Reviews
Review: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Dear Readers, In response to some confusion on the part of our audience regarding The Escapist‘s policy of awarding review scores solely on ...
BFG
Philosophy of Game Design – Part Four
It’s the end of the line. We went from Aristotle and Plato to empiricism with David Hume to Marxist aesthetics with Theodor Adorno. ...
Deathmatch
The 12-Year-Old English Kid Who Carried Us to Victory
“‘Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!'”–William Golding, Lord of the Flies I used to tell people, “You ...
Reliable Source
Reliable Source: Evil Activision and Xbox Love
Back in April, I received a tip from someone who claimed to have inside information about what happened on the day that Bobby ...
Game People Calling
The Girl With a Sensitive Heart
Meet Jen, Game Pople’sConsidered Gamer, whose reclining persona makes for a much more considered take on game reviewing. I’ve long been fascinated by ...
On the Ball
On the Ball: To Infinity Ward and Beyond
Let’s face it: In games journalism, there aren’t too many opportunities for real reporting. It’s relatively easy for games journalists to share their ...
Reviews
Review: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a near-perfect shooter and a flawless sequel. It capitalizes perfectly on what made the first game ...
View From the Road
A View From the Road: Unreasonably Dedicated
I’m going to take a short break from just writing about MMOGs to talk about PC gaming as a whole, so bear with ...
The Front
The Agony of Defeat
Most videogames don’t portray defeats. They brush past them the way morning commuters can practically step over the panhandlers outside a subway station ...
Going Gold
The Conventional Wisdom
Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before. Nobody buys games on the PSP (except for the 2.3 million copies of ...
Going Gold
Revenge of the Nerds
Like most who are arrogant, insecure and in possession of an inferiority complex, we in games don’t react well to criticism – especially ...