new escapist can get straight in the fucking bin
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
new escapist can get straight in the fucking bin
Andor offers an escapist fantasy where liberal politicians resist fascism
April 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Andor offers an escapist fantasy where liberal politicians resist fascism
Wow The Escapist sure is doing content these days, huh
October 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wow The Escapist sure is doing content these days, huh
Let hbomb buy The Escapist so I can ingest their archives
Escapist is old enough and legitimate enough that they might have a server or some shelves somewhere filled with interesting stuff they were sent by game companies, I had been hoping to send anything I found to the Video Game History Foundation.
Lots of pie in the sky ideas but hey.
Lots of pie in the sky ideas but hey.
July 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Let hbomb buy The Escapist so I can ingest their archives
December 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Already ‘Dreaming’ of the weekend… 💭
“Featuring one of the greatest opening lines in rock… ‘Dreaming’ is both escapist fun and about escapist fun. 'Dreaming' makes the keynote statement [of Eat to the Beat]”
–Rolling Stone album review (via critic Debra Rae Cohen)
“Featuring one of the greatest opening lines in rock… ‘Dreaming’ is both escapist fun and about escapist fun. 'Dreaming' makes the keynote statement [of Eat to the Beat]”
–Rolling Stone album review (via critic Debra Rae Cohen)
April 20, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Already ‘Dreaming’ of the weekend… 💭
“Featuring one of the greatest opening lines in rock… ‘Dreaming’ is both escapist fun and about escapist fun. 'Dreaming' makes the keynote statement [of Eat to the Beat]”
–Rolling Stone album review (via critic Debra Rae Cohen)
“Featuring one of the greatest opening lines in rock… ‘Dreaming’ is both escapist fun and about escapist fun. 'Dreaming' makes the keynote statement [of Eat to the Beat]”
–Rolling Stone album review (via critic Debra Rae Cohen)
A reminder that The Escapist that people remembered does not exist anymore. Almost all the core staff packed up and left. Most reformed as Second Wind, which is doing decent work.
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
The Escapist accused Blue Prince developer Dogubomb of using generative AI. This is patently false and an utterly gross accusation.
The story has since been amended, but the damage has been done. You can search out the current version if you want, but here’s the original.
archive.ph/CKiOB
The story has since been amended, but the damage has been done. You can search out the current version if you want, but here’s the original.
archive.ph/CKiOB
archive.ph
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A reminder that The Escapist that people remembered does not exist anymore. Almost all the core staff packed up and left. Most reformed as Second Wind, which is doing decent work.
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
July 19, 2026 at 11:14 AM
of course you have escapist fantasies and pronouns
April 4, 2026 at 7:33 AM
of course you have escapist fantasies and pronouns
u cant have a movie where a character grows out of her escapist fantasy but the escapist fantasy is her capacity to affect change in the world and also her actual real life friend she made
July 25, 2026 at 6:06 AM
u cant have a movie where a character grows out of her escapist fantasy but the escapist fantasy is her capacity to affect change in the world and also her actual real life friend she made
Well, that's The Escapist proper fucked then.
November 7, 2023 at 1:33 AM
Well, that's The Escapist proper fucked then.
My irrational escapist career change fantasy is now “plushie surgeon at toy hospital.”
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My irrational escapist career change fantasy is now “plushie surgeon at toy hospital.”
I’m going to need books to be literally escapist for the foreseeable future
January 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m going to need books to be literally escapist for the foreseeable future
the escapist fantasies will continue until your form improves
May 19, 2026 at 4:22 AM
the escapist fantasies will continue until your form improves
I think The Escapist should be held accountable for libel
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I think The Escapist should be held accountable for libel
have you guys seen what the escapist magazine youtube channel looks like lately
December 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
have you guys seen what the escapist magazine youtube channel looks like lately
captain america 4 is escapist fantasy wherein the president of the united states is only a rampaging hulk monster
February 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
captain america 4 is escapist fantasy wherein the president of the united states is only a rampaging hulk monster
Calvin (by Bill Watterson) says
June 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Calvin (by Bill Watterson) says
As someone who mostly reads horror, I'll never understand the vitriol towards "cozy" books. People say they are escapist, unserious, allowing readers to avoid big issues. And I'm like, girl, WHEN did your dark romance book fix society? Did I BLINK and miss your detective thriller solving crime?
June 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
As someone who mostly reads horror, I'll never understand the vitriol towards "cozy" books. People say they are escapist, unserious, allowing readers to avoid big issues. And I'm like, girl, WHEN did your dark romance book fix society? Did I BLINK and miss your detective thriller solving crime?
Comic books aren't just escapist fantasy. They're sophisticated social critiques.
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Comic books aren't just escapist fantasy. They're sophisticated social critiques.
I think about this at least a dozen times a day.
August 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I think about this at least a dozen times a day.
Don Gato, el escapista.🙀🙀🙀🙀😹😹😹😹😹😹
Top Cat, the escapist.🙀🙀🙀🙀😹😹😹😹😹😹
Top Cat, the escapist.🙀🙀🙀🙀😹😹😹😹😹😹
July 7, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Don Gato, el escapista.🙀🙀🙀🙀😹😹😹😹😹😹
Top Cat, the escapist.🙀🙀🙀🙀😹😹😹😹😹😹
Top Cat, the escapist.🙀🙀🙀🙀😹😹😹😹😹😹