Marty Sliva, Author at The Escapist

Marty Sliva has been writing about video games, popular culture, and the 1995 film Babe professionally for the past decade. You can follow him on Twitter @McBiggitty.

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Breakout

Halo Infinite and the Age of the Battle Pass – Breakout Podcast Live

This week on Breakout, Nick, Marty, and KC discuss the Halo Infinite battle pass controversy and the larger trade-offs of taking premium games ...

By Marty Sliva5 days ago

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Slightly Something Else

So, About Those Game Awards Nominees… – Slightly Something Else

This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss the game of the year (GOTY) nominees and their thoughts on The Game ...

By Marty Sliva6 days ago

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The Takeaway

Elden Ring Feels Like a Greatest Hits of the Past Decade of FromSoftware

You’d be hard-pressed to find a game as unanimously anticipated as Elden Ring. FromSoftware’s first foray into a true open world tantalized with ...

By Marty SlivaNovember 22, 2021

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Column

One Year Later, PlayStation 5 Is Still Winning Without Even Needing to Try

Over the past few years, PlayStation has achieved a level of success few first-party video game developers, publishers, and hardware manufacturers have ever ...

By Marty SlivaNovember 18, 2021

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Column

1 Year Later, Xbox Series X Is Becoming the Console We Were Promised

It’s been a full year since the Xbox Series X and S launched on November 10, 2020, and in that short span of ...

By Marty SlivaNovember 13, 2021

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Announcements

Thunderful World Digital Showcase Coming Nov. 10 with Host Mark Hamill

International developer and publisher Thunderful Games is going to be holding its own digital showcase this week hosted by Mark Hamill, Thunderful World, ...

By Marty SlivaNovember 9, 2021

Elden Ring Feels Like the Cure for Our Open-World Fatigue

Column

Elden Ring Feels Like the Cure for Our Open-World Fatigue

Despite what some people might tell you (*cough* our pal Yahtzee *cough*), open-world games aren’t dead. That said, the genre in 2021 is ...

By Marty SlivaNovember 4, 2021

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Opinion

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Feels Like a Kickass Xbox 360 / PS3 Game

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is one of the most delightfully surprising video games of 2021. After a fairly lukewarm reveal during E3, ...

By Marty SlivaNovember 4, 2021

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Review in 3 Minutes

Shin Megami Tensei V Review in 3 Minutes

In this Review in 3 Minutes, Marty Sliva reviews Shin Megami Tensei V from Atlus, which launches November 12 for $59.99 on Nintendo ...

By Marty SlivaNovember 4, 2021

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Review in 3 Minutes

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Review: One of the Best Surprises of 2021

In this Review in 3 Minutes, Marty Sliva reviews Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy from Eidos-Montreal and Square Enix, which launches October 26 ...

By Marty SlivaOctober 25, 2021

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Previews

Oxenfree II Preview: Come for the Banter, Stay for the Time Paradoxes

2016’s Oxenfree is one of the defining indie games of the last generation. Night School Studio’s debut took the beating heart of the ...

By Marty SlivaOctober 5, 2021

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Opinion

Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye Expertly Swaps Cosmic Wonder for Cosmic Horror

Before jumping into Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. The original 2019 game from Mobius Digital ...

By Marty SlivaOctober 2, 2021

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