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Novelist, humorist, software engineer and general JackOfAllTrades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of the webcomics ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'', ''Webcomic/ChainmailBikini'' and ''Stolen Pixels'' and the game opinion column ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points Experienced Points]]''. Ex-member of the LetsPlay group ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning''. Has a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog]] and a [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel]]. Outside of his SpeculativeFiction writings (such as ''Literature/TheWitchWatch'' 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 to have definite political opinions and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as an authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.

His personal website/blog, ''Twenty Sided'', which also features articles by other contributes, can be found [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/ here]].

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Novelist, Shamus Young (1971-2022) was a modder, musician, novelist, humorist, software engineer and general JackOfAllTrades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of Young was an early modder in the ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'' community and made several generally well-regarded maps, including [[https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_City Doom City]] for ''Doom 2''. Had a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog found here]] and a [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel found here]], on which he published varied written and video works, amongst them the webcomics ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'', ''Webcomic/ChainmailBikini'' ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'' and ''Webcomic/ChainmailBikini''. He produced the ''Stolen Pixels'' webcomic and the game opinion column ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points Experienced Points]]''. Ex-member Points]]'' for ''Website/TheEscapist''. He was a co-founder and member of the LetsPlay group ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning''. Has a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog]] ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning'' between 2010 and a [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel]]. 2017. Outside of his SpeculativeFiction writings (such as ''Literature/TheWitchWatch'' and ''Free Radical'') his works usually vary varied 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 to have definite political opinions and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't didn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as an authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's he'd be the first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't there weren't many people in the field. Though he does manage Created some rather cool things with it, like "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.

His personal website/blog, ''Twenty Sided'', which also features articles by other contributes, can be found [[http://www.[[https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/ here]].com/twentysidedtale/?p=54513 Young passed away in 2022 from cardiac arrest]].
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Known to have definite political opinions and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.

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Known to have definite political opinions and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a an authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.
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Known to have definite political opinions and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting {{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.

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Known to have definite political opinions and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting {{DRM}} UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.
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Novelist, humorist, software engineer and general JackOfAllTrades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of the webcomics ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'', ''Webcomic/ChainmailBikini'' and ''Stolen Pixels'' and the game opinion column ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points Experienced Points]]''. Member of the LetsPlay group ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning''. Has a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel]]. Outside of his SpeculativeFiction writings (such as ''Literature/TheWitchWatch'' 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 to have definite political opinions and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting {{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.

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Novelist, humorist, software engineer and general JackOfAllTrades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of the webcomics ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'', ''Webcomic/ChainmailBikini'' and ''Stolen Pixels'' and the game opinion column ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points Experienced Points]]''. Member Ex-member of the LetsPlay group ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning''. Has a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel]]. Outside of his SpeculativeFiction writings (such as ''Literature/TheWitchWatch'' 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 to have definite political opinions and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting {{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.
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His personal website/blog, ''Twenty Sided'', which also features articles by other contributes, can be found [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/ here]].
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Novelist, humorist, software engineer and general JackOfAllTrades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of the webcomics ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'', ''Webcomic/ChainmailBikini'' and ''StolenPixels'' and the game opinion column ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points Experienced Points]]''. Member of the LetsPlay group ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning''. Has a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel]]. Outside of his SpeculativeFiction writings (such as ''Literature/TheWitchWatch'' and ''FreeRadical'') 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.

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Novelist, humorist, software engineer and general JackOfAllTrades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of the webcomics ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'', ''Webcomic/ChainmailBikini'' and ''StolenPixels'' ''Stolen Pixels'' and the game opinion column ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points Experienced Points]]''. Member of the LetsPlay group ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning''. Has a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel]]. Outside of his SpeculativeFiction writings (such as ''Literature/TheWitchWatch'' and ''FreeRadical'') ''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.
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Novelist, humorist, software engineer and general JackOfAllTrades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of the webcomics ''{{DM of the Rings}}'', ''{{Webcomic/Chainmail Bikini}}'' and ''{{Stolen Pixels}}'' and the game opinion column ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points Experienced Points]]''. Member of the LetsPlay group ''{{Spoiler Warning}}''. Has a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel]]. Outside of his SpeculativeFiction writings (such as ''Literature/TheWitchWatch'' and ''FreeRadical'') 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.

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Novelist, humorist, software engineer and general JackOfAllTrades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of the webcomics ''{{DM of the Rings}}'', ''{{Webcomic/Chainmail Bikini}}'' ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'', ''Webcomic/ChainmailBikini'' and ''{{Stolen Pixels}}'' ''StolenPixels'' and the game opinion column ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points Experienced Points]]''. Member of the LetsPlay group ''{{Spoiler Warning}}''.''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning''. Has a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel]]. Outside of his SpeculativeFiction writings (such as ''Literature/TheWitchWatch'' and ''FreeRadical'') 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.
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-> ''Yes. I have an editor now. Yes, the people at TheEscapist are nice and we get on just fine. No I can’t get you [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee’s]] autograph. Shut up.''

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-> ''Yes. I have an editor now. Yes, the people at TheEscapist Website/TheEscapist are nice and we get on just fine. No I can’t get you [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee’s]] autograph. Shut up.''
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Known to have some kind of political opinion and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting {{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.

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Known to have some kind of definite political opinion opinions and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them, ever. Also known for detesting {{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.
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Known to have some kind of political opinion and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them ever. Also known for detesting {{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.

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Known to have some kind of political opinion and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them them, ever. Also known for detesting {{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.
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-> ''Yes. I have an editor now. Yes, the people at TheEscapist are nice and we get on just fine. No I can’t get you [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee’s]] autograph. Shut up.''
-->-- '''Shamus Young'''

Novelist, humorist, software engineer and general JackOfAllTrades (at least all the nerdy ones). Writer of the webcomics ''{{DM of the Rings}}'', ''{{Webcomic/Chainmail Bikini}}'' and ''{{Stolen Pixels}}'' and the game opinion column ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points Experienced Points]]''. Member of the LetsPlay group ''{{Spoiler Warning}}''. Has a regularly updated [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale blog]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ShamusYoung YouTube channel]]. Outside of his SpeculativeFiction writings (such as ''Literature/TheWitchWatch'' and ''FreeRadical'') 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 to have some kind of political opinion and maybe even a religious belief or two, but doesn't blog about them ever. Also known for detesting {{DRM}} and [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Digital Piracy]] in equal amounts and frequently writing about both topics and the interconnections between them. Sometimes seen as a authority on the subject of ProceduralGeneration, though he's first to declare that this isn't because he's doing something exceptional with it, just that that aren't many people in the field. Though he does manage rather cool things like "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2-PtK4F6Y Pixel City"]], a dynamically generated night-time city and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BIaERfNs0 Frontier"]], a a procedurally generated world larger than ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with differing climates and topographies.
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