Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Lara’s Damsel in Distress

If you follow my work at all beyond this column, then you’re probably already sick of hearing about how much I like the ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 2, 2013

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How to Fix Electronic Arts

I know it might seem like I was just EA bashing last week. I know right now they’re the guys we love to ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMarch 26, 2013

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Where EA Went Wrong

NOTE: This column was completed several days before the announcement that EA CEO John Riccitiello has stepped down from his position. But this ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2013

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Not Greedy, Just Clueless

Question: “Why does publisher X have such greedy business practices?” Answer: “Companies exist to make money!” I see this exchange a lot, and ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMarch 12, 2013

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Why the PS4 Doesn’t Do PS3 Games

People are mad that, at least at the outset, the PlayStation 4 won’t be backwards compatible. Jim Sterling briefly mentioned it this week ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMarch 5, 2013

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Aliens Isn’t About Shooting Aliens

Last week Ben Kuchera wrote about how hard it is to make a proper game based on the Aliens franchise. Of course, this ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorFebruary 21, 2013

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What’s in a Game?

Remember that whole argument we had over Pluto a few years ago? That was caused by a lot of little factors, but a ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorFebruary 15, 2013

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Procedural Stories

If you throw the phrase “procedural content” out in conversation with your fellow gamers they’ll probably say, “Oh, you mean like Minecraft?” That’s ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorFebruary 1, 2013

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Tropes vs. Women Protagonists

So the Anita Sarkeesian debate is a thing that’s been going on. If you somehow missed it then Jim Sterling did a summary ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 28, 2012

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How Massive Multiplayer Should Work

If you know my work, then you know I’ve clocked a few hours playing online games of the massive variety. Yet in the ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 21, 2012

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In Defense of Gamification

In the video series Errant Signal, Chris Franklin criticizes the concept of “gamification”, and he even singles out The Escapist as a site ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2012

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Kickstarter: Proceed with Caution

I’ve said for a long time that one of the major problems with games is how much we’re spending to produce them. If ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 4, 2012

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