Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Reviews

Assassin’s Creed Liberation Hands On Preview

Assassin’s Creed: Liberation takes place in New Orleans, and our preview demo took place specifically in 1765. We play a female Assassin named ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorSeptember 24, 2012

Reviews

Assassin’s Creed III Hands On Preview

In the Assassin’s Creed universe the Order of Assassins and their arch-enemies the Knights Templar have been battling over the fate of human ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorSeptember 24, 2012

First Person

Blowing Away the Triple-A

I’ve reacted badly to the idea of triple-A development being stale and uninspired because I never saw anything wrong with it. I ate ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorSeptember 7, 2012

First Person

Crossing the Line in Spec Ops

This article contains significant spoilers for Spec Ops: The Line . For years I have reflexively closed my mind to the question of ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorAugust 28, 2012

First Person

Getting Furious Over “Girlfriend Mode”

Borderlands 2 Lead Designer John Hemingway was discussing a skill tree being developed for the Mechromancer class called Best Friends Forever. The skill ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorAugust 17, 2012

First Person

The Exhausting Violence of Max Payne 3

When I think about Max Payne 3 I think about a camera shot tracking tight on a cluster of sixteen or so shotgun ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorAugust 3, 2012

First Person

Ouya Schmooya, Show Me the Games

It was huge news when the Ouya Kickstarter project set a new record by raising three million dollars in 24 hours by offering ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJuly 27, 2012

First Person

Why Phil Fish Ought To Patch Fez

Phil Fish’s development studio Polytron released a patch for Fez on June 22nd that fixed some issues with the game but created a ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJuly 19, 2012

First Person

I’m Still Waiting for My MMO

I’m having a good time with The Secret World. The augmented reality quests are a nice touch and the real-world setting gives the ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJuly 13, 2012

First Person

BioWare Did Right By Us

Mass Effect 3 spoilers follow. The Extended Cut DLC for Mass Effect 3 fixes everything or fixes nothing depending on what issues you ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJune 29, 2012

First Person

On The Other Side of Videogame History

All the negative commentary on the violence at E3 this year is consternating. Why this year, and not last year? I understand a ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJune 22, 2012

First Person

Let’s Stop Pretending E3 Is A Professional Event

A great many game journalists were dissatisfied with E3 this year. I enjoyed the Expo because I’ve only been to three of them ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2012

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