Christian Ward Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Going Gold

Rated M for… Mature?

As the ratings system of the largest videogames market in the world, the ESRB wields power far beyond its boundaries. These days any ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorApril 22, 2009

Going Gold

Revenge of the Nerds

Like most who are arrogant, insecure and in possession of an inferiority complex, we in games don’t react well to criticism – especially ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorApril 8, 2009

Carrot on a Stick

A Break in Immersion

After trekking for what feels like an eternity across a barren, desolate wasteland, you see the Colossus lumbering in the distance. With nothing ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorApril 7, 2009

Going Gold

The Digital Pimp

The rise of the commercial digital distribution model has been as swift as a download of Hexic on a fiber-optic connection. Even Microsoft ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorMarch 18, 2009

Editorials

Know Your Role

It’s easy to stand in our position of the games industry and think that we’re the ones who matter. We’ve been playing and ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorMarch 4, 2009

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Faster Horses

Just as everyone in Hollywood has that one script in their head they’re just waiting to write, seemingly everyone in the games industry ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorFebruary 18, 2009

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Objection, Sustain

The games-following media went all a-flutter for a moment last week when, for the first time since Nintendogs went on sale, a real ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorFebruary 4, 2009

Going Gold

We Three Kings of Gaming Are

We three kings of Gaming are With Blu-Ray, waggle and avatars. Xbox and Wii, DS and PS3 Following gaming’s star O games of ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorDecember 24, 2008

Going Gold

The Law of Diminishing Returns

Late last month, Microsoft was partying and releasing celebratory press releases to commemorate a landmark that many were surprised to discover had not ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorDecember 11, 2008

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Used and Abused

It’s somewhat appropriate that in a week when the Detroit automakers are flying cap in hand to Washington for bailout money, an increasing ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorNovember 26, 2008

Going Gold

Free Your Mind

It’s either strange or desperate days when the two biggest original IPs are being launched in October and November by a publisher as ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorNovember 12, 2008

Going Gold

Going Gold: Comix Zone

Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, Batman, Hellboy, Hulk, Wanted – I do seem to remember a time when movies offered me something other ...

By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorOctober 30, 2008

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