Robert Rath Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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You Have to Earn Your Apocalypse

This article includes spoilers for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and The Last of Us This is the way the world ends: not ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorNovember 13, 2014

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How Shadow of Mordor Embodies the War on Terror

Image Source: Tolkien.com (via theonering.net) Allying with enemies. Gaining intel on warlords. Tracing their networks. Striking a training camp from the skies and ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorNovember 6, 2014

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How Hong Kong’s Ghost Phobia Reinvented Disney’s Haunted Mansion

There has never been a Disney Park without a Haunted Mansion. Since the first opened in 1969, the stately towers and Grim Grinning ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorOctober 30, 2014

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Zombies: From Haitian Magic to Hollywood Horror

Zombies, more than anything, have become the defining horror monster of the 21st century, able to stand in for anything from pandemics to ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorOctober 23, 2014

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How Did Golems Go From Jewish Mysticism to D&D Icons?

They come with feet of clay, swinging monstrous arms thicker than a man’s waist. They’re destruction engines. Rock made flesh – the golem. ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorOctober 16, 2014

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The Himalayas Produce Some Really Strange Tales

“Do you believe in the Yeti?” I asked our Sherpa trek guide, Lakpa. We sat in front of a woodstove at a guesthouse, ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorOctober 9, 2014

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How Society Defanged The Vampire

Vampires are mythology kings — a creature so buried in our consciousness that a mere mention draws up a picture in our mind’s ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2014

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Fly Like A Pterosaur: An Interactive Prehistoric Flight Sim

The Cretaceous landscape glides beneath me, small islands set in a shimmering sea. I flap my wings and soar higher, eager to pull ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2014

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How Much is $2.5 Billion in Minecraft Terms?

On Tuesday, the internet exploded with the news that Microsoft purchased Minecraft creator Mojang for $2.5 billion dollars. Let’s let that sink in ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2014

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Our Destiny in the Stars: The Reality Behind Terraforming

This week sees the launch of Destiny, Bungie‘s long-awaited shooter where players explore a terraformed solar system, wresting control from alien forces. Human ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorSeptember 11, 2014

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This Republican Video Game is the Elephant in the Room

In some ways, you have to feel bad for the Republican Party. Demographics have put them between a rock and a hard place ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorSeptember 4, 2014

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Why I Am (Tentatively) Excited About Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

It might be an understatement to say I’ve been critical of the Modern Warfare series. Between articles about how the series miscasts the ...

By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorAugust 28, 2014

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