Elijah Beahm, Author at The Escapist

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The Secret Origins of the Illusive Man

Who is the Illusive Man, really? Despite being a constant fixture for much of the Mass Effect trilogy, many fans don’t even know ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 28, 2021

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The Brilliance of Quake Is Eternal

Quake is simultaneously one of the most influential yet oddly rarely discussed games in id Software’s library. As one of the first truly ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 26, 2021

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Mass Effect 1 Has Aged Worse Than Andromeda

Mass Effect 1 is a foundational piece of work by BioWare. It established the future of the developer’s games, charted a way for ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 19, 2021

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The Complicated Mess of Mass Effect 2: Arrival

This article contains assorted spoilers for the Mass Effect series and Mass Effect 2: Arrival. Mass Effect is a series all about reactive ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 14, 2021

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In Mass Effect 2, You’re the Editor, Not the Writer of Your Own Story

The ending of Mass Effect 3 was always doomed. But not by the starchild, or the Crucible, or all the From Ashes DLC ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 12, 2021

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Orcs Must Die 3 Is Everything Fans Have Spent Nine Years Waiting For

Orcs Must Die! has had a surprisingly tumultuous run for a budget downloadable game series. The original from 2011 was a third-person shooter ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 5, 2021

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Of Orcs and Men Is Shrek Meets Dragon Age

When Spiders or Cyanide Studio commits to a crazy idea, it commits. Of Orcs and Men is a gritty yet heartfelt exploration of ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 29, 2021

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Spider-Gwen Is a Perfect Reinvention of Classic Marvel Storytelling

Like Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben, Peter’s love interest Gwen Stacy is famously one of the few truly dead characters in the mainline Marvel ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 24, 2021

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Thief of Thieves Fixes Telltale’s Biggest Problems

Many heralded Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead series as a rebirth of the adventure game genre. Toward that end, I think Telltale did ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 22, 2021

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The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines Lets You Rip Up Time and Space

TinyDino Games’ The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines is as delightful as it is bewildering, being engaging and impactful while also committing wholeheartedly to the ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 15, 2021

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Mass Effect: Redemption Is a Must-Read for Your Legendary Playthrough

Last time on The Stuff of Legends, we explored the worst Mass Effect tie-in novel, Mass Effect: Deception. It had lore inconsistencies, weird ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 10, 2021

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Death of the Outsider Breaks Dishonored, for Better or Worse

Death of the Outsider is not the swansong Dishonored calls for. It ties into the greater universe, paying off on a decade-long story ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 8, 2021

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