Nick Calandra
Nick Calandra has been covering video games for over 14 years, holds a bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Journalism and now leads the team at The Escapist. Previously Nick created and led teams at TitanReviews, Velocity Gamer, OnlySP and Gameumentary, before becoming Editor-in-Chief of The Escapist in 2019. He has done everything from covering the smallest of indie games to creating documentaries on some of the most well-known video game franchises in the industry such as Darksiders, Divinity: Original Sin, EVE and more. While his favorite games right now include Rainbow Six Siege and Elden Ring, Nick is constantly experimenting with new genres to expand his gaming tastes and knowledge of the industry.

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Read Article The Callisto Protocol’s Paywalled Death Animations Are a New Low – Breakout
This week on the Breakout podcast, taking about season pass and The Callisto Protocol specifically locking down content for a linear single-player game paywall death animation
Read Article The Callisto Protocol Is Locking Some Death Animations Behind a ‘Season Pass’: That’s Just Gross
The Callisto Protocol is putting some death animation behind a paywall as part of its season pass, which feels gross for single-player games.
Read Article Did Elden Ring Deserve to Be Nominated for Best Narrative? – Breakout
did Elden Ring deserve earn Best Narrative nomination nom TGA The Game Awards 2022 Breakout podcast NC Kwosu Marty Sliva Nick Calandra
Read Article Video Game UI Has Gotten So Bad – The Week in Review
The Week in Review at The Escapist: Plague Tale rules, and Video game UI & UX has become terrible in games like COD Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
Read Article Please, Stop Adding Useless Loot and Gear Scores to AAA Games
Developers, Stop Adding Useless Loot and Gear Scores to AAA Games with fake RPG mechanics and grinding - Gotham Knights, God of War, Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Read Article Every MMO I’ve Tried Just Feels Impenetrable – The Week in Review
The Week in Review at The Escapist: Nick has never seen an MMO he loves, Marvel Snap is great, & Marty is the new Editor of Original Content. - Star Wars: The Old Republic TOR
Read Article The OSIM uThrone Gaming Chair Gives You a Home Massage While You Play
OSIM uThrone gaming massage chair comfort features overview with Nick Calandra at The Escapist
Read Article The Glorification of Review Copies – The Week in Review
Read Article The Silent Hill 2 Remake (and Much More) Has Been Officially Announced – Breakout
Breakout podcast discussing all the Silent Hill Transmission news: the 2 Remake, f, Townfall, Ascension, and the Return movie.
Read Article Sometimes You Can’t Turn Off the ‘Critic’ – The Week in Review
The Week in Review at The Escapist: Rocket League is still great, and critics can unconsciously shape our fun on stuff like Rings of Power. Plus, Gamurs owns The Escapist now!