Recent content by Steve Butts

Hmmmm... he keeps getting all these nominations.

I'm so happy to see that you're such a big Steve Butts fan! I myself am very fond of his reviews and his Podcat commentary. However, just and fyi so credit is given where it's due... Paul Goodman handles the all the quiz content, and Janelle Bonanno and myself run most of the community...

You really know how to make a guy feel loved. I'm humbled by this outpouring of support and promise to create as much trouble for the mods as possible.

"It is, quite literally, a site named after you, the Escapist, the person who is searching for an alternative to the ordinary." Is someone cutting onions in here?... That is exactly what I thought the day I came in for my interview: I can't believe this place is real. As a kid, my mom...

An Escapist Farewell Our Editor in Chief bids farewell. Read Full Article

Shoutcasting Black Ops 2 Treyarch hopes to make its next shooter into the ultimate sport. Read Full Article

I am officially retiring the Craterhoof deck, undefeated.

Lies! The No-Beards want us to turn on each other! My mom says it's because they're jealous.

The brotherhood of the beard is strictly non-competitive.

NCAA Football 13 Review Better passing and Heisman players help move the ball. Read Full Article

This is fair, up to a point. The place where that justification potentially falls apart is that certain ways of talking actively work against understanding or adjustment. If we just take slavery or the Holocaust as examples again, we have to be willing to accept that the use of either subject as...

It's more likely that Microsoft will specifically limit hardware upgrades. In other words, three years after the system launches, Microsoft will release a single upgraded graphics card to the market. Console gamers would be encouraged to buy THE NEW graphics card for the 720, not pick and chose...

No harm done. We actually appreciate the constructive feedback. I just thought it was funny that you included putting him down as part of the justification. In other words, saying "not just to put you down" instead of "not to put you down."

I like how it's not just to put him down. Like, yes, I'm doing this to put you down, but not just for that. This is Greg's first shot at hosting the News Wrap. He didn't have the benefit of the three or four test shows I did before we launched the series. Anyway, point taken and we'll keep...

Lists like these are always heavily biased towards recent events. I mean, the list spans fifty years of television, but half of the list is from the last ten years. And half of that is from the last two years! It's also all news. There's no sports, no entertainment, and no scripted series...