Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Hatred and the Catharsis of Violence

Hatred is an upcoming game where your goal is to slaughter as many innocent people as you can before turning the gun on ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2015

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The Digital Distribution Wars Are On Again

I’ve said before that I don’t think boxed copies of games are going away anytime soon. Certainly not while there are Baby Boomers ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 12, 2015

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Screen Time and Summer Releases

This week’s tidbits are questions from readers. Neither is long enough to occupy an entire installment on its own, but both are really ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2015

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Charging for Skyrim Mods Was a Horrendous Idea

This column is being written on Sunday, and will go live on Tuesday, so if anything is wrong or out-of-date then understand this ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 28, 2015

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What The Heck is a Fractal and How Does It Apply to Games?

Procedurally generated games are a big deal these days. Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, Terraria, and No Man’s Sky, are the famous ones, but there’s ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 21, 2015

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5 Things To Do If You Use Cutscenes in Your Video Game

Last week I singled out a few games that spent too much time trying to make cutscenes and not enough time polishing their ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2015

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These Games Were Ruined By Trying to Be Movies

While I’m notorious for nit-picking game stories to a seemingly obsessive degree, I’ll be the first person to admit that not every game ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorApril 7, 2015

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So Who Is DRM For Anyway?

So the news last week was that Battlefield: Hardline has DRM that locked players out of their game while they were trying to ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMarch 31, 2015

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SimCity vs. Cities: Skylines – Who Wins?

Cities: Skylines seems to be doing pretty well for itself. It’s broken the publisher’s sales records. It’s getting a really positive reception. Our ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMarch 24, 2015

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Why There Is No Future For Old Games

A few weeks ago there was the story about how old-school classic No One Lives Forever can’t have a re-release because the idiots ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMarch 17, 2015

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So You Want to be a Game Developer? Tips for Coders

So last week I tried to talk you out of going to Game College and marching into the jaws of some AAA meatgrinder. ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMarch 10, 2015

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So You Want To Be a Game Developer?

I worked adjacent to the games industry for over 15 years. I spent all of those years at the same company. (I usually ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMarch 3, 2015

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