Steve Butts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Mondays of Thunder

If they can make a movie out of a twenty-year-old toy franchise, why shouldn’t they make a game out of a twenty-year-old movie? ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2010

Reviews

Not Just Another Guitar Hero Preview

Let’s get the weird stuff out of the way right at the start. The new Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, has an actual ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorSeptember 13, 2010

Previews

Shogun 2 Total War Campaign Preview

I stare at the wide map laid out in front of me. My two provinces of Hojo territory along the coast seem pitifully ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorSeptember 10, 2010

Reviews

Review: Metroid Other M

Big studios usually like to play it safe, particularly with their biggest and most successful franchises. Fortunately for the evolution and health of ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorSeptember 2, 2010

News

Zero Punctuation Viewers Choice Winner

After more than a week of voting and over 100,000 votes, you’ve finally selected your favorite episode of our popular feature Zero Punctuation. ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorSeptember 1, 2010

News

Play Satan’s Retrievers

It’s been a long time coming, but Electro Software, of GameDogs fame, has finally released its highly anticipated first title, Satan’s Retrievers. Hell ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorAugust 26, 2010

News

Zero Punctuation Viewer’s Choice

It’s been three years since Ben ‘Yahtzee’ Croshaw first brought his prickly outlook and charming animations to The Escapist. Since that first video, ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorAugust 24, 2010

Cataclysm

This Is the Way the World Ends

For many of us, the best part of SimCity is filling every inch of the map with a finely balanced, aesthetically pleasing metropolis ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorAugust 17, 2010

Reviews

Review: Clash of the Titans

For thousands of years, Greek myths have served as the raw material of our dreams, inspiring not only the worlds of literature, drama ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorAugust 12, 2010

The Game Stash

Game Stash: Microsoft?s Missed Opportunity

Look, I’ve been covering PC games for eleven years. Until I reached the broader shores of The Escapist at the start of this ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2010

Misc

What The Escapist Means to Me Contest Winner

Two weeks ago, The Escapist sponsored a writing contest among its readers on the topic “What The Escapist Means to Me.” After perusing ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJuly 30, 2010

The Game Stash

The Game Stash: Show Some Respect

At the risk of angering those who, like me, wish that games were taken more seriously by the culture at large, I find ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJuly 28, 2010

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