Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #107: Left 4 Dumb, Part 23

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I hope you enjoyed Left 4 Dumb. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Stolen Pixels. If you’re in the mood ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 14, 2009

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RIP, The Last Great Indie

In 1963, The Beatles released Please Please Me, which spent 30 weeks at the #1 spot on the charts. The young men from ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 10, 2009

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #106: Left 4 Dumb, Part 22

[folder_nav][folder_nav] It’s kind of odd having a character with a catch-phrase of “I hate X”, and even stranger that his hatred of all ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 10, 2009

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #105: Left 4 Dumb, Part 21

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I am wondering what the rescue vehicles will be in Left 4 Dead 2. They seem to have covered the basics already: ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 7, 2009

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Fitness Gaming

A quick glance at my physique – not that I am suggesting that this is something you would want to look at, ever ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 3, 2009

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #104: Left 4 Dumb, Part 20

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Valve is still talking about adding some additional DLC to Left 4 Dead. I know Francis wants portable dual-miniguns, but I’m partial ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 3, 2009

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #103: Left 4 Dumb, Part 19

[folder_nav][folder_nav] In Left 4 Dead, you can’t give your medkit to anyone else, you can only use it on them. This leads to ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJune 30, 2009

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Nintendo’s Ungaming

So the news is out that Nintendo has announced that they have a patent for some sort of “demo mode”, wherein you can ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJune 26, 2009

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #102: Left 4 Dumb, Part 18

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I’ve never used the “blame Louis for trip to strip club and thus deflect an incoming witch attack,” but only because I ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJune 26, 2009

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #101: Left 4 Dumb, Part 17

I like to call it “ultra-personalizing the character definitions of the established storyverse”. Mostly because nobody will read it if you just ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2009

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Little Big MadWorld

I’m up on the roof in Chinatown. (Which in this context is called “Great Wall Street”.) You can tell it’s Chinatown because there ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJune 19, 2009

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #100: Party Within Specifications

[folder_nav][folder_nav] 10^2! Can you believe it? One hundred strips. I suppose I could have noted the landmark of strip #104, which will be ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJune 19, 2009

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