Shamus Young is a software engineer, father of three, and columnst/contributor to escapistmagazine.com. You may recognize him from his column, ‘Experienced Points’, or from the ‘Shamus Plays’ series of videos, or perhaps even his webcomic series ‘Stolen Pixels’. Aternately you may know him from his website and blog Twenty-Sided over at samsyoung.com.
Shamus will be calling in to chat with us and answer your questions at 1PM, so please pst any questions you’d like us to ask in the comments thread for this post, and make sure to tune in!
What is your favorite RTS game?
What was your favorite Shamus Plays to do?
After LotRo, what will Shamus be playing?
Do you do anything else besides writing for the Escapist?
Hi Shamus, I’m Sean Riley from your website’s comment’s section. Big fan!
A long time ago, I made an impassioned defence of Far Cry 2. What were your overall impressions of the game? Did I persuade you at all?
Did you actually enjoy the games you did plays for or did you really think they where that stupid?
What game had the most profound effect on you as a game journalist?
Hey, Shamus, what’s up? How has finding a job been? Have you met everyone you talk with in Spoiler warning?
I really loved your Lets Play of Champions Online
Do you still play the game? What parts of it did you like/hate the most?
How did you come up with Stolen Pixels?
And what are your other series about?
DM of the Rings was so funny, have you ever thought of doing another comic like that?
Hey.
Question for Shamus – You use GMod for alot of your comics “Stolen Pixels”. What was the original idea to start using it for making your comics? Was it something that just happened, or did you plan to use it from the start?
Hiya Shamus. Tell us about what Spoiler Warning is really about?
Shamus, about your “Spoiler Warning” video’s, how many Mass Effect 2 saves are you guys playing with exactly? I remember you saying you started/edited many, so which one will you be sticking with?
I’ve been reading your blog for quite a while, and over a year ago you said that Mount & Blade was in your games to review pile, but you never posted much more. What were your thoughts on the game?
where do you get your inspiration for Stolen Pixels?
As a DM, how do you recommend running campaigns without any combat?
Also, what is your favorite puzzle that you’ve sent your players against?
Are you going to ask Paul to marry you?
Isn’t your blog called Twenty Sided? Whatever happened to your DnD awesomeness?
What was the original idea for coming up with the skyscraper nightline screensaver?
Why inspired you to start up a blog (which I love btw)
In which software project would you like to participate?
Do you actually smoke?
How come you don’t post about D&D anymore?
You mentioned Fallout: New Vegas on your blog, but you never really stated if ou really liked it or not.
What’s your take on the game?
Can we get a Spoiler Warning of Desert Bus?
Hello,
What Was Your First Video Game System You Played ON?
What is your IRL Character class? What is your level?
Since you make them yourself, do you have any advice for someone who makes let’s plays on youtube?
to you prefer medival fnatsy rpgs or sci-fi fantasy rpgs?
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