Peter Parrish Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Exploding Barrels

Pills Here!

No matter how brutal and nightmare-flecked the setting, no matter how many waves of unholy creatures assail the planet and no matter how ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorMarch 15, 2011

Symphony of Destruction

The Devil Inside

You are all the Devil. Old Nick. Lucifer. It doesn’t really matter which name you adopt, he’s inside every one of you. I’m ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorOctober 26, 2010

Second Banana

The Best Planet Companion

It’s no coincidence that the most memorable party-based RPGs feature a fine supporting cast. Titles like Planescape: Torment or Barkley, Shut Up & ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorAugust 24, 2010

Reviews

1984 Out of 10

In November 1936, the New English Weekly published George Orwell’s essay In Defence of the Novel. Orwell felt that the prestige of the ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorJune 29, 2010

The Fanfiction Issue

Interviews With the Fandom

Fanfiction is an easy target. Attacking it is akin to plopping the cast of Finding Nemo in a barrel from Donkey Kong and ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorApril 13, 2010

The Spy Who Fragged Me

Griefing in Black and White

Spy vs Spy first appeared in Mad Magazine in 1961. Created, drawn and authored by Antonio Prohias, an exile from Castro’s Cuba, the ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorFebruary 16, 2010

My Game Done Me Wrong

Save Our Souls

I used to leave my ZX Spectrum on overnight, just so I wouldn’t lose my progress in Magicland Dizzy. Listening in the darkness ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2009

My Player One and Only

Artificial Thrills

Masturbation is the ultimate single-player game. Let me put that a different way – it’s not a game you’d be leaping to play ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2009

Off the Grid

Tipocalypse Now

Even though they’re probably online right at this moment, a healthy portion of internet users secretly believe the place is rotten to the ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorMarch 17, 2009

The Fanatic Issue

Penning the Perfect Fanfiction

We know how it is. You’re tolerated in your videogame fan community but could stand to be better liked – respected, even. It’s ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorMarch 3, 2009

Outside the Box

Mod & Blade

As every stereotypical young girl knows, horses are fascinating. This isn’t lost on games developers either; many include an equine buddy for the ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorJanuary 20, 2009

The Future of Gaming

Fast-Track to Fanaticism

It wasn’t always this complicated. Being an eager, fresh-faced fan of videogaming during the birth pangs of the industry didn’t carry any particular ...

By Peter Parrish Legacy AuthorNovember 11, 2008