[folder_nav] Lord of the Rings Online is moving to free-to-play this fall. A lot of people have been nudging me, asking me what ...

E3 will be under a full head of steam by the time you read this, which means you’re not actually reading this at ...

Cliches abound in fantasy literature. Elves are long-lived and lithe; dwarves are stocky and bad-tempered. Humans are usually prone to corruption, but there ...

11:55 Ladies and gentlemen, take your seats. How many games can you squeeze into a single trailer? A lot, apparently. Jack Tretton, president ...

Life as we know it will eventually end, either through drastic measures or a slow process of deterioration. Knowing that you may not ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Yes, in Alpha Protocol you wake up to find you got the job but your employer doesn’t want you to know where ...

“What we call the beginning is often the end, and to make an end is to make a beginning: The end is where ...

How do you rationalize a game where “everybody dies?” “How do you rationalize nuclear war?” It’s a humid mid-spring day and I’m lying ...

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

In response to “Year of the Dragons Lair” from The Escapist forums: One of my greatest arcade accomplishments was getting through Dragon’s Lair ...

Some of my best memories are from when I was camping in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, attending Tom Brown Jr’s Tracker School. There, ...

Dungeons & Dragons has its certainties. Jeff Rients’ description for newbies covers the basics: “You play Conan, I play Gandalf. We team up ...