Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Behind the Grind

So John Funk opened up the topic of grinding this week, a subject near and dear to my RPG playing heart. You should ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 30, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #216: Pull It Down!

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Without looking, I can infer that there is a TV Tropes page somewhere that describes the tendency of fictional settings to continually ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 30, 2010

Shamus Plays

Shamus Plays: Champions Online, Part 3

[folder_nav] If you remember from last time, Dr. Silverback told me to go to Champions headquarters and help the hero Ironclad. I imagine ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 28, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #215: Versus

[folder_nav][folder_nav] In high school I remember having these long arguments about who would win various lightsaber duels. One variable was that at the ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 27, 2010

Experienced Points

Quick Time Redux

My comic this morning was about the quick time events in The Force Unleashed. Sometimes the side-text in the comic doesn’t have enough ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 23, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #214: X, A, B, Win!

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I do this all the time. If the game has quick-time events, then I usually make one of two mistakes: 1) Relax ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 23, 2010

Shamus Plays

Shamus Plays: Champions Online, Part 2

[folder_nav] When we last left our hero (that would be me) I had just crawled out of a pile of rubble during an ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 21, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #213: The Force Unloved

[folder_nav][folder_nav] The Force Unleashed reveals that Darth Vader – that is, Sith Lord Darth Vader – raised a child. I’m having trouble imagining ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 20, 2010

Experienced Points

Wow, That?s Complicated

When idiot teenagers act out or want attention they usually turn to self-destructive behaviors like cutting themselves, doing drugs, or dating celibate vampires. ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 16, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #212: BUY THIS NOW!

[folder_nav][folder_nav] What happened with this game? People wouldn’t shut up about it during development, and then it came out and nobody bought it. ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 16, 2010

Shamus Plays

Shamus Plays: Champions Online, Part 1

[folder_nav] If you’re one of the millions of people who now see my Let’s Play series as your only reason to live and ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 14, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #211: This is Not Funny

[folder_nav][folder_nav] True story. Fun fact about me: I actually can’t grow facial hair. Maybe I just need to give it more time? I ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 13, 2010

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