Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Xbox Owner Sues Microsoft for $500 Billion (Yes, Billion)

An Xbox 360 owner is using a contractual technicality in the Xbox Live terms and conditions to press a legal claim that Microsoft ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2011

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Silicon Sisters Say Game Industry Still Doesn’t Understand Women

The founders of Silicon Sisters Interactive say the videogame industry has perfected the art of making games for guys but still doesn’t understand ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2011

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Ben Heck’s Portal T-Shirt Hits eBay

The Portal shirt Ben Heck built last year is now up for grabs on eBay, with all proceeds going to the AbleGamers Foundation. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2011

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BioWare Co-Founder: RPGs Are Becoming “Less Relevant”

BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk says RPGs are becoming “less relevant” as a genre to the current state of videogaming. When you think about ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2011

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Notch Is Ready For a Fight

Notch has taken a light-hearted approach to his legal wrangling with Bethesda so far but says that if push comes to shove, he’ll ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 19, 2011

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Germany Bans the “Like” Button

Germany does not like Facebook’s “Like” button. Germany is all about the privacy. Facebook is not. Facebook is the antiprivacy, the place where ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 19, 2011

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Ubisoft Drops the Bomb in Post-It Note War

Ubisoft has gone nuclear in its Post-It Note war with BNP, unveiling a three-story-high Ezio from Assassin’s Creed that will surely bring the ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 19, 2011

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Amnesia Studio Wants To Go Beyond Fear

Amnesia studio Frictional Games says it hopes to evoke “less primitive” emotions than fear in its next game, but it’ll still be a ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 19, 2011

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Ridley Scott Commits to New Blade Runner Film

Ridley Scott has signed on to produce and direct a new Blade Runner film. There aren’t many sci-fi films more iconic or influential ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 18, 2011

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GameStop Sales Down, But Digital Skyrockets

GameStop’s total sales and profits are down slightly for the second quarter of 2011, but preowned sales are up and digital sales are ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 18, 2011

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Fake an Alien Invasion, Save the U.S. Economy

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says that what the United States needs right now to get the economy chugging again is a good ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 18, 2011

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Warface Comes West in 2012

Warface, Crytek’s free-to-play online military shooter, will make its way to Western markets next year. Crytek revealed Warface in November 2010 as a ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 17, 2011

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