Russ Pitts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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There’s a beautiful moment after the end of one of Marvel’s Spider-Man‘s many cinematic cutscenes. Aunt May has done a very selfless, kind, ...

Videos

Editor’s note: This article has plagiarized from other sources around the web. Click the links to see where the plagiarized copy originated. To ...

Editorials

This is going to sound corny. I know it. Corn alert: The Escapist was always more than a website. It was an idea. ...

Editorials

I’ve always bemoaned the sense video games are about what’s next or new. Consumer culture, and in that order. Voraciously acquiring the latest ...

Movies and TV

For 24 years, Halloween Horror Nights has turned one of the most popular theme parks into the scariest place on Earth. The rain ...

I’m standing on the mountain when the weather changes. I’m injured. I can move, but only slowly, and the sky that started the ...

For the feature article Dead Inside, author Russ Pitts examined the narrative subtext of the popular zombie action game Dead Island, and what ...

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You’ve done it all before. Chasing the Covenant around the Halo. Throwing sticky plasma grenades. Bouncing over sand dunes in the Warthog. You’ve ...

“I must arm myself to fight you by making weapons out of my imperfections. … But I’m dead inside.” – Henry Rollins/Tool, “Bottom” ...

Editor's Note

These will be the last words I will write as Editor-in-Chief of The Escapist. After five years, six Webby Awards, two Streamy nominations, ...

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With just one planned DLC adventure yet to be released for Fallout: New Vegas, it’s time to take a look at the first ...

Reviews

Dear Readers, The review for NCAA 12 previously published in this space has been removed from The Escapist. After further review (as the ...