Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Stolen Pixels #155: The Requsite List

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Okay. I was just messing with you. I actually did prepare a top ten list of the best stuff for this year. ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 29, 2009

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Massively Single Player, Part 2

Last week I talked about how game designers can’t seem to figure out how they feel about people playing solo in their MMOG. ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 25, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #154: A Very Combine Christmas, Part 3

[folder_nav][folder_nav] If you’re ever been in Overwatch headquarters at Christmastime, then you know the Metrocops love to sing. Some of their favorites: All ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 25, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #153: A Very Combine Christmas, Part 2

[folder_nav][folder_nav] They make you sing Christmas carols for taking a beating? That’s backwards! Shamus Young is a programmer and writer by trade, videogame ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 22, 2009

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Massively Single Player, Part 1

The term “Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game” is quite a mouthful, and it’s becoming increasingly erroneous. The “Online” part still holds true, but ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #152: A Very Combine Christmas, Part 1

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Am I the only one who thought Dr. Judith Mossman was a little Martha Stewart-ish? Also, I realize this comic is inexcusably ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #151: “!”

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Lots of people have commented on the way Dragon Age drops a digital huckster into your camp, who offers you a quest ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 15, 2009

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But, I LIKE this Cliché!

Last week I mistakenly left everyone with the impression that I was unhappy with the way BioWare re-visits ideas and does a certain ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 11, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #150: +2 Shoes of Floppiness

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I really get into customizing my appearance in games, which means I’m often frustrated in typical RPGs because of the way your ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 11, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #149: Approval Ratings

[folder_nav][folder_nav] BioWare is always careful to make sure they give us a hateful venomous bitch to accompany us on our world-saving adventures. Morrigan ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 8, 2009

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The Writers of BioWare

Most RPGs end up jammed into one of two broad categories: 1) Open-ended sandbox games which are usually a little thin on story ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #148: Dragon Aged

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Here is how to make an old woman for your videogame: * Start with the body of an incredibly hot seventeen year ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 4, 2009

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