Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Serious Sam Studio Exec Joins Anti-Windows 8 Chorus

Gabe Newell isn’t the only one who thinks Windows 8 is a catastrophe. You know who Gabe Newell is. You know who Notch ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 7, 2012

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Microsoft Patents In-Home Consumer Monitoring System

Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that will let it watch consumers to ensure that they’re complying with content licensing restrictions. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 6, 2012

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Fox News: Halo 4 Could Keep Voters At Home

Fox News is worried that today’s release of Halo 4 could throw a wrench into the democratic process. The most important day in ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 6, 2012

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Microsoft Retiring Windows Live Messenger in 2013

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Live Messenger is being phased out in favor of Skype. In what he described as an ongoing effort ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 6, 2012

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THQ Stock Price Crashes

The worst possible outcome of THQ’s “reverse stock split” appears to be coming true. THQ executed a “reverse stock split” in July, converting ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 6, 2012

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Rise of the Triad: Still Ludicrous After All These Years

The “Rebooting a Classic” production diary takes an inside look at the development of the new Rise of the Triad. I don’t remember ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 5, 2012

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Battlefield 1942 Goes Free

Electronic Arts is marking ten years of Battlefield 1942 by giving it away. Has it really been ten years since Battlefield 1942 went ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 5, 2012

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Star Citizen Creator: You Can’t Do That On Consoles

Chris Roberts says current-gen consoles just don’t have the sand to deliver a proper Star Citizen experience. Chris Roberts has been an enthusiastic ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 5, 2012

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Former GameStop VP Pleads Guilty to Major Fraud

Chris Olivera admits to siphoning $2 million out of GameStop and into his own bank account. As GameStop’s Vice President of Corporate Communications ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 5, 2012

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