Escapist
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Escapist may refer to:
- The Escapist (website)The Escapist (website)The Escapist is a web resource site that advocates and supports role-playing games as a social and educational activity, and works to educate the public on the true nature of gaming and dispel myths and misunderstandings about the hobby...
, an online games advocacy magazine - The Escapist (magazine)The Escapist (magazine)The Escapist is an online magazine covering video games, gamers, the gaming industry, and gaming culture. Published by the Themis Group, it was edited by Julianne Greer up to June 30, 2009, then by Russ Pitts through September 2011, and is currently edited by Steve Butts. The Escapist was first...
, an online games culture magazine - The Escapist (character)The Escapist (character)The Escapist is a metafictional character, a comic book hero in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, written by Michael Chabon, created as an homage to the heroes of the period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic Books...
, a comic book character - "Escapist", a song by Nightwish on their album Dark Passion PlayDark Passion PlayDark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 26 September, 2007 in Finland, 28 September in Europe and 2 October 2007 in the United States. It was the first Nightwish album with the band's current lead singer, Anette Olzon, and the first album...
- EscapismEscapismEscapism is mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation, as an "escape" from the perceived unpleasant or banal aspects of daily life...
, the concept of entertainment as a mental diversion from reality - Escapist fictionEscapist fictionEscapist fiction is fiction which provides a psychological escape from thoughts of everyday life by immersing the reader in exotic situations or activities.The term is not used favorably, though the condemnation contained in it may be slight...
- The Escapist (2001 film), directed by Gillies MacKinnon
- The Escapist (2008 film)The Escapist (2008 film)The Escapist is a 2008 drama thriller starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge, Dominic Cooper, Steven Mackintosh, Stephen Farrelly and Damian Lewis. It is directed and co-written by Rupert Wyatt, and premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to considerable acclaim...
, directed by Rupert Wyatt - "The Escapist", hidden track on Coldplay's 2008 album Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsViva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsViva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, often referred to as simply Viva la Vida is the fourth studio album by British rock band Coldplay, released on 11 June 2008 on Parlophone. The album was named after a Spanish phrase that translates in English as "long live life"...
- "The Escapist", a single from The Streets' 2008 album Everything Is BorrowedEverything Is BorrowedEverything Is Borrowed is the fourth album from The Streets. Released in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2008, and in the United States on 7 October 2008, Skinner describes the album as a "peaceful coming to terms album" and as containing "peaceful positive vibes" which stand in stark contrast...