Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #83: Left 4 Dumb: Part 5

[folder_nav][folder_nav] New players always seem to be the most aggressive. A few hunter pounces is normally all it takes to teach players that ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 21, 2009

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Victim of Technocide

Nothing will start a flamewar faster than asserting that the PC is “dead” or “dying” as a gaming platform. But I hope I ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 17, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #82: Left 4 Dumb: Part 4

[folder_nav][folder_nav] You will never suffer from friendly fire incidents if all your teammates have is pushbrooms. It would bring sweeping changes to the ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 17, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #81: Left 4 Dumb: Part 3

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Am I the only one who has noticed that some of the safe areas of Left 4 Dead are actually pretty good, ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2009

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10 Ways to Fight Piracy

Last week I explained that DRM can’t stop piracy. This led naturally to people asking what should be done it, if not DRM? ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 10, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #80: Left 4 Dumb: Part 2

[folder_nav][folder_nav] There is nothing I can add here that Francis hasn’t already said better than I ever could. Shamus Young is a programmer ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 10, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #79: Left 4 Dumb: Part 1

[folder_nav][folder_nav] This is the first in a long series. Buckle up. Shamus Young is a programmer and writer by trade, videogame nitpicker by ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 7, 2009

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The Impossible DRM

I am known, when people recognize me at all, as either “The Webcomic Guy” or “the anti-DRM guy.” The word “crusader” is sometimes ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 3, 2009

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Stolen Pixels #78: Stuff 2 Read

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Most of the “storytelling” in Left 4 Dead takes the form of messages scrawled on the walls of key locations, as desperate ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 3, 2009

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