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Insomniac Goes Multiplatform After 16 Years of Sony

For the past 16 years, Insomniac Games has developed exclusively for Sony platforms with games like Resistance and Ratchet & Clank. That’s all ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

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EA Plans to Try Good Games Instead of Good Ads

Electronic Arts says it’s probably going to cut way back on television advertising and sink the money into making better games instead, because ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

Extra Punctuation

Male Protagonists

Dead To Rights: Retribution, like so many shooters, is a game about manliness. It’s about situations wherein big strong men with muscles like ...

By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

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Google Pac-Man Gobbles Up 5 Million Work Hours

The playable version of Pac-Man that Google inserted into its logo last week could have consumed a combined 5 million work hours worldwide. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

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Mass Effect Movie in the Works

Mass Effect, BioWare’s epic sci-fi videogame that looks like a movie, is now on its way to actually becoming a movie. Legendary Pictures, ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

Critical Miss

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By Grey Carter Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

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Question of the Day, May 25, 2010

Despite the bright colors, upbeat music and cheerful characters, Shigeru Miyamoto claims that the Mario series is not a game for children. He ...

By The Escapist Staff Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

Reviews

Review: Red Dead Redemption

The Western is a genre as transcendental as romance, and as quintessentially American as apple pie and hand guns. It is also the ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

Stolen Pixels

Stolen Pixels #197: Breen Fortress, Part 3

[folder_nav][folder_nav] You know what would be hilarious? If a first-person videogame ever implemented containers with realistic contents. Players are used to smacking open ...

By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

Anatomy of a Game Design

The Player and the Pusher-Man

“Addictive” was once high-praise paid to an absorbing game, but over the last several years it has become much more conflicted. This shift ...

By Rob Zacny Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

Editor's Note

Anatomy of a Game Design

What’s in a game? It’s a decent question. If you’re like me, you play dozens of games per year, each for a different ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

Letters to the Editor

Anatomy of a Game Design

In response to “Hypocritical Mommy” from The Escapist Forum: I’d be in agreement with most of it, tho I’d say not to feel ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2010

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