Ray Huling Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Destroy All Consoles

The economist Joseph Schumpeter used the term “creative destruction” to describe how innovation creates new markets while bringing ruin to old ones. In ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorJuly 28, 2009

Editor's Choice

Endless Snow Day

The credit freeze is burying us in. Think of the recession as a long winter storm. If we’re going to outlast this period ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorApril 21, 2009

Minority Report

Diversity, One Dragon-Punch at a Time

Post-Mortem on Championship Gaming SeriesThe rise and fall of the Championship Gaming Series provides plenty of fodder for those interested in figuring out ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorJanuary 13, 2009

Rub, Wiggle and Blow

The Battleship Final Fantasy

Sailing a Sinking ShipNext year, Square Enix will release a veritable fleet of Final Fantasy games, with Final Fantasy XIII towering above the ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorDecember 9, 2008

Industry Negligence

Woman, Mother, Space Marine

The Only Thing Videogames Haven’t Stolen from AliensWhen it comes to videogames, Aliens is the most influential movie of all time. From 1990’s ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorNovember 18, 2008

Op-Ed

Schooling Obama on Games

In the last of the Presidential Debates, Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama called on parents to take responsibility for the education of their ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorNovember 4, 2008

Editor's Choice

Beat Your Game to Death

Ninjas Don’t Cry Ninja Gaiden II, the latest installment in Tecmo’s classic action series, opens with a cut scene featuring a new character, ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorSeptember 9, 2008

Superheroes

Why No Punisher?

The Realest Man in ComicsThe strangest thing about the Punisher is that he doesn’t exist. Frank Castle, Marvel Comics’ vigilante anti-hero, first appeared ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorJune 17, 2008

The Return of the Genre

You Are What Eats You

The Zombies of LbhairaLast summer, in Casablanca, I found zombies in a souk. A souk is a traditional Middle Eastern market of small, ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorJune 3, 2008

Geek Culture

Dungeons & Dragons Owns the Future

D&D Against TimeIn a few weeks, Hasbro will release the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, the tabletop roleplaying game that started it ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2008

Weird Science

When the Sky Comes out of the Ground

Meteorites!Nothing sets the imagination alight like fire from the sky. On September 15, 2007, a fireball visible at mid-day fell from the vicinity ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorMarch 18, 2008

Editor's Choice

Mass Effect Saves Humanity – for What?

You know evolution did not end with us growin’ thumbs. You do know that, right? – Bill Hicks Let’s Get Space-y The boys ...

By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorMarch 11, 2008

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