Who is your favourite video game voice actor, and why?
The title is pretty self-explanatory, but I'll go into a little more detail anyway. Name your favourite voice actor(s), and why you like them so much, whether it's for their range or their personality...
View ArticleUnpopular gaming opinions
Hey guys, I'm sure this thread has been done at some point already but I wanted to try my hand at it. What opinions do you hold in regard to gaming, or to certain games, or game genres that you feel...
View ArticleJimquisition: Jimquisition Awards, Part One
Jimquisition Awards, Part One The very first Jimquisition Awards are here! Five days, five games, five awards! Watch Video
View ArticleJimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals
Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals There are valid concerns with the "dumbing down" of our entertainment, but as with so many issues, there are just as many invalid ones. This is especially true when...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cast Your Vote For The Escapist's Game of the Year 2012
Cast Your Vote For The Escapist's Game of the Year 2012 We couldn't agree amongst ourselves, so we're leaving it to you to decide the best game of 2012. There's no doubt that 2012 was a big year for...
View ArticleUniverses Intertwined (a swords and sorcery RP, OPEN)
Hi everyone! I've wanted to try my hand at running an Escapist RP, and this is what I've come up with. This will be a pretty standard fantasy RP; no guns, and no "future tech" As for the other...
View ArticleWhy illegalizing guns will not work in the U.S
First I want to recommend a book "Deer hunting with Jesus" that I had to read in college. The author grew up in a very conservative home and is a "cultural defector" if you will. This book will give...
View ArticlePoll: Are you pro-guns in the US? [new question in OP]
Written in the aftermath of the Connecticut School Shooting. Just wondering where opinion is on The Escapist... As for me, I think the solution to the problem would be centrist. So, I don't really...
View ArticleLatest game blamed for Connecticut shooting
As you may or may not know, Mass Effect's Facebook page was inundated with hatred after Ryan Lanza, the brother of Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza, who was falsely accused of the shooting, listed it as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cast Your Vote For The Escapist's Game of the Year 2012
Cast Your Vote For The Escapist's Game of the Year 2012 We couldn't agree amongst ourselves, so we're leaving it to you to decide the best game of 2012. There's no doubt that 2012 was a big year for...
View ArticleSo, can we at least agree you don't need an assault rifle as a civilian?
http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/obama-supportive-of-assault-weapons-ban-1 Look, say what you will about handguns, but you can not possibly make a reasonable argument for having an assault weapon as...
View ArticleI GOT TINNITUS! What terrifying illness do you have!
So yesterday I woke up with an annoying ringing in my left ear that would not go away. It stopped me from sleeping and caused me to have my first ever real panic attack as after looking on the internet...
View ArticleUnpopular gaming opinions
Hey guys, I'm sure this thread has been done at some point already but I wanted to try my hand at it. What opinions do you hold in regard to gaming, or to certain games, or game genres that you feel...
View ArticlePoll: Writing a book.
So my fist book went on sale yesterday, and it got me wondering. after speaking with a few friends I concluded that more people have novel ideas than I could have predicted. so what genre do people...
View ArticleOther Hobbies
Besides gaming/computers/tech, what are your hobbies? I personally like radio controlled cars. I have a 1/10th scale electric short course truck. It would hit around 25 mph when the battery was new...
View ArticleWhat game series would be completely ruined with a gritty reboot?
I was just talking with my friend about the terrible idea that with each entry in a video game series it gets gritter and more hardcore. Looking at examples like Bomberman: Zero and every sonic game...
View ArticleOne Last look at Mass Effect 3.
As the year winds to a close (and if the Mayans were right the world, too), I think it'll be a good exercise to look back at the one of the biggest stories ever in the history of video games: The Mass...
View ArticleJimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals
Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals There are valid concerns with the "dumbing down" of our entertainment, but as with so many issues, there are just as many invalid ones. This is especially true when...
View ArticleThe earth's ending in a couple of days; what's one last thing you want to say?
And so, apparently the world is ending in a few days. Unspecified but terrifying events shall occur and we shall plunge into oblivion, fulfilling a centuries old prediction by the now-defunct Mayan...
View ArticleThe Big Picture: Frame Rate
Frame Rate How many frames per second does it take to anger critics? Watch Video
View Article