The Escapist (typeset as
the escapist) is an online
magazine covering mostly video games as well as movies, comics, TV, and more. Published by Alexander Macris since its inception, it was edited by Julianne Greer up to June 30, 2009, then by Russ Pitts through September 2011, then by Steve Butts until September 4, 2012, then by Susan Arendt until June 14, 2013, then by Greg Tito until January 21, 2015 and is currently edited by Joshua Vanderwall.
The Escapist was first published on July 12, 2005.
The Escapist originally ran weekly with a main edition published on Tuesday but it is now updated continuously. On the 15th November 2012 it was announced that the Escapist had been acquired by online media company Alloy Digital from its corporate owner, Themis Media, for an undisclosed sum. In 2014, Alloy Digital merged with Break Media to form
Defy Media, the website's present owner.