The Escapist
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| Initial release | January 21, 2008 |
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| Directors | Rupert Wyatt |
| Box office | 388,174 USD |
| Initial DVD release | United Kingdom |
| Screenplay | Rupert Wyatt |
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| ID | 2608657 |
About The Escapist
Fourteen years into a life sentence, convict Frank Perry (Brian Cox) plans to escape from prison after learning his daughter nearly overdosed from heroin. With the help of fellow prisoners, Frank begins digging tunnels that will lead to the outside world. As Frank and his friends dig, he fends off Rizza (Damian Lewis), a fearsome gangster who runs the inside of the prison, and his brother, Tony (Steven Mackintosh), a junkie with designs on Frank's cellmate, Lacey (Dominic Cooper). … MORE
Zero Punctuation star Yahtzee Croshaw quits after 16 years
The Star of long-running videogame review series Zero Punctuation has quit after 16 years.
Ben Croshaw, known as Yahtzee, was famous for his very fast, very rude, quickfire opinions on the latest games.
His five-minute videos featuring crude cartoon characters were a weekly feature on gaming site The Escapist .
But Yahtzee with several colleagues after their editor-in-chief Nick Calandra was fired.
He Said he wouldn't be taking the Zero Punctuation name with him, but fans would hear his voice again " soon, in a new place".
Zero Punctuation , launched in 2007, is The Escapist 's most popular feature, with videos from the series comfortably outranking others on its YouTube channel.
It became popular thanks to Yahtzee's Politically Incorrect scripting and his swipes at games that were praised by other gaming sites.
Some People accused The British journalist of airing controversial opinions to be edgy, but many were fans of his no-holds-barred approach.
He received backlash for his views on certain titles, most notably The Last of Us: Part 2 and Super Smash Bros Brawl.
Yahtzee's departure followed Calandra's, who for " not achieving goals that were never properly set out for us".
The pair were followed out of The Door by A Number of colleagues, most of them from The Site 's video team.
After Yahtzee's announcement, many fans praised his contribution to The Escapist , with one saying: " You were the only part of The Site i cared about. "
Another added: " You've been carrying that whole brand for the better part of a decade. "
Calandra later thanked followers for shown since he announced his firing, and said The Team would announce a new project soon.
BBC Newsbeat's contacted Gamurs for comment.
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Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
