Tom Endo Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Editor's Note

Best Of

This week is The Escapist‘s Best Of issue. I think it’s comparable to J.J. Abrams new Star Trek movie. Or perhaps I’m just ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorMay 12, 2009

Reviews

Review: Patapon 2

What’s with all the Complicated in my rhythm game? You may find yourself asking this question about three hours into Patapon 2 when ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorMay 8, 2009

Endo's Game

Mise en Scène Deserves a Review Too

As I sat in on a TGC presentation by Chad Dezern, art director for Insomniac Games, about mise en scène in videogames I ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorMay 6, 2009

Good Griefing

A Folk Hero for the Online Age

Every generation has its folk heroes. Inspirational rebels, they often become vessels for people’s frustrations with authority. Robin Hood, Bonnie and Clyde and ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

TGC 2009

TGC 2009: Casual Vs. Core

As sensational as the Peter Tamte presentation about Six Days in Fallujah was, it comprised only about a third of his keynote speech. ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorMay 1, 2009

TGC 2009

TGC 2009: Peter Tamte Keynote

I don’t think any of us quite knew what to expect when Peter Tamte, the president of Atomic Games, took the stage for ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorMay 1, 2009

Endo's Game

Game Boy, I Love You

When I reminisce about videogames I tend to leave my Game Boy memories to the wayside. I think a lot of that comes ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorApril 22, 2009

Editorials

30 Days of Indie Games

Over the next thirty days I will be playing one indie game per day. My intention is to play many different types of ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorApril 15, 2009

Editor's Note

God Save the Queen

When I think of the British development scene my mind typically flashes to a period in the mid-’90s when Core Design and Rare ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2009

Endo's Game

The Grass Is Always Greener On Ultra High

When I play PC games I get really anxious. The whole process is actually outright stressful. Every time I play a game on ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorApril 8, 2009

Endo's Game

Sex and Violence: Welcome to Adulthood

“You aren’t men. You are stunted adolescents,” said Heather Chaplin during her public excoriation of the gaming industry at a GDC panel. It ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2009

Reviews

Review: Resistance: Retribution

The Resistance series is one of the most cynical brands in the videogame world. It reeks of focus group testing, plays it safe ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorMarch 27, 2009

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