OK, I’ll admit. I only lasted a month behind the sales counter of a major gaming store. But what a month. Let me ...

With the abundance of good (and not so good) ideas floating about, it appears just about anyone with enough willingness and a little ...

“Where Are the Goddamn Tissues?” Specialty Knowledge in the Mainstream WastelandHave you ever tried walking into Wal-Mart and asking a question? Not a ...

This week’s issue, “Walton’s World,” was originally intended to be about Wal-Mart and its effect on gaming. You know, the place that distributes ...

The used game business works like this: A gamer shows up at GameStop with a few games he’s tired of and wants to ...

To the Editor: In response to Shannon Drake’s optimisitic look at the Xbox as marking “the end of an era,” I have this ...

Spoiler levels:Goblet of Fire: medium-highOrder of the Phoenix: light, touches on incidents without much detailHalf-Blood Prince: medium Lumos. The question was recently posed ...

If you have not read the Half-Blood Prince, please stop now!This analysis contains spoilers!Lots of them actually. Will Hogwarts remain open? “Very well,” ...

We at The Escapist enjoy The Drink. Alex, our Commander-in-Chief, makes a mean martini, and a really mean Long Island Iced Tea (I’ll ...

This holiday weekend, many people I know were gathered in cozy settings with friends and family, surrounded by the warmth and traditions of ...

Anime: Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai 7: Disc One KichigaiSaru If you have never Akira Kurosawa’s classic film, Seven Samurai, go rent it, buy it, ...

Everyone loves Nintendogs. You know it; I know it. Sales figures don’t lie. The videogame world has gone crazy for puppies. We’ve come ...