Russ Pitts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Dear Hillary, You’re Not Going to Win Anyway

Hillary Clinton has apparently renewed her commitment to saving the children from themselves. While attempting to generate support and funding for her pet ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2006

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All the World’s a Stage …

Professional, televised gaming is coming. According to a report over at Yahoo, the USA network has signed a deal with Major League Gaming ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2006

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Why Macs Don’t Game

Writer, scientist, software engineer and former Apple employee, John Martellaro, has deposited a posit on Mac Observer about why he thinks Apple has ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2006

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4 Hours for 40 Dollars …

Tangentially tying-in to this week’s theme, “Snow Day,” Gamasutra has unearthed a nice report from Susquehanna Financial Group about the state of the ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2006

News

Wanna Buy a Tricorder?

Wired News has a fun story up today about what is probably the coolest device yet invented. Imagine wardialing – for everything. The ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 6, 2006

Snow Day

Secret Sauce: The Rise of Blizzard

In 1991, the internet didn’t exist. That is to say, it did exist (and had for some time), but to the majority of ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 6, 2006

Op-Ed

Digg Worth $20 million! or: Why Blogs Are Not Always News

Yes, I’m posting about weblogs on a weblog. This officially defines me as “meta.” Fear my meta-ness. Fear it. This posting over at ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2006

Op-Ed

Sony’s Phil Harrison Shreds A Picture of The Pope

I’m seriously trying to avoid building a career based on discussing the ridiculousness of Sony’s business philosophy and the outrageousness of its bannermen, ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2006

News

DS Lite: Christmas Comes Early

JR and Jason went over to Target today at lunch to check up on rumors that the retailer was breaking Nintendo’s street date ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2006

Op-Ed

Escapist Into The Future

The one-year anniversary of The Escapist‘s inaugural issue is fast approaching. To celebrate, we here in the office have been doing a lot ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 26, 2006

Op-Ed

Sony and The Madonna Principle

The latest in what seems to be a never-ending assault on the very concept of common sense by those in high places at ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2006

Op-Ed

I am … The Phantom

Under the heading “Seriously Guys, You Should Have Seen This Coming Years Ago,” it would appear that Infinium Labs’ former chief executive was ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 17, 2006

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