Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #131: It Is a Silly Place

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I already ranted about this in my column last Friday, so I won’t weary your ears with it again. But my brief ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorOctober 6, 2009

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Your MMO is a Joke

In Champions Online, one of the locations you end up visiting is Snake Gulch. It’s an amusement park staffed by robotic cowboys that ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #130: For Great Justice

[folder_nav][folder_nav] This is something you see in both City of Heroes and Champions Online: The mission where you must go and gather evidence ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #129: Champions In Line

[folder_nav][folder_nav] During the tutorial of Champions Online, I saved the city by defeating Black Talon. He’s fifteen feet tall, but as he’s the ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 29, 2009

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Give Me a Win Button

When I game, I’m there for the content, not bragging rights. I want to look at the scenery, discover the story, hear the ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #128: Quotas

[folder_nav][folder_nav] We do this all the time in MMO games, but it really stands out in the superhero-based ones. You have to learn ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #127: Prison Break

[folder_nav][folder_nav] They had to destroy the city in order to save it… Shamus Young is the guy behind this website, this book, this ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 22, 2009

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The Subscription Psychology

In case you missed it, John Funk had a great article last week that compared the cost of playing an MMO to a ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #126: To the Bat-Shrink!

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I’m sure you’ve read about the DRM trick they used in Batman Arkham Asylum. It was clever. I approve of clever. Shamus ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #125: Sith in the House

[folder_nav][folder_nav] We got through that whole thing without making any cheap “saber” jokes. You’re welcome. Okay, I made up the part where Vader ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 15, 2009

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Building a Better Kind of DRM

I’ve decided to sell out. After years of purple-faced railing against DRM, I’m switching sides. I’m going to sign up with the major ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 11, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #124: Heeeere’s BREEN!

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I know it seems like Breen has been picking on poor Blizzard, but they released a lot of news at Blizzcon a ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 11, 2009

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