Pat Miller Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

You Got Your Race In My Videogame

This story begins at a low-key birthday party of a good friend of mine. Rather than opt for a decadent college bacchanal, she ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2006

In Spaaaace!

My Own Private Galaxy

Space, huh? Space is pretty cool, I guess. Ships, you know. Guns and aliens and cargo smuggling and intergalactic rebellion and all that. ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorJuly 18, 2006

Dungeons & Dollars

Gangs of New York

I was talking with a friend of mine while we drove back to school. Considering we’re in school not too far from Los ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2006

Groovy Games

Retro Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Dim lights, loud techno music, bleeps and bloops, intricate wire-frame models of exotic spaceships, and obscenely high scores; this scene could be any ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorFebruary 21, 2006

Love the One You're With

Playing with Strangers

Seeing a Street Fighter tournament in action is a decidedly surreal experience. To a casual observer, it usually seems ludicrous that a group ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorFebruary 14, 2006

In the Hands of the Enemy

Balancing Your Second Life

Gamers aren’t particularly nice people. Don’t get me wrong. In my experience, most of us tend to be reasonably well-adjusted individuals, perfectly capable ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorFebruary 7, 2006

The Virtual Coffeeshop

Metal Gear Pacifist

We gamers love choice. Presumably, that’s a large part of the reason we play games. We love to choose, whether it means going ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorJanuary 24, 2006

For Great Justice!

Comrades in Cheap

Appearances can be deceiving. This is especially true on the internet, of course; there are plenty of decent-seeming people lurking in the network ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorJanuary 17, 2006

Season's Gaming

Season’s Goodbyes

Have you ever really looked at an arcade cabinet? Most casual arcade-goers don’t. We may notice the sticks and the buttons and the ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorDecember 20, 2005

Otaku

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Gaming!

The first time my girlfriend walked into my dorm room, almost two years ago, she sized up the place as only a socially ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorNovember 8, 2005

Girl Power

Confessions of a GameStop Girl

Rachel Chai and I are sitting in an outdoor plaza of Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo. It’s an overcast Saturday afternoon. I, in undoubtedly ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorNovember 1, 2005

Gamers Get Game

On the Come Up

Who’s that on the M-I-CLyrically it’s Doctor BNot Master P, but I’m still OGGotta get this paper casually I first met Dr. B ...

By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorOctober 18, 2005

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