Jon Schnaars Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

As one of the grandfathers of the side scrolling action genre, Mega Man serves as the perfect example of how simple but clever ...

Editor's Choice

Writing last August about the release of Madden NFL 2006 in his column, “The Daily Quickie,” former ESPN.com contributor Dan Shanoff made a ...

It Came From The Escapist

Genre, as a tool for cinematic analysis, didn’t really come into its own until the 1960s. Drawing on their literary predecessors, critics during ...

The Revolutionaries

A company’s narrative is equal parts public back story and manufactured idea created by the company’s image. By creating a theater in which ...