Israeli Elections thread. Enter if you care.
Howdy, fellow escapists. If you care enough to enter the thread, you probably know what Israel is. Great, that's a start. Over there we have a Parliamentary Representative Democracy. One house of...
View ArticleWhat are you doing right the heck NOW?
And no snappy comments along the lines of "Why I'm reading this thread, you dapper gentleman of fine standing!" because flattery will get you nowhere. Personally, I'm trying to get drunk, and failing...
View ArticleFellow Ladies, Ever Have Something Like This Happen to You?
(it's going to get a bit wordy and back-story-y here, so bare with me) So, last night I was talking with the boyfriend about how thanks to the washing machine, my last nice bra got trashed (it ripped...
View ArticleWhat's on YOUR Phone?
It seems like everyone and their brother has a smartphone of some kind these days, whether it be an Android, an iPhone, a Windows Phone...etc. But let's be honest, if people were just using these...
View ArticleThe Escapist's Game of the Year 2012
The Escapist's Game of the Year 2012 The votes for The Escapist's Game of the Year 2012 have been cast, counted, and verified. Given the videogame lineup this year, we had a doozy of a time trying to...
View ArticleBioware makes realistic stories
So I heard some Bioware fans cite this argument over the years, and there are some who still do to an extent. It was when I remembered what I knew about real life guns, and science did I really start...
View ArticleGame Cliches you hate the most
If there's one Cliché in video games that I am tired of seeing is the mechanic that makes you collect items from corpses and boxes. I don't mind pressing a button to collect something, but I hate it...
View ArticlePoll: Are you more likely to click on a thread because it has a poll?
I know I am, I love polls.Just something about them that makes me want to get involved in them more than any other thread type.Does everyone do this? Or even a majority? Let me know via the handy...
View ArticleCharacter developments you weren't keen on.
This can be in a book, game, film, show, whatever. Characters that when they changed, you found them less likable/entertaining. For me, I'd have to say Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother. I still...
View ArticleShould I buy Assassin's Creed franchise?
Steam sales have the entire Assassin's Creed franchise on sale for $65.00 until tomorrow. To this day I've had a passing interest in the series but have never bought or even played a single installment...
View ArticleCartoons that you think are overrated
So, I've been trying to find a way to make this thread for a while, but I'll just make it a direct statement thread. The point of the thread is just as the title suggests. My contribution, I guess I...
View ArticleWhat are you doing right the heck NOW?
And no snappy comments along the lines of "Why I'm reading this thread, you dapper gentleman of fine standing!" because flattery will get you nowhere. Personally, I'm trying to get drunk, and failing...
View ArticleYou are making a game based around a School Shooting. How would you design it?
I was reading about a game called Super Columbine Massacre RPG the other day, based on the shootings at Columbine high school. The moral outrage the game inspired didn't surprise me. What did intrigue...
View ArticlePoll: Hard Difficulty as an unlock?
So I see there is a new trend to try for replay value, by making harder difficulty settings in a game, only available after you have beaten it on lower difficulties. I don't like this tread one bit. I...
View ArticleScientists Developing Tornado Power Plant
Scientists Developing Tornado Power Plant The completed design could be one of the cheapest forms of energy around. A group of Canadian scientists are working on a power plant that will use a...
View ArticleApparently, Steam Holiday Sales Sucked This Year
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/846940248427387386/ I checked the sales myself and I noticed that most of the games that are on sale are either crap, nothing interesting, or games that...
View ArticleA quarter million people petition for the Westboro Baptist Church to be...
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/legally-recognize-westboro-baptist-church-hate-group/DYf3pH2d I have to say, I really don't have any problems with this, manly because they seem less like a...
View ArticlePoll: What's best on toast?
I reckon vegemite is the best. It's... kinda hard to describe because nothing really tastes like it.
View ArticleEscape to the Movies: Django Unchained
Django Unchained MovieBob takes us into Django's journey for revenge. Watch Video
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