Russ Pitts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Tabletop Gaming and the Hypnic Jerk

“When you go looking for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of all the things in the world, ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJuly 10, 2007

Op-Ed

The New E3: T Minus One Day and Counting …

Perhaps all the hullabaloo over “the next E3” we’ve been slinging around for the past nine months or so has been a bit ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJuly 9, 2007

Editor's Note

Golden Ticket

We do a lot of writing here at The Escapist. While it’s true that the vast majority of our content is produced by ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJuly 3, 2007

Op-Ed

Console Wars, Failure Rates and E3

With the shiny, new, “invite only” E3 about a week away and sales, manufacturing and other various numbers streaming in, now is as ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJuly 2, 2007

Op-Ed

The Console MMOG Renaissance

Rumors have been flying all year that PC MMOG elephant Blizzard was either working on a console MMOG or not working on a ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 29, 2007

Op-Ed

Millions of Voices Suddenly Cried Out

We should have expected it. An entire issue of the magazine aimed at gaming’s most turbulent and controversial moments was bound to stir ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 18, 2007

Reviews

Review: Call of Juarez

“The legend of the Lost Gold of Juarez has been passed from one generation to the next since the time of Hernando Cortez. ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2007

Cutscenes at 11

Will Bobba for Furni

“Netsex, tinysex, virtual sex – however you name it, in real-life reality it’s nothing more than a 900-line encounter stripped of even the ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2007

Interviews

Fifth Period Game Design

To compliment Erin Hoffman’s excellent take on the subject of game design programs at the community college and university level, The Escapist recently ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2007

Edu-gaming 2

Whyville: Saving the Children

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain Part social networking site, part edutisement, Whyville is somewhat of ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 29, 2007

News

The Escapist Artist Honored

Every week here at The Escapist, Team Humidor hunts down the finest game writing available from the finest game writers, and edits, rearranges ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 24, 2007

On a Pale Horse

Ninety Percent of You Die

“Whatever form it takes, we posit that [the apocalypse] will wipe 90% or more of the population from the globe, and directly or ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2007

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