Russ Pitts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Reviews

L.A. Noire Review

There are two things you need to know about LA Noire. The first is that it is quite possibly one of the richest, ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 24, 2011

Editor's Note

State of the Industry

Fucked. That’s the state of the videogame industry in a word. You can keep reading the other 1,200 or so words here, but ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 10, 2011

Editor's Note

The Escapist’s Webby Wins

Today, it was our great pleasure to receive notice from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences that The Escapist won three ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 3, 2011

Editor's Note

Better Than Before

I’m honestly having a hard time focusing on writing about games today. In case you haven’t heard, a team of United States special ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 3, 2011

Editor's Note

Rise From Your Grave

Zombies. It’s always goddamn zombies. Why do videogames and videogamers have such fondness for the undead? I’ll tell you why: guilt. There’s no ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2011

Rise From Your Grave

What Purpose, Minecraft Zombies?

It’s sundown in Minecraft and I’m digging a hole. Literally and figuratively, both in-game and out. In-game, I am literally digging a hole ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2011

Reviews

Portal 2 Review

Portal was a child star. Precocious. Naïve. Too innocent to understand that gamers’ love is often fatuous, that the attention would be dependent ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2011

Editor's Note

A Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Gamers, This is an amazing time to be into games. More games, more types of games, across more platforms are available now ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 13, 2011

Editor's Note

The Broke Gamer

I’ve been broke a few times. More than a few, actually. It’s at those times, when the dollars (or pounds or rupees) you ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 12, 2011

Editor's Note

Abracadabra

Issue 300. How about that? My first appearance in The Escapist was in issue 33, with my article about growing up as a ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 5, 2011

Editor's Note

Going With The Flow

I’m not ashamed to say that I’m a hardcore gamer. Have been all my life. In my house, we have every current console ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMarch 29, 2011

Editor's Note

Editor’s Choice

Times, they are a-changin’. It’s now Spring, for one. And Spring always ushers in a sort of joie de vivre, whether we want ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMarch 22, 2011

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