Tom Endo Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Raiders of the Lost ARC

We live in an era dominated by the sheer amount of cultural ephemera that passes in and out of our lives. Thirty years ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorNovember 25, 2008

Industry Negligence

To Do: Finish Any Game

Looking through my stack of old games the other day, I realized the enormous quantity of games I’ve never finished. It’s an amount ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorNovember 18, 2008

Editor's Note

Industry Negligence

It’s been a remarkable period for videogames. They’ve gone from garage development obscurity to multimillion dollar production budgets. Gameplay has evolved from eating ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorNovember 18, 2008

Reviews

Review: Resistance 2

Resistance 2 is an homage to all the first person shooters preceding it. And by “homage” I mean “cliche.” Halo, Half Life, Bioshock, ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorNovember 17, 2008

Editor's Choice

Hippocratic Game Design

Try to view the game industry’s never-ending parade of dragons, robots and space marines from an outsider’s perspective, and it’s easy to see ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorNovember 4, 2008

Editor's Note

Dressed to Kill (and Loot)

This week’s issue is about a topic near and dear to our hearts here at The Escapist – roleplaying. Like the blazing insignia ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorOctober 28, 2008

Guns, Cars 'n' Tits

From the Barrel of a Gun

Myths usually die slowly; their original form eroded by eras and changing cultural landscapes. The gun as a myth looked to fade in ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorOctober 14, 2008

Editor's Note

Dungeons and Dollars

Over the past few weeks I learned that videogames and U.S. financial institutions have much in common. Both seem to exist on a ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorOctober 7, 2008

Reviews

Review: Bangai-O Spirits

After Ikaruga, it looked as though Treasure had resigned itself to being the master of that antiquated genre, the shmup. It’s a tricky ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorSeptember 11, 2008

Editor's Note

Editor’s Choice

This week’s issue is Editor’s Choice, otherwise known as The Escapist‘s boon to its Acquisitions Editor. It’s a hard life I lead, chained ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorSeptember 9, 2008

Editor's Note

Mob Rule

Stepping through the monitor glass, I found myself in The Escapist offices last week. The offices are strangely pastoral in feeling, nestled in ...

By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorAugust 12, 2008

News

Test Article

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 AuthorJanuary 25, 2008

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