1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comSteve Butts Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/stevebutts/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gSvJVztZLN"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/box-office-games-2/">Box Office Games</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/box-office-games-2/embed/#?secret=gSvJVztZLN" width="600" height="338" title="“Box Office Games” — The Escapist" data-secret="gSvJVztZLN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Just before the actors take the stage for the play within Hamlet, the young prince reminds them that the purpose of theater is to hold a “mirror up to nature.” Shakespeare’s words were directed specifically at the craft of acting but they apply just as well to other forms of artistic expression, from movies to comic books to videogames. In these venues, just as surely as on the stage, the only real restriction we place on art is that it should reflect the truth back at us, and though Hamlet might have disagreed, the exaggerated realism of today’s games and […]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/global/media/images/articles/folder/105/EditorsNote_ArticleImage.png