It’s almost impossible to discuss race without pissing somebody off. There are so many emotions wrapped up in what genes you carry around ...

I hate sidekicks. I especially hate the videogame sidekicks who are always bumping you when you’re trying to line up a headshot, standing ...

I still remember the moment almost six years ago when I fell in love with World of Warcraft. I had just created my ...

You’re wrong. What about? It doesn’t matter. Pick something. Scan your brain for an opinion you hold deeply, a fact the truth of ...

Human beings are optimists, in general. Hell, we have to be. The slings and arrows life throws our way on a daily basis ...

I didn’t realize the AAA game industry was getting younger, I thought it was always mostly 23-year-olds all the way back to when ...

You don’t have to be a sociologist to note that roleplaying is often a punch line, and, if we’re being honest with ourselves, ...

I always root for the bad guys. Watching movies, reading comic books or what have you, the set-up always seem the same: Some ...

As I write this, members of Team Escapist are preparing to celebrate our hard-won 5th birthday by running around shooting each other with ...

The internet is a great and wonderful thing. I lose track attempting to count the number of ways it has enhanced my life. ...

I write this note having just returned from E3, the massive Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. This was my fourth E3 for ...

Funny story, but true: The first article I wrote for The Escapist, in 2006, was about gaming and the apocalypse. It was mostly ...