Russ Pitts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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E3 2010: Brink

Have you heard of Brink? It’s an online-style action shooter from Splash Damage, the company behind the Enemy Territory multiplayer games based on ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2010

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E3 2010: Tron: Evolution Hands-On

Tron: Evolution was easily one of my top five pleasant surprises at E3 2010. The videogame, based on the upcoming Tron film, follows ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2010

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E3 2010: StarFox 64 3D Hands-on

Whether or not it’s just a passing fad, 3D technology is the current “will sell millions” bullet point for producers of entertainment and ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2010

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E3 2010: Donkey Kong Country Returns Hands-on

Donkey Kong Country was one of those games that made the Super NES console a “mom please buy for me” in my household. ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2010

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E3 2010: Zelda: Skyward Sword Preview

Few things elicit squeals of glee as successfully as mention of a “new Zelda” game. Thus, simply by showing off a few scenes ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2010

Editor's Note

Best of

I write this note having just returned from E3, the massive Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. This was my fourth E3 for ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 22, 2010

Editor's Note

The Day After

Funny story, but true: The first article I wrote for The Escapist, in 2006, was about gaming and the apocalypse. It was mostly ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 15, 2010

Editor's Note

Back to the Drawing Board

Saturday has always been my favorite day. When I was younger, it was sacred. It was my day. During the week, I had ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2010

Back to the Drawing Board

The Sunny Side of the Zombiepocalypse

A curious rumor started to surface in the summer of 2008: PopCap, the game company in Seattle best known for making cutesy casual ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2010

Editor's Note

Full Spectrum Gamer

What kind of gamer are you? Are you a PC gamer? A console gamer? Hardcore? Casual? Do you like shooters or strategy games? ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2010

Reviews

Review: Red Dead Redemption

The Western is a genre as transcendental as romance, and as quintessentially American as apple pie and hand guns. It is also the ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

Editor's Note

Anatomy of a Game Design

What’s in a game? It’s a decent question. If you’re like me, you play dozens of games per year, each for a different ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

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