Recent content by Sean Sands

Thanks now and for years of feedback. I rarely respond in these thread -- I always figure I got to have my say and now you guys get yours -- but I wanted to say one last thanks. I will still be reading The Escapist -- too many outstanding writers and creative types here to not -- and...

Gaming is Made of People In Sean Sands final Press Released, he asks that you remember the people behind the videogames. Read Full Article

Ccesarano, I think you and I would be of like mind on the topic. Even where I have not always succeeded, my goal in everything I have written has been to challenge people. Sometimes those people were in the industry, sometimes it was the reader and on occasion it was even my peers. I could not...

Yes. 2nd to last. Thanks for the well wishes.

Who's Got Next? In his penultimate article of Press Released, Sean Sands gives his personal advice on how to get a job writing about videogames. Read Full Article

Happiness is a Warm Controller Many a gamer have been asked this simple, yet slightly derisive question: "You still play videogames?" Sean Sands answers it. Read Full Article

Poking the Hornet?s Nest The controversial scene in Modern Warfare 2 isn't as controversial as everyone may believe. Read Full Article

Altered Allegiance Can a dedicated PC Gamer make the change to consoles? Read Full Article

Might try a bit of that "balanced and reasoned" sauce yourself. Not sure which glasses you're using to do all that reading between the lines, but I think the prescription is a little off.

No, I've got no problem with people challenging my articles. To be honest, I write this stuff more to get a sense of what other people think about a topic than any self-aggrandizing or self-promotion. I've done my time in the realm of widespread gaming journalism, and I'm happy here in my...

Heck, I'll do you one better. I would recommend heading to a news post of some kind for news. In fact, here's one: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/95455-L4D2-Boycott-Closing-Down This article I've put together is an Op-Ed -- an opinion piece. Thing about an Op-Ed, it's pretty much...

Come Together. Right Now. The L4D boycott is seemingly over, but Sean Sands wonders if it was a step in the right direction, or a step back. Read Full Article

Death of a Know-It-All Sean Sands waves goodbye to his inner know-it-all and embraces ignorance. Read Full Article

I Won't Budget an Inch Parents typically have a duty to exemplify the qualities of patience, thrift and responsibility to their children - even if that means smuggling in new game releases by the cover of night. Sean Sands explains how the recessions has - or hasn't - affected his game-buying...

I'm not sure we can hang our hat on this much longer. Video games are closing in on 40 years old. Movies, just over a century. Sure, we got nothing on music and literature, but at this point it's just not apropos to refer to games as being in their infancy any longer. Just as an aside, the...