Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Jessica Chobot and Mass Effect 3

On Tuesday, the videogame audience got its first look at the voice cast trailer for Mass Effect 3, and it was revealed to ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorFebruary 3, 2012

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Little League Trained Me for Battlefield 3

My father asked if I wanted to play baseball when I was around five years old. I said yes without really thinking about ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJanuary 26, 2012

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When Dragon Age II Fell Apart

Critics of Dragon Age II who are bullish on the game tend to extol the virtues of its narrative. I enjoy narrative in ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2012

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The Xbox 720

We’re only twelve days into 2012 and already I’ve read several unconfirmed reports of the Xbox 720 being in the hands of developers. ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2012

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Kim Possible Taught Me What A Game Is

The Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure at Epcot in Disney World is best defined as an alternate reality game (ARG), or a game ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorJanuary 5, 2012

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How The Old Republic Didn’t Change MMOs

One of my characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic had to decide whether or not to kill a man. Doing so would ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorDecember 29, 2011

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Saying Goodbye to Vault Girl

In Fallout 3, we play the role of a character raised in an underground nuclear survival shelter called a “Vault.” The overarching storyline ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorDecember 22, 2011

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Why I Am Patient With The VGAs

Criticism, if it’s good, is constructive. If criticism points out something that isn’t working, that criticism makes it clear why something isn’t working. ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorDecember 15, 2011

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Skyrim is Soulless

I could not be trusted to play “just a little” of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim when it was first released. A pattern ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorDecember 8, 2011

A Farewell to Galaxies

Returning to Star Wars Galaxies for the first time in five and a half years, I couldn’t help but think that all of ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorAugust 8, 2011

Symphony of Destruction

Shooting for the Sky

The research for my interview with Ken Levine painted a picture of an artist and consummate intellectual. BioShock Infinite has already been roundly ...

By Dennis C. Scimeca Legacy AuthorOctober 26, 2010

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