Susan Arendt, Author at The Escapist

Tokyo Game Show 2008

TGS 2008: Eyes On – Resident Evil: Degeneration

There have been three Resident Evil movies so far, but Resident Evil: Degeneration, which premiered at Tokyo Game Show, does something they didn’t: ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 10, 2008

Tokyo Game Show 2008

TGS 2008: Hands On – Prince of Persia

I had to wait more than an hour to play through a demo of Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia for the Xbox 360, but ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 10, 2008

Tokyo Game Show 2008

TGS 2008: Hands On – Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop

Capcom’s Dead Rising was just about the most perfect concept ever devised for a game: Use crap from the local mall to kill ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 9, 2008

Tokyo Game Show 2008

TGS 2008: Preview: Infamous

Every time I cover a show, I hope to stumble upon a game that I’d somehow previously missed or ignored, a game that ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 9, 2008

Tokyo Game Show 2008

TGS 2008: Hands On – Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Here’s the thing about going to a game show in Japan – most of the game demos are in Japanese, so I can’t ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 9, 2008

Tokyo Game Show 2008

TGS 2008: Hands On – LocoRoco 2

LocoRoco 2 for the PSP is portable sunshine. Not in that “gives you skin cancer” kind of way, but in that “makes your ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 9, 2008

News

Themis Group Turns Full Attention to Escapist, WarCry

Themis Group has decided to focus all of its attention on its media properties, which include the award-winning The Escapist and its MMOG-centric ...

By Susan ArendtOctober 6, 2008

Editor's Note

The Fiction Issue #2

When I was little, I had an Atari 2600 and a small stack of games. Games were as pricey then as they are ...

By Susan ArendtSeptember 30, 2008

Context Sensitive

Come Back, Carmen Sandiego

In his Press Released column this week, Sean Sands suggested that it was ok for kids’ entertainment to be just that – entertainment ...

By Susan ArendtSeptember 25, 2008

Reviews

Review: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness

If you’re a fan of Natsume’s long-running farm sim series Harvest Moon, you really don’t need to read this review of Island of ...

By Susan ArendtSeptember 25, 2008

News

Show Your Gaming Smarts, Win E for All Passes

Feel like going to E for All, but don’t want to pony up for a pass? Worry not, cheapskate, you’re just 10 questions ...

By Susan ArendtSeptember 22, 2008

News

NCsoft Keeps Smaller Titles, Considers Consoles

NCsoft’s new president of publishing, David Reid, hopes to dispel rumors (no, Tabula Rasa isn’t shutting down) and clear the air about the ...

By Susan ArendtSeptember 18, 2008

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