Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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GeoCities Closing Down

Yahoo! will be shutting down GeoCities later this year, bringing to a close the once-popular free hosting service that fell victim to the ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 24, 2009

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Apple Announces One Billion App Contest Winner

Apple has revealed the winner of its Billion App Countdown contest and unless you happen to be a 13-year-old boy from Connecticut, it’s ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 24, 2009

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Stalin vs. Martians Gets New Release Date

After a brief delay caused by “last-minute issues with the game,” Stalin vs. Martians, the odd little RTS that pits the Red Army ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 24, 2009

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Change4Life Promotes Gaming as a Healthy Activity

Change4Life, the U.K. government health campaign that drew fire earlier this year for suggesting that videogaming can kill you, is launching a new ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 24, 2009

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Microsoft Records First Ever Quarterly Revenue Drop

Microsoft reported yesterday that its quarterly revenue was down compared to the same period last year, the first time quarterly revenues have decreased ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 24, 2009

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Microsoft Annoys People With Lode Runner Pricing Error

The internet is up in arms over a pricing error on the Xbox Live Marketplace release of Lode Runner which let a small ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 23, 2009

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Pirate Bay Judge Had “Conflict of Interest,” Lawyer Calls For New Trial

A lawyer for the Pirate Bay is calling for a retrial after the judge in the case admitted to being a member of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 23, 2009

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Canadian Game Industry Seeks to Jail Pirates

The Entertainment Software Association of Canada is calling for tougher copyright laws in the country, including jail time for pirates and the criminalization ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 23, 2009

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Men Chase Texting Record, Get Record Bill

Two Pennsylvania men chasing the world record for text messaging in a month have managed to rack up a record phone bill in ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 23, 2009

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Bacon Sandwich: The Ultimate Hangover Cure

Nothing fixes up a hangover like a big ol’ bacon sandwich and that’s not just something my mom told me, that’s science. Hangovers ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 23, 2009

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American McGee Says User-Generated Content Should Be “Compensated”

American McGee says gamers who create content for games like LittleBigPlanet should be “compensated” for their efforts because of the added value they ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 22, 2009

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500 Million EA Sports Fans Served

EA Sports revealed today that 500 million online games have been played across its various franchises since it launched the 09 series of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 22, 2009

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