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Walking Dead Producers Didn’t Axe Writing Staff
Reports of The Walking Dead‘s writing staff having been axed like a zombie skull aren’t true. AMC’s The Walking Dead is a big ...
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Blizzard Won’t Make Xbox MMO until It’s Sure Live Can Take It
A Blizzard console MMO would put heavy demands on Xbox Live, says World of Warcraft’s lead system designer. In order for MMO heavyweight ...
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Question of the Day, December 7, 2010
Geek-beloved actor Neil Patrick Harris will be hosting the Spike Video Game Awards this Saturday. Who should get their chance next year?
Editor's Note
Genre Defining
What’s in a genre? Quite a lot, in fact. But the most important aspect of a genre is that it gives you some ...
Letters to the Editor
Genre Defining
In response to “All That’s Shiny is Gold” from The Escapist Forum: Cheers to WiNG and the rest of the Wrench Donors! I’ve ...
Genre Defining
Breaking the Genre Contract
Genre is very much like advertising. We each like to believe that it doesn’t work on us, personally; that it’s not influential in ...
Genre Defining
Epic Inspiration
Like a night-capping fireworks display over Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, Disney Epic Mickey arrived with a bang. One of the year’s most anticipated titles, ...
Genre Defining
Introducing The Escapist’s Genre Wheel
What’s in a genre? Here at The Escapist, we’ve gone around and around on the subject of genre classifications. Sure, they can often ...
Genre Defining
Defined By Mario
In the nearly 30 years since he first debuted, one man’s name has stood above the rest as the most famous character in ...
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New BioWare Clue Seems Fishy
The latest clue for BioWare’s mysterious game announcement is just a decoy. Probably. What do you do when you’re given a clue you ...
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Bejeweled 3 Launch Party: Tea and Good Manners
PopCap Games has put the world on notice that Bejeweled 3 is coming with the most hard-rocking, take-no-prisoners game launch tea party ever ...