Individualist anarchism, a political philosophy hundreds of years old, has now been conclusively discredited by massively multiplayer online games. These cyber-societies give players ...

I pull the pin on the grenade, fling it down, watch it explode and repeat until I’m dead. I chuckle to myself. Half ...

A Tale in the Desert’s (ATITD) legal system is an in-depth, flexible tool that allows players to create laws and affect the game. ...

The griefer is a player of malign intentions. They will hurt, humiliate and dishevel the average gamer through bending and breaking the rules ...

The wind gently blew the fronds of the golden savannah and they bowed to me as if in greeting. Having left the deep ...

It was not a good day for the virtual world. It was the next-to-last Sunday in October, a day before a major new ...

Jack, I just want to say one thing: Don’t sue me. I wouldn’t be your first. You’ve brought down the righteous hammer of ...

Girl Power, our issue on women and gaming, has gone on to be the most-read issue in the magazine to date, and letters ...

To the Editor: In the 11/11/05 “Otaku” issue of The Escapist, Shannon Drake discusses the rise of Japanese culture in the US, particularly ...