Michael Zenke Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Op-Ed

F— ‘Em If They Can’t Take A Sequel

When you read game reviews on the big sites, you tend to see the same phrases used again and again. “Stunning graphics” and ...

By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorApril 10, 2007

Op-Ed

The Power of Personal Narrative

Shivering Isles, an expansion to Bethesda’s open-ended RPG Oblivion, released yesterday. Later this year, we’re going to see Bioware’s Mass Effect in stores ...

By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorMarch 27, 2007

Op-Ed

One Too Many Es – The Superfluous E3

Last year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was the culmination of years of an arms race between the console makers and third-party software publishers. ...

By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorMarch 13, 2007

Op-Ed

An Intellectual Property Cautionary Tale

If you’ve never read Scott Miller’s blog, I highly recommend it. Miller is the CEO of 3D Realms and speaks about very interesting, ...

By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorFebruary 27, 2007

Op-Ed

Straying From the Flock

I’m weak. I’ll admit it. I’ll own up to the phenomenal weakness that took me, feet dragging, into Gamestop earlier this week. With ...

By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorFebruary 13, 2007

Season's Gaming

Going “Home” for the Holidays

In late December of 2005, I found myself with little to do on a cold Friday evening. My wife works late, and since ...

By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorDecember 19, 2006

The Rest of the Story

Game Journalists on Game Journalism

“Game journalism” has been a murky term ever since it became a buzzword a couple years ago. While some critics debate whether or ...

By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2006

It Came From The Escapist

Dreading the Shadows on the Wall

“[Games] are, in their superior forms, simply by-products of excess intellectuality, which I haven’t the honour to possess. In their inferior forms they ...

By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorJune 27, 2006

Snow Day

Ripples in The Pond

Some things take the world by surprise. The popularity of Katamari Damacy came as quite a shock to Namco. Prior to 1997, no ...

By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorJune 6, 2006

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