Susan Arendt, Author at The Escapist

Op-Ed

Announcing The Escapist Film Festival Winners!

The Escapist is pleased to present the winners of our 2nd Annual Film Festival! This year we had so many excellent videos, we ...

By Susan ArendtNovember 19, 2008

Op-Ed

Doing the Twist

I’ve attended my fair share of launch parties for videogames, but I was still surprised when casual game publisher PopCap invited me to ...

By Susan ArendtNovember 6, 2008

Reviews

Review: LittleBigPlanet

Virtually all of the hype leading up to the release of LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation 3 focused on the game’s remarkable level editor, ...

By Susan ArendtNovember 4, 2008

Editor's Note

Editor’s Choice

Moses. Cabbage Patch Kids. Superman. At first glance, they don’t appear to have much in common, but look a little more closely and ...

By Susan ArendtNovember 4, 2008

Context Sensitive

Killing Husbands and Buying Condoms in Fable 2

As I mentioned in my review of Fable 2, my husband won’t have sex with me. I’ve given him a nice house – ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 23, 2008

Reviews

Review: Fable 2

Peter Molyneux has a habit of talking up his games to the point that you expect them not only to rock your world ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 21, 2008

Tokyo Game Show 2008

TGS 2008: Around the Show Floor

Tokyo Game Show is simply enormous, covering seven different halls within the Makuhari Messe convention complex. It’s much like the E3s of old, ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 17, 2008

News

The Escapist Needs News Reporters!

The Escapist is vastly expanding its news team to include reporters both on the West coast and in Japan. Specifically, here’s what we’re ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 17, 2008

Tokyo Game Show 2008

TGS 2008: Swag for Sale!

All videogame trade shows are not created equal. They all have games, of course, and many have booth babes, but Tokyo Game Show ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 15, 2008

News

Miyamoto Called a “New Einstein”

Mental Floss magazine has named Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto as one of nine “New Einsteins” whose genius leads them to accomplish feats beyond ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 15, 2008

Tokyo Game Show 2008

TGS 2008: Booth Babe Gallery

There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when E3 decided to do away with the much-beloved tradition of the so-called “booth babes,” ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 14, 2008

Guns, Cars 'n' Tits

Boll Versus the World

This was not the interview I was supposed to be having. Uwe Boll was supposed to act like a raving lunatic, a spittle-spewing ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 14, 2008

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