Shamus Young Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Silent Hill fans are a lot like Sonic fans. Years ago, we got a single magical, series-defining game, and since then we’ve been ...

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I know I complained about the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot that one time, but the truth is that despite my gripes I thought ...

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People have asked me: Why is the Mass Effect series – and particularly the ending of the third game – still such a ...

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A little over two years ago, I hammered Origin, EA’s then-new digital distribution platform. I slammed it for their tiny selection, high prices, ...

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This question gets asked a lot. “Why is a bare breast more offensive than a severed arm?” This question – or one like ...

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A few months ago I made the case that Electronic Arts is a horribly run company. Not just for the fans, but also ...

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I’m pretty hard on the games industry as a whole. Since 2009, I’ve used this space to criticize how games are designed, how ...

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“There’s probably something good about the toxic players showing up and sticking with your game,” said Jerome K. Jones, designer of Orcs Must ...

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Were we too hard on Ubisoft last week? I know I was pretty harsh on the company, based on a single comment made ...

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I know this story already made the rounds last week, and lots of people have had their say at this point. The community ...

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Wolfenstein: The New Order is better than it has any right to be. It could have been a pile of tired gameplay and ...

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A couple of years ago I made a video talking about megatextures, which is the technology behind Rage. At the time I noted ...