Elijah Beahm, Author at The Escapist

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Opinion

VR Games Are Slowing the Pace of Combat, and I’m Here for It

It’s a given that video games are an illusion, but in few ways is this more obvious than with the actual speed of ...

By Elijah BeahmOctober 18, 2020

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Opinion

Pick Up Your Visual Scanning: How Star Wars: Squadrons Makes VR Mode a Necessity

Virtual reality is a tricky prospect in gaming. Some tout it as the future of the medium, but we’re still figuring out what ...

By Elijah BeahmOctober 16, 2020

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Column

Doubt Reality Itself in Bloober Team’s Observer

What’s worse than dread? What could possibly be more heinous than paranoia dripping down your spine? Doubt. You see, where dread makes you ...

By Elijah BeahmOctober 15, 2020

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Column

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Is a Horror Remake Done Right

Dread is a hard emotion to capture, especially in an interactive space. It’s not simply being scared, but being fully aware of the ...

By Elijah BeahmOctober 8, 2020

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Movies & TV

We Need to Think More About the Media We Consume

Be it games, movies, comics, and so on, most people have an interest in media of some kind. The best art helps us ...

By Elijah BeahmOctober 3, 2020

Column

BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den Is What Future BioShocks Should Aspire To

One year ago, my inaugural Second Look piece on 2K Marin’s The Bureau: XCOM Declassified went up. I’d just moved over to The ...

By Elijah BeahmOctober 1, 2020

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Previews

The Falconeer Is Majestic in Its Dogfighting, Awkward in Its Exposition – Hands-On

At first glance, The Falconeer does not look like it was made by a single developer. Yet Tomas Sala has created what many ...

By Elijah BeahmSeptember 28, 2020

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Column

Puppeteer Is PlayStation’s Creativity at Its Best

I’m in a weird place with Sony. I’m kinda, sorta not hugely in love with its first-party output on PlayStation 4. There are ...

By Elijah BeahmSeptember 24, 2020

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Features

Exclusive: Romancelvania Is a Dracula Reality TV Show & Metroidvania Hybrid from the Dev of Perception

“Slay… or Lay?” That’s the tagline to Romancelvania, the new Metroidvania from The Deep End Games. With Van Helsing having left his castle ...

By Elijah BeahmSeptember 23, 2020

Square Enix Crystal Dynamics repetitive post-game with bland level design, unspired loot in Marvel's Avengers

Opinion

Marvel’s Avengers Is a Great Game Once You Understand It

Marvel’s Avengers is a great game that’s terrible at communicating its own strengths. You see, a lot of the complaints leveled at Marvel’s ...

By Elijah BeahmSeptember 19, 2020

Column

Wolfenstein: The New Order Explores the War Against Trauma

You know what I remember most about Wolfenstein: The New Order? The first thing that comes to mind? It’s not laser guns, towering ...

By Elijah BeahmSeptember 17, 2020

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Opinion

Hulk’s Redemption in Marvel’s Avengers Is a Story We Need Right Now

The Hulk is easily one of the most malleable characters in Marvel’s catalogue of heroes. He can be an amusing brute or a ...

By Elijah BeahmSeptember 15, 2020

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