Brett Slabaugh Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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2K: New Genres Impossible Without Photorealism

The reason we don’t have Brokeback Mountain: The Game is that the technology just isn’t ready. The game industry, perhaps more than any ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2012

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Update: Deus Ex Voice Actor Warns of Deadly Illuminati Fruit Flies

Whatever’s gotten into Stephen Shellen, he probably never asked for this. Stephen Shellen, best known as the voice actor for Deus Ex: Human ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2012

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Assassin’s Creed Creator Prefers Freedom of First Game

They just don’t make assassins like they used to. “Everything is permitted.” This is not only the philosophy of the eponymous Assassins of ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 31, 2012

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Meet the Borderlands 2 Rogues’ Gallery

The creatures of Pandora have picked up a few new tricks since last time. The inhabitants of the backwater planet of Pandora were ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 27, 2012

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Resident Evil 6 Returns to its Undead Roots

Las Plagas were a little too loco for Resident Evil fans. For a series about zombies, the recent Resident Evil games have had ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 27, 2012

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New Dishonored Trailer Makes a Daring Escape (or Three)

Plan (or improvise) your dramatic exit through the streets of Dunwall. One of the best perks of being a supernatural assassin is that ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 26, 2012

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World of Warcraft Could Have Been World of Warhammer

A marketing decision by Blizzard almost changed the fate of several genres. It’s no secret that Blizzard’s colossal Warcraft franchise was heavily inspired ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 26, 2012

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Hideo Kojima Isn’t Trying to Tell a Story

One of gaming’s most prolific writers has a (somewhat puzzling) opinion on storytelling. Games strike a delicate balance between story and action. The ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2012

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EA: Dead Space Too Scary to Handle Alone

Dead Space 3‘s shift from horror to action is apparently for the good of the players. Dead Space told the story of an ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 20, 2012

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The Elder Scrolls Online May Bring Tamriel to Consoles

You might be able to explore Nirn with your PC friends without leaving the couch. The MMO is an almost exclusively PC-centric genre. ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 18, 2012

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Deadpool Announces His Own Game at Comic-Con

Everyone’s favorite mentally unstable mercenary will soon be getting a game of his own. Marvel’s most self-aware, least sane superhero has appeared in ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 16, 2012

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Live-Action Halo Dawns This October

Microsoft doesn’t need a deal with Hollywood to create a feature film. The ill-fated Halo movie may have already received its 21-gun salute, ...

By Brett Slabaugh Legacy AuthorJuly 11, 2012

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