The new Escapist has an article from yours truly about games journalism. I struggled a bit with this piece and there was some back and forth with the editors Russ Pitts and Joe Blacanto. It was eventually cut down some because it lost its thread a bit. Maybe my central conceit couldn’t hold the longer […]

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Jeff Green has been covering games in the print media since Gutenberg, so it’s always great to read his opinion on the State of the Gaming Media. The Escapist has a new interview with the Editor in Chief of Games for Windows.
He doesn’t say a lot that others haven’t, but it has the imprimatur of […]

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Full of the Spirit, that is.
Religion in gaming is a pet topic of mine, so I thought I’d link to this month’s Escapist. I’ll point to two articles in particular for your reading pleasure.
I love Nethack clones and loved to hate Ragnarok. So i enjoyed Christian McCrea’s article on that cursed game.
The strongest piece is, […]

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Gaming for Change
Can’t Wait Till Tomorrow

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My first (and hopefully not last) contribution to webzine The Escapist is now up. It’s a short piece about the developers of A Force More Powerful, one my favorite CGM review assignments from last year.

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