Ron Whitaker Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Most role-playing games let you resolve encounters through combat, but one that lets you work things out through diplomacy is more rare. While ...

Gallery of the Day

Old-school gamers are often heard to lament the lack of truly hard games these days. With a few exceptions, gaming seems to have ...

Gallery of the Day

Every June, the Electronic Entertainment Expo takes over the LA Convention Center, and this year is no different. The 2015 edition of the ...

Gallery of the Day

When Grand Theft Auto 5 finally landed on PC last week, it came with a new tool: The Rockstar Editor. Designed to let ...

Gallery of the Day

Last week, we finally got some additional details about Star Wars: Battlefront, including the fact that it’s coming this November. But if you’re ...

Gallery of the Day

Music is a vital, if sometimes underappreciated, part of games. That’s not only the case in games like Rock Band or Guitar Hero, ...

Gallery of the Day

CD Projekt RED announced today that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has gone gold, and GTA 5 is out on PC. It’s no ...

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Over the years, the Mortal Kombat series has been both lampooned and lambasted for its “Fatalities.” Basically special moves that let you finish ...

Gallery of the Day

The long-awaited PC release of Grand Theft Auto 5 is finally happening, and that means that we can stop waiting and start talking ...

Gallery of the Day

For most of us, the first look we get at a new game is through the promotional trailers. Sometimes those trailers get us ...

Gallery of the Day

It’s not unusual for videogame characters to fade in our memory, especially if we haven’t seen them in a while. There are some ...

Gallery of the Day

MMORPGs are an acquired taste, but once you get the bug, you’ll find yourself pulled farther and farther in until you finally stand ...