Joshua Vanderwall Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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The Escapist Classic Videos: Apocalypse Lane Ep. 02

After years of community requests, The Escapist is bringing back some of the community’s favorite classic video series. The Escapist has long been ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2017

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The Escapist Classic Videos: Doomsday Arcade Ep. 01

After years of community requests, The Escapist is bringing back some of the community’s favorite classic video series. The Escapist has long been ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorAugust 7, 2017

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The Escapist Classic Videos: Apocalypse Lane Ep. 01

After years of community requests, The Escapist is bringing back some of the community’s favorite classic video series. The Escapist has long been ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorAugust 4, 2017

Reviews

Tekken 7 Review – Blunting Occam’s Razor

In the past few decades, all genres have evolved – some more than others – in both elegance and complexity. Strategy games refined ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2017

Reviews

Endless Space 2 Review – Ad Infinitum

Endless Space 2. Developed by Amplitude Studios. Published by SEGA. Available on PC. Review key provided by publisher. Endless Space was Amplitude Studios’ ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMay 18, 2017

News

Grad Student’s Algorithm Answers, “What is Indie?”

Our goal isto use an expectation-maximization algorithm to learn the parameters of a model that we will then use to forecast, withoutpeeking at ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMay 17, 2017

Gallery of the Day

8 Best The Simpsons Episodes Ever

Having personally watched thousands of hours of The Simpsons over the years, often putting on an episode in situations where normal people might ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMay 8, 2017

Gallery of the Day

8 Perfectly Cromulent Words Coined on The Simpsons

On the base of Jebediah Springfield’s monument in town is his most famous quote. Edna hadn’t heard the word before moving to Springfield, ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMay 1, 2017

Hardware Reviews

SteelSeries Arctis 7 Wireless Gaming Headset – Pitch Perfect

Developed and Distributed by SteelSeries. MSRP $149.99 USD. Review unit provided by SteelSeries. Despite being a passionate gamer for decades, it was much ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 23, 2017

Reviews

Death Squared Review – Get Cubed

Developed and published by SMG Studio. Released March 14, 2017. Available on PC(reviewed), PS4, and Xbox One. Review copy provided by publisher. I ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2017

Editorials

The Escapist’s Guide to Reviewing Virtual Reality

Video game hardware functionality has been a more-or-less static for decades. Consoles haven’t changed in form, only in power, and computers are still ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 2, 2017

Editorials

Oculus Touch – Pick It Up

You’ve probably never seen a VR video where the player isn’t holding a controller in each hand, acting as their hands in the ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorFebruary 27, 2017

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