Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Stolen Pixels #22: Awesome’d: Episode 1

[folder_nav][folder_nav] For years we’ve been hearing about how adventure games are “dead”. It turns out this isn’t strictly true, although at the time ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #21: A Heartwarming Reconciliation

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Since Spore was available on the pirate sites days before release, it’s hard to make the case that the online activation prevented ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 16, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #20: Not All Change is Progress

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Tracking the development of DRM involves watching a single bad idea grow and evolve into breathtakingly hideous new forms. This online activation ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 12, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #19: Assassin’s Greed

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Evil corporations are your go-to guys for modern-day villainous shenanigans. They’re quickly supplanting Nazis and space aliens as the favored videogame bad ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 9, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #18: Diving Bored

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Saying Assassin’s Creed is a game about assassination is like saying Half-Life is a game about the G-Man. Oh sure, that sort ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 5, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #17: Bill of Limitations

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Brad Wardell, president of Stardock, recently announced the “Gamer’s Bill of Rights.” It’s a list of things that, in any other industry, ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorSeptember 2, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #16: Azeroth Travelogue, Part 3

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Day 75 In all my travels, perhaps the strangest thing I’ve discovered is that, despite their homeland being ravaged by the undead ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorAugust 29, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #15: Azeroth Travelogue, Part 2

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Day 37 I have discovered that Druids are quite proud of their ability to transform into a bear, to the point where ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorAugust 26, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #14: Azeroth Travelogue, Part 1

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Day 10 I have arrived in the city of Stormwind, where I’ve learned that Paladins make for unpleasant companions. Their purported abstinence ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #13: HypoCRITICAL

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Favorite Memes (Sung to the tune of “Favorite Things”) LOLCATS and Trogdor and YouTube Rick-Rolling.Chuck Norris kicks ass and “first post”-type trolling. ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorAugust 19, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #12: The Economics Lesson

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Yes, it’s true. On the PC, Mass Effect can only be activated three times, after which the game will no longer work. ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorAugust 15, 2008

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Stolen Pixels #11: Finally!

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Loading screens. Satan’s immersion-breaking intermissions. Long enough to break the flow of gameplay, short enough that you can’t just fire up the ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorAugust 12, 2008

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