Adam LaMosca Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Money Talks, Art Walks

Pardon me while I invoke the name of Roger Ebert in a discussion of videogames and art. I know, I know: Ebert and ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorAugust 7, 2007

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On-Screen Help, In-Game Hindrance

When Shenmue introduced Quick Time Events seven years ago, it didn’t look like the beginning of a trend. Synchronizing button presses with onscreen ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2007

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Review: The Darkness

When Sweden-based Starbreeze Studios released Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay for the Xbox in 2004, gamers were pleasantly surprised. More than ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorJuly 10, 2007

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In Defense of Previews

If you’re an avid gamer, you’re used to being let down. To bask in the radiance of a glowing preview and then be ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorJune 11, 2007

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The Price Is Not Right

All this talk about which console manufacturer is providing the consumer the greatest value is missing the point. The market has already decided ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorMay 29, 2007

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Review: Tritton AX360 5.1 Headset

I’m a total sucker for any affordable piece of equipment that might possibly enhance my gaming experience. Hence my recent purchase of Tritton’s ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorMay 15, 2007

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Review: Super Paper Mario

Were it not for the current dearth of AAA Wii titles, I might not have played Super Paper Mario at all. In fact, ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorMay 1, 2007

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Review: Earth Defense Force 2017

Borrowing liberally from a rich heritage of alien invasion material, Earth Defense Force 2017 offers a scenario straight out of War of the ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorApril 17, 2007

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Review: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

More than two decades since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the area surrounding the now-entombed reactor is as haunting as any virtual landscape. Documented ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorApril 3, 2007

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Parents, Gaming and Unspoken Fears

My 7-year-old daughter is, I expect, a typical child of a gamer parent. On a rainy afternoon she’s as inclined to curl up ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorMarch 20, 2007

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Review: Crackdown

Crackdown begins by dropping the player right into the middle of Pacific City, a sprawling near-future metropolis overrun by a trio of criminal ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorMarch 6, 2007

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Making Gamers

Last week Shigeru Miyamoto granted an interview with CNN.com’s Talk Asia. It’s typical Miyamoto: he’s affable as ever, and effortlessly manages to reduce ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorFebruary 20, 2007

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