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The premier issue featured pieces from well-known gaming-community authors including Jerry Holkins ( a. k. a. Tycho Brahe ), Kieron Gillen, and John Tynes.

Following issues included work by Tom Chick, Allen Varney, Jim Rossignol and other top writers from in and outside the game industry, including a four-part piece by leading game designer Warren Spector.

The editor, Julianne Greer had not been involved in the gaming industry before The Escapist, and had a background in marketing and new media.

According to Themis, by late 2006 the website had 150, 000 monthly readers.

The website MMORPG. com noted that the webzine had become the " flagship brand " for Themis, which runs other websites and ventures related to the gaming industry, with the reputation of " a widely read and highly respected form of game journalism " and " paying writers top dollar ".