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Tag: issue_128

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Letters to the Editor

Play to Pay

In response to ‘Slimlining” from The Escapist Forum: I have no problem with the slimlining of an old console to lower prices and ...
By The Escapist Staff Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2007
Editor's Note

Play to Pay

Only millionaires run for president. It’s sad, but true. And while there may be plenty of non-millionaires who’d make great presidents, the plain ...
By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2007
Play to Pay

Where to From Here?

Have you heard about alternative reality games (ARGs) lately? Of course you have – they’re everywhere. From college campuses holding mini-ARGs for new ...
By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2007
Play to Pay

Virtual Item Sales

Despite Neopets‘ inauspicious beginnings as a virtual pet site created by college students Adam Powell and Donna Williams, it’s turned into a youth ...
By Christina González Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2007
Play to Pay

Dan Ferguson: The Escapist Interview

Office managers can thank Dan Ferguson for helping reduce their workers’ productivity. He pioneered the concept of the “advergame”: easy-to-play, casual videogames that ...
By Howard Wen Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2007
Play to Pay

Super Chick Sisters

A robot spider with the head of Colonel Sanders has kidnapped Pamela Anderson, and only two chickens can save her. That’s the premise ...
By Chris LaVigne Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2007
Play to Pay

A Man, a Board, a Brand

Like bored, listless teenagers in the middle of summer vacation, we’re standing around an empty parking lot, patiently, but only half there. We’re ...
By Jordan Deam Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2007
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