Russ Pitts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Editor's Note

On a Pale Horse

The post-apocalyptic setting has become something of a storytelling staple. Not only does it give us a playground in which to explore our ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2007

Op-Ed

Red Ring of Death

Redmond, we have a problem. Not long after the Xbox 360 launched in November of 2005, early adopters began to suspect that the ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2007

Reviews

Zombie Browser Game A-Go-Go

In preparation for my recent article on the psychology of zombie fiction, the perspective of Japanese game developers, the impact of the apocalypse ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 14, 2007

Op-Ed

It’s OK to Advertise – If We Like You

There’s a word often used by PR agents, advertisers and even game developers to describe those who play – and buy – games. ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 9, 2007

Still Street Fighting After All These Years

Westernization by Zombification

Apocalypse: c.1384, “revelation, disclosure,” from Church L. apocalypsis “revelation,” from Gk. apokalyptein “uncover,” from apo- “from” + kalyptein “to cover, conceal” – Online ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 8, 2007

Op-Ed

The Digg Key Party

Whatever else can be said about Digg, the Web 2.0 behemoth drawing in millions of page hits worth of ad revenue each month ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 7, 2007

Extra Life

Omega Man: The Out of Hell Mod

If making games was as easy as playing them, we’d all be developers, there’d be millions more games on the market and most ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 1, 2007

Reviews

Gloom: Circular Storytelling, Death and Dismemberment

Mister Giggles is a clown. He’s also a skeleton. As such, his challenges as an entertainer of children are legion. In the pursuit ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 30, 2007

News

Xfire Censorship Debate Transcript

The Xfire Debate on game censorship went off without a hitch yesterday. I had the pleasure of debating with California Senator Leeland Yee, ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 27, 2007

News

The Escapist Debates with Xfire

I’ve been asked to participate in the Xfire debate on censorship in games. This is from the official website for the debate: On ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2007

Op-Ed

The Devil in Ms. Pac-Man

I was 10 years old when the town of Arlington, Texas outlawed Dungeons & Dragons. This was in the mid-80s. The furor over ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 23, 2007

Editor's Note

Yarr!

We were all wearing eye patches, there were toucans, and we were all singing. Even the toucans joined in. Amy Claire Kingston’s 12th ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorApril 17, 2007

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