Rowan Kaiser Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

GDC 2014

Women Belonging in Video Games: #1ReasonToBe

Image Source: Dominique Pamplemousse by Deidre Kiai At around 5pm on Thursday evening, game designer Deirdra Kiai apparently decided to blow the lid ...

By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorMarch 26, 2014

GDC 2014

How Crusader Kings 2‘s Story Could Be Game of Thrones

The grand strategy game has become popular for it’s story-driven nature, but takes it cues from such games as The Sims. The result ...

By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorMarch 20, 2014

The Red Box Diaries

Out of the D&D Closet

Dungeons & Dragons – or tabletop roleplaying in general – both repels me and attracts me. I can admit it now, freely. I ...

By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorSeptember 14, 2010

Anti/Villain

Stop Killing the Foozle!

Imagine a game without a final boss. Not just a strategy game or a social game or something that usually doesn’t have a ...

By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorJuly 13, 2010

Full Spectrum Gamer

Hardcore Maleness

Let’s cut through the crap, shall we? The terms “casual” and “hardcore” are codes. They’re words we use in the public sphere to ...

By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2010

Extra Life

Mid-Level Exceptions

The process of imagination drives our culture’s most compelling narratives. Be it Lost, The Wheel of Time, or Star Wars, these stories convey ...

By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorMay 1, 2007