Wendy Despain Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

You're Wrong

I’ve noticed there’s this image out there among the general populace that videogame developers are all super-mega gamer dudes who go into work ...

Massively Casual

I am a reluctant Facebook user in the first place. When I started to see notices about cows in Bermuda shorts wandering onto ...

God Save the Queen

The first time I noticed the name “International Hobo” was in a session on game design at GDC a few years back by ...

Of Love and Games

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from my first year at Project Horseshoe, but the last thing I imagined was spending most ...

Editor's Choice

I have a confession to make. Ready? Here it is: I own two small dogs some might call yippy. They wear clothes. They ...

Dungeons and Dollars

Everybody knows the old Philosophy 101 question: How do we know the “real world” isn’t just a very convincing simulation? Now, thanks to ...

Best Of

I am now convinced that when it comes to game design we get stupider as we get older. This was made very clear ...

The Fiction Issue

Joey listened for a minute to the sound of tapping keys on the other side of the cubicle wall. He was trying to ...

Editor's Choice

I am now convinced that when it comes to game design we get stupider as we get older. This was made very clear ...