Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

The Story Snob

People who have lost any time reading my reviews will have noticed that I’m a bit of a story snob. I love games ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 28, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #198: Breen Fortress, Part 4

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Farewell, After Curfew Band. I’ll never forget that one panel we shared. Shamus Young is participating in a commentary video series on ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 28, 2010

Shamus Plays

Shamus Plays: LOTRO, Part 19

[folder_nav] I’m in the town of Scary. Things could be going better. I’ve been working on the problem of a goblin invasion. Generally ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 26, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #197: Breen Fortress, Part 3

[folder_nav][folder_nav] You know what would be hilarious? If a first-person videogame ever implemented containers with realistic contents. Players are used to smacking open ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

Experienced Points

Voice vs. Choice

A classic RPG quest setup: You need to get the Knickknack of Awesome, which is in the hands of King Bob. In exchange ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #196: Breen Fortress, Part 2

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Can you imagine how bland Team Fortress 2 would be if they had gone with their original plan and made the game ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2010

Shamus Plays

Shamus Plays: LOTRO, Part 18

I’m in the town of Scary and I’m talking to Wilcome Tunnelly, who is doing a shockingly bad job at enticing me to ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #195: Breen Fortress, Part 1

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I realize that not everyone will be familiar with the Team Fortress 2… mythos? Can we call it a mythos? We probably ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 18, 2010

Experienced Points

Steam Gets Civilized

Six years ago Half-Life 2 came out as a Steam exclusive. Fans of the series got a chance to figure out what the ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 14, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #194: After Curfew, Episode 8

I really like what I’ve been hearing about Fallout New Vegas. It’s actually tough to avoid becoming excited. But I have to keep ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 14, 2010

Shamus Plays

Shamus Plays: LOTRO, Part 17

Hey, Happy 3rd anniversary to Lord of the Rings Online. There’s a bash going on in-game, although I won’t be covering it here ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 12, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #193: Max Blame, Part 4

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Sorry to those of you who were expecting the “mystery man” to be another industry heavyweight, but this is where I wanted ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 11, 2010

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