Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Stolen Pixels #46: How to Meet Women

[folder_nav][folder_nav] So, they added a romance to Silent Hill: Homecoming, although it doesn’t really go anywhere during the course of the game. There ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 12, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #45: New and Improved!

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Double Helix, the team behind Silent Hill Homecoming, is the latest in a long line of developers who wishes they were working ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 9, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #44: Onward and Upward

[folder_nav][folder_nav] World of Goo operates in the same moral space as the Psygnosis classic, Lemmings: You sacrifice the many for the benefit of ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 5, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #43: Build More Prisons

[folder_nav][folder_nav] World of Goo is a delightful little indie game, a labor of love from a couple of guys who came up with ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorDecember 2, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #42: Growing Pains

[folder_nav][folder_nav] If Fallout 3 was an MMO, I would have been banned ages ago. Shamus Young is a programmer and writer by trade, ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorNovember 28, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #41: Pick a Perk

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I found the perks in Fallout 3 to be lackluster, and so I offer these humble suggestions for the developers to use ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorNovember 25, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #40: I Know a Shortcut

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Lessons to be learned from Fallout 3: * Crime pays.* Honesty is a needless hassle.* Helping people is for chumps.* Shooting people ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorNovember 21, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #39: Not a People Person

[folder_nav][folder_nav] This is more more wishful thinking than parody on my part. In previous Fallout games – that is to say, in the ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorNovember 18, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #38: An Untenable Thesis

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Every Fallout game has begun with Ron Perlman explaining to us that “War Never Changes.” But somewhere along the line you’ll find ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #37: Part One of Infinity

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Among the games canceled are Ghostbusters, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, and of course ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorNovember 11, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #36: You Only Hurt the Ones Who Love You

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Last week a spokescritter for Electronic Arts announced that your single-player games which require online activation are tied to your forum identity. ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorNovember 7, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #35: Total Rewind 2

[folder_nav][folder_nav] You find yourself in the terrible dungeon of Jaffar, the Sultan’s Vizier. Pale fingers of light reach through the windows far above ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorNovember 4, 2008

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