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    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
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