Brendan Main Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Play It Again

There are three myths that inevitably pop up whenever the relative worth of various media are discussed: The book is always better, the ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorMay 3, 2011

The Broke Gamer

The Mysteries of the Bin

As one of the infinitesimally small subsection of gamers who make a bit of scratch from their gaming, I’m not so broke as ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorApril 12, 2011

Box Office Games

House of Horrors

If you spend any time watching horror movies, from classic thrillers to B-grade schlock, you might catch yourself marveling at how unrelentingly dense ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorMarch 8, 2011

Shit My Dad Plays

The Case of Dad vs. Phoenix Wright

My father is a judge, presiding in the Ontario Court of Justice. Growing up as a kid, I used to hear stories around ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorFebruary 22, 2011

Sega Retrospective

Thanks For all the Fish

In the prehistoric 1960s, a thrilling new pet was gaining in popularity – a self-sustaining aquarium teeming with life, advertised under the fanciful ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorJanuary 25, 2011

Exterminate!

The Minus Touch

We’re on our way home from the holidays. My brother is behind the wheel. He’s talking about the time he crashed his car ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorJanuary 18, 2011

Editor's Choice

No Gods, No Devils

Usually, the underworld is a perfect stomping ground in videogames, chock full of slavering hordes and demonic overseers, ultimately ruled by a goat-horned ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorJanuary 4, 2011

Learning From Failure

Lost in Yokosuka

Any time the name “Shenmue” is mentioned, fans pricks up their ears, like loyal dogs awaiting their master’s call. Though they’ve heard news ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorDecember 21, 2010

Collections Agents

Ghost-Type Story

Pokémon, in any of its umpteen iterations, is the quintessential collector’s game. Any recent version offers not only an ever-growing roster of creatures ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorNovember 30, 2010

Miss Cleo Predicts Your Gamerscore

Psycho Mantis, Qu’est-ce que c’est?

The Metal Gear Solid series is a collection of strange games, made stranger through its habit of waffling on whether the goings-on are ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2010

J + RPG

Homeward (Earth)Bound

Japanese roleplaying games have earned themselves the dubious distinction of sharing any number of stale tropes – the dreaded trifecta of big hair, ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorNovember 9, 2010

Symphony of Destruction

The Thin White Line

There is a healthy subgenre of games that use music not as decoration, but as the central mechanic of play. These all imagine ...

By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorOctober 26, 2010

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