Joshua Vanderwall Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Submit Your Bracket for The Escapist’s Reader’s Choice Game of the Year 2014

Make your voice heard in our second annual Reader’s Choice Game of the Year competition, where 16 games go head to head, bracket-style, ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorNovember 19, 2014

Video Games

Overwatch is Blizzard-Meets-TF2, and It Is Glorious

Blizzard is well known for its tendency to make entry-level titles in sometimes hard-to-learn genres. Hearthstone is, in my experience, one of the ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2014

Previews

Hearthstone‘s Goblins vs Gnomes Expansion Embraces Randomness

At BlizzCon 2014, I got to sit down with Yong Woo, Senior Producer on Hearthstone to discuss the CCG’s first expansion, Goblins vs ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorNovember 8, 2014

Gallery of the Day

8 of the Best Selling PC Games Ever

The PC doesn’t get the appreciation that it should. It’s what consoles are trying to be, and failing miserably at the attempt. If ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorNovember 3, 2014

Gallery of the Day

8 Amazing Isometric RPGs

Lots of gamers have been raving about Pillars of Eternity, including our very own Justin Clouse. If you’re among them, and you’d like ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorNovember 1, 2014

Gallery of the Day

8 Underrated Anime Series You Should Have Watched

Not all series are created equal, some are better than others. These are diamonds in the rough that haven’t gotten the respect that ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorOctober 27, 2014

Gallery of the Day

8 Games From EA That Don’t Suck

Today we give you a short list of some of the games from Electronic Arts that don’t suck. Get ready for a list ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorOctober 25, 2014

Gallery of the Day

8 Diablo-like Alternatives

Are you a fan of the Diablo style action RPG, but are looking for games that aren’t actually Diablo? There’s nothing wrong with ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorOctober 23, 2014

Previews

Duels 2015 Expansion Fixes Pay-to-Win Concerns

Travel and accommodations to the preview event were paid for by Wizards of the Coast. At Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir earlier this ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorOctober 21, 2014

Gallery of the Day

8 Weird Animals You Have Not Seen

With the discovery of an 18-foot Oarfish, let’s celebrate weird animals and the fact that they may or may not exist. Source Starting ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2014

Hexproof

What Does Abzan’s Pro Tour Dominance Mean?

Travel and accommodations for the event were provided by Wizards of the Coast. Yesterday’s final rounds of Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir in ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorOctober 13, 2014

Gallery of the Day

8 Great Roguelikes that You Can’t Stop Playing

Death in videogames is fairly common. You screw something up, your character dies, and then you restart at a checkpoint or a recent ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorOctober 13, 2014

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