Marty M. O'Hale Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Go Virtual, Young Man

“Did you think this was all a game? Is that what you thought? We are not a game … We are real. This ...

By Marty M. O'Hale Legacy AuthorFebruary 5, 2008

Once Upon A Time

Who’s In the Driver’s Seat?

If there is one thing every writer knows, it’s that good stories are about characters. And every game designer knows that if games ...

By Marty M. O'Hale Legacy AuthorNovember 6, 2007

The Future of Gaming

The Four Virtues of FreeCell

Forty-year-old FreeCell had been on my computer since I first got Windows 95, but I didn’t discover it until I entered office life. ...

By Marty M. O'Hale Legacy AuthorAugust 14, 2007

Editor's Choice

A Childhood in Hyrule

Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Nintendo’s most successful franchises, famously recounted how the inspiration for The Legend of Zelda came from his childhood ...

By Marty M. O'Hale Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2007

Can't Get it Out of My Head

Killjoy

It’s tense frustration, really; at best, anxiety. The feeling is familiar to most people who have played a single-player computer RPG recently. Leading ...

By Marty M. O'Hale Legacy AuthorFebruary 13, 2007