Articles tagged "the escapist"

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Independent Film Festival of Boston 2009

by Jake Meaney

[28.May.09] :. A perfect occasion to get drunk on film, to fall in love with the movies, to reassert the primacy of film as the last central universal art form.

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Gaming Trends for 2009

by L.B. Jeffries

[6.Jan.09] :. Speculation and opinions on what kind of changes will be proficient in 2009.

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The Escapist: It’s Not Just for Zero Punctuation!

by Mike Schiller

[17.Dec.08] :. All right, I suppose it’s possible that the title up there is insulting your intelligence, and you’re already fully aware of the great game writing and tightly-knit forum scene going on...

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Zarathustran Analytics in Video Games, Part 8: The Factions of Gaming

by L.B. Jeffries

[27.May.08] :. L.B. Jeffries offers an analysis of the various constituencies of gamers, and how the attitudes of those groups can reflect the Zarathustran Analytics approach.

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Navigating the Sell Out: Jason Rohrer’s “Idealism”

by Mike Schiller

[17.Apr.08] :. Jason Rohrer's at it again, with a fascinating little game that has a lot more to say than its primitive layout would imply.

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The Carolina Games Summit Through the Eyes of the Ex-Core

by L.B. Jeffries

[7.Mar.08] :. Kids, spouses, and jobs are all huge time drains for former hardcore gamers. The appeal of games with unlockable content, beating impossible odds, or even ones that just take a lot of practice no longer work on this demographic. They really play them to kill time.

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