Kyle Orland Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Alone in the StreetPass Crowd

The game I played most on the E3 show floor this year wasn’t featured in any press conference. It wasn’t promoted with gaudy, ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2011

Retro-Colored Glasses

I’d always found people who love the Atari 2600 a little bewildering. Sure, I could understand the power of nostalgia, and on a ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorJuly 13, 2011

The Nintendo Issue

The World in a Chain Chomp

Everything that makes Super Mario Bros. 3 truly special is exemplified, for me, by a single image: A chain chomp breaking free of ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2011

System Lords

The Making (and Unmaking) of a Nintendo Fanboy

In the late 80s, playing games on a TV meant owning a Nintendo Entertainment System. Heck, back then simply being a young boy ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorFebruary 8, 2011

Wii Are The Champions?

High-Def Battleground

High-Def Battleground Videogame consoles have been about more than just videogames for a while now, from Nintendo’s news-downloading Famicom modem to the music-playing ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorDecember 11, 2007

Under the Tree

Holiday Rush

The last three months of the year tend to fit the Dickensian cliché as the best of times and the worst of times ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2007

Editor's Choice

Indie Game Store

The comic book and videogame industries are pretty similar. Both rely on niche support from big-spending, highly dedicated fans. Both are slowly expanding ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorNovember 20, 2007

Crowdsourcing to Victory

WebGame 2.0

“Haha, I have more friends than you.” The schoolyard taunt in my instant messenger box was pretty easy to dismiss. For one, it ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2007

The Future of Gaming

The Game at the End of the Bar

The American arcade industry is dying. Sure, there are still some signs of life in the huge, multifaceted family entertainment centers like Dave ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorAugust 14, 2007

Editor's Choice

The Slow Death of the Game Over

When was the last time you were really distraught about seeing a game over screen? Think about it. If you’ve been playing games ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2007

Launch Telemetry

Backing the Winning Horse

In a 2005 Esquire essay, Chuck Klosterman talks about the cultural betrayal we feel when others don’t agree with our tastes. The essay ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorMarch 27, 2007

The Beat Goes On

Bittersweet Symphony

In the late 16th century, a group of Italian intellectuals calling themselves the Florentine Camerata gathered together to talk about, among other things, ...

By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2007

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