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Tag: mainstream

mainstream
Going With The Flow

A New Breed of Player

Sometimes, I feel badly for my little sister. For years, she’s had to endure a constant barrage of gaming jargon from her older ...
By Marshall Honorof Legacy AuthorMarch 29, 2011
Going With The Flow

The Bolshevik in the Borderlands

If you were to ask a pretentious indie developer anarcho-communist Bolshevik swine like myself about which recent game I enjoyed the most, what ...
By Jonas Kyratzes Legacy AuthorMarch 29, 2011
You're Wrong

We Are Not Mainstream

People in the industry tend to make us all believe that everybody, including women, young children and the elderly, are rattling their videogame ...
By Ronald Meeus Legacy AuthorAugust 10, 2010
e-volution

Time to Move On

I write this article – my first for The Escapist in over a year – with a troubled mind. Much has changed in ...
By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJuly 14, 2009
Smile, You're Gaming

That’s Entertainment?

Looking back on that old “Can a videogame make you cry?” ad from EA, it’s clear now that the question it posed was ...
By Rob Zacny Legacy AuthorJanuary 27, 2009
Walton's World

The Cost of Gaming

If you’ve been reading The Escapist, you’ve read of how the market is moving toward the mainstream, and you’ve read about how the ...
By Virgil Legacy AuthorJanuary 3, 2006
Walton's World

Mainstream Shopping, Mainstream Gaming

“Where Are the Goddamn Tissues?” Specialty Knowledge in the Mainstream WastelandHave you ever tried walking into Wal-Mart and asking a question? Not a ...
By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorJanuary 3, 2006
The Year In Review

The Gaming Industry Beyond Thunderdome

It was November, and America’s retail stores beckoned, singing a siren song of next generation’s gaming goodness. As the masses queued outside major ...
By Shannon Drake Legacy AuthorDecember 27, 2005
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