Howard Wen Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Mob Rule

When Worlds Collide

As if MMOGs like World of Warcraft and Second Life weren’t already addictive enough, imagine if those virtual worlds crossed over into your ...

By Howard Wen Legacy AuthorAugust 12, 2008

Critical Success, Commercial Flop

Interview: Cryptic Allusion on Keeping the Dream(cast) Alive

The Dreamcast was the best and last console Sega ever made. Its short life of less than three years on the market (originally ...

By Howard Wen Legacy AuthorMarch 4, 2008

Group Play

So Game We All

One of the more impressive games released last year was Beyond the Red Line. This action-spacecraft sim is based on the modern-day incarnation ...

By Howard Wen Legacy AuthorFebruary 26, 2008

Lost in Space

What Happened To The Last Starfighters?

It was once one of the most popular computer game genres. A little over 10 years ago, the space combat sim was represented ...

By Howard Wen Legacy AuthorFebruary 12, 2008

Play to Pay

Dan Ferguson: The Escapist Interview

Office managers can thank Dan Ferguson for helping reduce their workers’ productivity. He pioneered the concept of the “advergame”: easy-to-play, casual videogames that ...

By Howard Wen Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2007

Editor's Choice

Curt Vendel: The Escapist Interview

One of the past year’s best-selling videogame consoles has been the latest version of a three-decades-old system: the Atari 2600. Though marketed as ...

By Howard Wen Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2007

The Rainmakers

Peter Molyneux

To say Peter Molyneux is a moral game developer is to be interpreted literally. The idea of incorporating morality – the choices one ...

By Howard Wen Legacy AuthorMarch 6, 2007

Op-Ed

Welcome to The Escapist First Annual Slammy Awards…

All this week, the Slamdance Film Festival has been going on in Park City, Utah. Curiously lacking in the gaming press has been ...

By Howard Wen Legacy AuthorJanuary 30, 2007