especially when the game in question ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2007

Reviews

Review: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has a lot to prove. As the final chapter in the lauded Prime series, it’s tasked with wrapping up ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorSeptember 4, 2007

Editorials

PAX 2007: Gaming Shangri-La

Last Friday, geek figurehead Wil Wheaton delivered the keynote address at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. Wheaton won over the crowd early, ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorAugust 27, 2007

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GameTap: Gaming’s Best-Kept Secret

When Turner Broadcasting Systems launched GameTap in October 2005, the gaming community took only cursory notice. Despite the fact the PC-based subscription service ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorAugust 21, 2007

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