Carly Smith Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

News

New Fire Emblem Game Coming to 3DS

The team that made Fire Emblem: Awakening is working on the next title in the series. Nintendo announced in this morning’s Nintendo Direct ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 14, 2015

News

Get Ready for Thousands of Deadpools in a Zombie Apocalypse

What’s more terrifying – thousands of zombies or thousands of Deadpools? Marvel’s Return of the Living Deadpool #1 will release in stores and ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 13, 2015

News

Musician’s Union Threatens to Expel The Banner Saga Composer

Composer Austin Wintory violated American Federation of Musicians’ rules by recording the score for The Banner Saga in Texas under non-union auspices. The ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 13, 2015

News

Play as a Balinese Farmer in Spirits of the Rice Paddy

A tabletop game about agriculture has met full Kickstarter funding with plenty of time to go in the crowdfunding campaign. APE Games’ latest ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 13, 2015

News

Speedrunners at AGDQ Raise Over $1 Million for Charity

Speedrunners and fundraisers marathoned games last week as donors, a Humble Bundle, and merchandise helped Awesome Games Done Quick raise $1.5 million. Annual ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2015

News

What Cosplays Were the Most Bought In Japan Last Year?

School idols, Hatsune Miku, and Attack on Titan‘s survey corps top cosplay manufacturer Cospa’s list of biggest sellers. Costume and accessories manufacturer Cospa ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2015

News

Legend of Zelda Fan Artist’s Work Makes Us Go “Awww”

Tellie-tale’s Legend of Zelda art looks right at home with Wind Waker characters and more. DeviantArt user Tellie-Tale is a digital artist with ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 9, 2015

News

HBO’s Game of Thrones Season 5 Date Announced

Death and political intrigue return to HBO as Game of Thrones‘ fifth season begins April 12. The fifth season of HBO series Game ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 9, 2015

News

Move Over DreamWorks, Ghost in the Shell Animated Film On the Way

Another animated adaptation of Ghost in the Shell will premiere in Japan this summer. The website for the latest animated Ghost in the ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 9, 2015

News

Boy Band Disrupts Coding Conference, Led to Reschedule DjangoCon

One Direction’s massive popularity pushes a coding conference out of Cardiff in the beginning of June. People follow One Direction in any direction; ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 9, 2015

News

Valve’s First Ever Anime Games Sale Begins Now on Steam

Titles like Hatoful Boyfriend and Long Live the Queen are on sale this weekend in the first Anime Games Sale on Steam. The ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2015

Movies and TV

Ghost in the Shell Casting Shows We Need More Than White Feminism

Hollywood has a bad problem with casting women; it has an even worse problem with casting women who aren’t white. Let’s get this ...

By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2015

Posts navigation

Community