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I Can Stop Playing Whenever I Want

One Fateful Semester

If you’re reading this, there is a good chance you call yourself a gamer. And if you call yourself a gamer, I think ...
By Brian Easton Legacy AuthorJanuary 10, 2006
I Can Stop Playing Whenever I Want

Addicted to Pain

Bang! You’ve been shot in the arm, but it doesn’t hurt. Bang! You’ve been shot in the head, but you’re not really dead. ...
By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorJanuary 10, 2006
I Can Stop Playing Whenever I Want

A Junkie in the Desert

Ladies and gentlemen, readers and fellow writers: I have an admission to make. I am a recovering A Tale in the Desert (ATITD) ...
By Laura Genender Legacy AuthorJanuary 10, 2006
I Can Stop Playing Whenever I Want

Three Days in Arcadia

I woke up with a jolt, my hand resting on an empty bag of generic cheese curls, my fingers still stained orange from ...
By Tom Rhodes Legacy AuthorJanuary 10, 2006
Editor's Note

I Can Stop Playing Whenever I Want

I might be a little obsessed. It’s something that happens to me every now and then. Whenever a new Harry Potter book comes ...
By Julianne Capps Legacy AuthorJanuary 10, 2006
Letters to the Editor

I Can Stop Playing Whenever I Want

To the Editor: [In regard to Jason Smith’s “The Cost of Gaming“] While I’m in agreement with the overall thesis, I have to ...
By The Escapist Staff Legacy AuthorJanuary 10, 2006
I Can Stop Playing Whenever I Want

Despite All Our Games…

Put a rat in a cage. Give him a food pellet every time he presses a lever. Soon, he will be pressing the ...
By Shannon Drake Legacy AuthorJanuary 10, 2006
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