Nova Barlow Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Blue Planet

Hooked

There are places on earth we know very little about, and few humans have ever seen. Yet these mysterious places dominate our world. ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorApril 20, 2010

Good Eats

Press B to Serve

I love cooking. There’s something satisfying about making a meal and occasionally even serving it to others. But while I’ll spend hours on ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2010

We Built This City

Max-Level Crafters

A Tetris dress. A pair of Grim Fandango-themed shoes. Hearthstone pillows. We’ve all stumbled into curiosities like these on the internet before. We ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorJanuary 26, 2010

The Network

Big Heroes, Little Gods

By day, City of Heroes/Villains (aka CoX) player Joseph A. Schweinzer is a photographer and IT professional. By night, he’s Dr. Turgenev, a ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorDecember 22, 2009

Frustration Nation

Wired Differently

First-person shooters make me sick. I don’t mean that I’m disgusted by them. I mean that games with a first-person perspective actually make ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2009

Op-Ed

This Week In Gaming History

This week we’ll be taking a look at things we love (and things that love to confuse us), with a brighter look at ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2009

Op-Ed

This Week in Gaming History

What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than to take a look at things that just didn’t work out? This week’s rocky relationships ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorFebruary 2, 2009

Op-Ed

This Week In Gaming History

As the newest President gets things underway with a Wii in the White House, many eyes will be curious to see just how ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorJanuary 26, 2009

Op-Ed

This Week in Gaming History

Let’s go exploring! With January comes a certain amount of restlessness, and what better way to pass the time than by wandering around ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2009

Op-Ed

This Week in Gaming History

This week in videogame history, we’re going to take a look at several things that have left an undeniable stamp on the industry ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2009

Op-Ed

This Week in Gaming History

Is history linear or cyclical? At the top of the New Year, it is pretty typical to get philosophical over questions like these ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorJanuary 5, 2009

Op-Ed

This Week in Gaming History

While the common perception is that nothing ever happens during the last week of the year in the videogame industry, this week we’ll ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorDecember 29, 2008

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