Nova Barlow Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Op-Ed

This Week in Gaming History

For the week of October 5 through October 11, one common theme came up frequently – videogame violence. We’ll also take a look ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorOctober 6, 2008

Op-Ed

This Week in Gaming History

For the week of September 28 through October 4, we’re going to take a look at some classic series including Zelda and Kingdom ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorSeptember 29, 2008

Op-Ed

This Week in Gaming History

Welcome back to another week in gaming history. For the week of September 22nd through the 27th, we’re taking a look at Myst, ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorSeptember 22, 2008

Op-Ed

This Week in Gaming History

Come take a stroll down memory lane with us and visit the games and stories that have helped make up our industry. Every ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorSeptember 15, 2008

WoW Lich King

WOTLK Beta: Alyx’s Adventures (3/3): An End to All Things

Bring back the head, report in on the dead, and you’ll find out just how being vengeful can get fun as !A Cry ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorSeptember 15, 2008

Beta Journals

WOTLK Beta: Alyx’s Adventures (2/3): 56 But Not Much Tricks

Getting diverted as a novice death knight is actually easier than it looks. When you least expect it, someone from your past pops ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorSeptember 12, 2008

Beta Journals

Alyx’s Adventures: The Young Deathknight

Upon reaching Ebon Hold, your first interaction is with The Lich King himself. You are !In Service of the Lich King, but he ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorAugust 21, 2008

Beta Journals

Propaganda and You: The Literate Deathknight

But where do we find lore to read? Everywhere! Occasionally you’ll find scrolls as you go around Havenshire and beyond. While most players ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorAugust 21, 2008

Critical Success, Commercial Flop

Walk, Don’t Run

Critically acclaimed, award winning … commercial failure. It is the game you meant to play but didn’t until it became hard to find ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorMarch 4, 2008

Play to Pay

Where to From Here?

Have you heard about alternative reality games (ARGs) lately? Of course you have – they’re everywhere. From college campuses holding mini-ARGs for new ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2007

Raid

State of the Space

From penguins to pirates, Metaverse to Metaplace, judging from investment and development alone, within the past year, virtual worlds and online games have ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorOctober 23, 2007

Crowdsourcing to Victory

The Making of World Without Oil

Instead of Tombstone Poker with ghosts, or aliens on payphones, this spring brought one of the first serious alternative reality games (ARGs) into ...

By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2007

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