Yes. I have an editor now. Yes, the people at The Escapist are nice and we get on just fine. No I can’t get you Yahtzee’s autograph. Shut up.
— Shamus Young
Novelist, humorist, software engineer and general
Jack-of-All-Trades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of the webcomics
DM of the Rings,
Chainmail Bikini and
Stolen Pixels and the game opinion column
Experienced Points
. Member of the
Let's Play group
Spoiler Warning. Has a regularly updated
blog
and a
YouTube channel
. Outside of his
Speculative Fiction writings (e.g.
The Witch Watch and
Free Radical) his works usually vary between edutainment, reviews, insightful analysis of video games (and several other media) and the demonstrations of his own adventures in graphics programming and game design.
Known for having radical political opinions and strong religious beliefs, but not blogging about them ever. Also known for detesting
DRM and
Digital Piracy in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them.