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Tag: books

books
Video Games

How A “Little Toy” Became the Successful Wargaming Inc

Games don’t just happen. They aren’t born fully-formed in the brains of a developer, coded in an afternoon, and released to an adoring ...
By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2015
Gallery of the Day

8 Science Fiction Books You Should Have Read By Now

Today we give you eight great science fiction novels that you really should have read by now, you’ve had more than enough time. ...
By Schuyler J. Dievendorf Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2014
Gallery of the Day

8 Movies You Didn’t Know Were Based on Books

Not all movies are original, some are adaptations of another medium. Books are the source of much of Hollywood’s material, and today we ...
By Schuyler J. Dievendorf Legacy AuthorJuly 11, 2014
Featured Articles

2011 Holiday Buyer’s Guide

We’ve come to that time of year once again, dear friends. That time when you’ll lose many of your sanity points not only ...
By The Escapist Staff Legacy AuthorNovember 25, 2011
Check for Traps

Recommended Reading

I’m an avid reader. I probably read two books every week; 100 books a year. Many of these are non-fiction (history, popular science, ...
By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorJuly 6, 2011
The Writers' Room

Can You Confess Your Guilty Pleasures?

I don’t quite know how to lead up to this, so I’m just going to say it: I’ve been reading the Twilight books. ...
By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2011
Reviews

Weekend Bookshelf: Dragon Age Comic #1

As part of WarCry’s ambition to meld games and books, we have brought on board a new reviewer, Bobby ‘Chilyn’ Travis. Working in ...
By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorApril 3, 2010
Reviews

Weekend Bookshelf: Stormrage, WoW’s Latest Novel

To sleep-perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub! For in that sleep of death what dreams may come… Hamlet (III, i, 65-68) Hamlet ...
By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorMarch 1, 2010
Lightness of Being (a Gamer)

I’d Rather Game than Read a Book

In a 2002 New Yorker essay titled “Mr. Difficult,” author Jonathan Franzen of The Corrections fame argued that in the face of increased ...
By vincent kang Legacy AuthorApril 10, 2007
Op-Ed

Chronological or Original

An issue of grave importance (well, that might be an exaggeration) has come to the forefront in the past few months. I was ...
By Julianne Capps Legacy AuthorDecember 11, 2005
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