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2020 Redux

2020 Redux

2020 Redux

This One’s For You, Coach

I’m not a great gamer; I don’t have much hand-eye coordination; I’m terrible in a deathmatch; I make the same mistakes over and ...
By Chris Dahlen Legacy AuthorJuly 11, 2006
2020 Redux

Lifegame 2.0

The least controversial article I ever wrote – that anyone noticed, anyway – was “Lifegame 2020” in The Escapist issue 5. That piece, ...
By Allen Varney Legacy AuthorJuly 11, 2006
2020 Redux

Kill Your Darlings

Evolve or die. It’s the basic lesson of life. Those that can adapt survive and thrive; those that can’t wither and fade and ...
By Gearoid Reidy Legacy AuthorJuly 11, 2006
2020 Redux

The New Gaming Society

Greetings from 2020. Much has been written about the cultural shift as the middle-class destroyed itself. The white collar worker died on a ...
By Shannon Drake Legacy AuthorJuly 11, 2006
2020 Redux

Filling the Immersion Gap

If you had asked me in 1992 to guess what videogames would be like in 2006, I’d have chewed your ear for hours ...
By Tim Stevens Legacy AuthorJuly 11, 2006
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