Russ Pitts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Op-Ed

VGXPO: Final Thoughts

E3 is dead, long live E3. For the next 12 months I fully expect every promoter with even the smallest game convention to ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 30, 2006

Op-Ed

VGXPO: Lunatic Fringe

This weekend at the Valley Forge Convention Center in Valley Forge, PA, there’s a video game convention (which is why I’m here), and ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 28, 2006

Op-Ed

VGXPO: Game Journalism Round Table

This morning as I was dealing with the fallout from having been over an hour late arriving in Philadelphia, getting ripped off by ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 28, 2006

Op-Ed

VGXPO: Part of My Arcade Fantasy

The first movie will always be better than the second. And the book will always be better than the movie. And your first ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 28, 2006

Op-Ed

Gears of War: I’m Not Buying It

The most-hyped game ever is coming out on November 7th, and having it’s Grand Opening (AKA Emergence Day) five days later. It’s being ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 26, 2006

Op-Ed

GH II: Trogdor Confirmed, Wal-Mart Sucks

I just received word from Red Octane. Rumors about Trogdor the Burninator as a bonus track in Guitar Hero II are now confirmed. ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 26, 2006

Op-Ed

Sundance for Machinima

The 2006 Machinima Festival opens next weekend in New York City’s historic Museum of the Moving image, showcasing the year’s best and brightest ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 26, 2006

News

Guitar Hero II Bonus Song: Trogdor

Via JoystikwithaQ, we find word that the Guitar Hero II bonus song list has seen the light of day. At Wal-Mart, no less. ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 25, 2006

Op-Ed

Godfather Goes to the Xbox Live Mattresses

EA’s gangster movie tie-in makes an offer you can’t refuse. Literally. Major Nelson announced yesterday that EA is now offering a slew of ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 25, 2006

News

Blizzard Bumps Burning Crusade

Blizzard Entertainment announced a slight delay for the highly-anticipated World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade, pushing the release date to January of ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 24, 2006

Op-Ed

Second Life: Hung Up On an Idea

I’ve been poking around Second Life a bit lately. Mainly out of curiosity, partly on business and partly because I secretly want to ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 24, 2006

Op-Ed

Russ to Speak at vgXpo

I’ll be hopping on a plane this Friday (arriving two hours early for a one-hour flight – hooray for the Theatre of Security) ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 23, 2006

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