Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #192: Max Blame, Part 3

Every couple of months the following line of thought finds its way into my head: Enough with picking on Mr. Kotick. He’s annoying, ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 7, 2010

Shamus Plays

Shamus Plays: LOTRO, Part 16

[folder_nav] It’s very late in the day. I’m in the town of Budgeford, where Odovacar Bolger is trying to entice me into dealing ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #191: Max Blame, Part 2

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Peter Molyneux is an interesting fellow. He’s notorious for making fantastic promises of innovation and then delivering quirky, unconventional games with moving ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 4, 2010

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Arty Games

Unfortunately, Yahtzee ninja’d me and said exactly what I wanted to say about the whole “Roger Ebert says games aren’t art” thing. If ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 30, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #190: Max Blame, Part 1

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I know a lot of people are probably sick of the whole “games are [not] art” thing we’ve been doing lately. But ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 30, 2010

Shamus Plays

Shamus Plays: LOTRO, Part 15

[folder_nav] I spent most of yesterday in the reeking swamp of Frogmorton. I did a couple of jobs there but was driven away ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 28, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #189: Eeevil!

I installed Assassins Creed 2 this weekend, if you want to read about how the process works on the PC. People tend to ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 27, 2010

Experienced Points

Impossible (to beat) DRM

One year ago I had a column in this space, The Impossible DRM. I made the case that DRM is impossible, but I ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 23, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #188: Test Your Shooter-IQ!

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I have to keep reminding people that I actually like shooters. No, really. I spent my wayward youth consuming those frantically paced ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 23, 2010

Shamus Plays

Shamus Plays: LOTRO, Part 14

[folder_nav] Side note: Thanks so much to the smart-alec who mailed Lulzy 21 pies. I will get you for this. Having fled Tuckborough ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 21, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #187: Operators Are Standing By

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Blizzard has begun selling the Celestial Steed mount to World of Warcraft players. That is, they will sell you a pretend animal ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 20, 2010

Experienced Points

Zynga’s Wringer

A couple of weeks ago I talked about the rise of the Zynga gamers. At the end of the article I suggested that ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 16, 2010

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