Russ Pitts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Op-Ed

The trick is to remember the house always wins. This is good if you’re the house, bad if you’re not. Most of us ...

Sports are hard. This shouldn’t be news to anyone with a lifelong gaming fetish, nor was it news to me. I hate sports. ...

Op-Ed

I recently attended an impromptu family reunion in North Texas, the occasion being the funeral of a relative. It had been a year ...

Editorials

Big apologies to all who are still plugging away at Deus Ex, but, in the words of great statesmen everywhere, great sacrifices are ...

Living the Dream

Kyle “Ksharp” Miller, 23, seems, at first glance, like an ordinary young man. He’s had a steady job since he was “17 or ...

Reviews

There are two things the makers of Halo 3 should be remorseful about on Launch Day Plus One. The first is the fact ...

Editor's Choice

“Oh, Lord it’s hard to be humble, but I’m doing the best I can.” – Mac Davis It’s hard to be humble, if ...

Crowdsourcing to Victory

It’s said in Hollywood that even the guy bringing you coffee is working on a screenplay, and that’s not too far from the ...

Op-Ed

I’ve railed about the lunacy of the videogame pre-order boondoggle often enough to get my own satellite radio show about it (my door ...

News

Around here, we call her Bosslady, but on the masthead she’s Executive Editor of The Escapist and her brand of journalistic integrity and ...

Videos

Last week at AGDC, I was invited to visit Richard Garriott’s house to witness a preview of his latest game, Tabula Rasa and ...

Interviews

On Tuesday I was privileged to take part in a live chat on Xfire for their Careers in Gaming Week. Joining me was ...