Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Spore Gets Iffy Review Scores, Early Australian Release

Two German game magazines have released early reviews of EA’s long-anticipated Spore, and they’re a bit disappointed with what they see. Gamestar magazine ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 2, 2008

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BioShock Postmortem Discusses The Good And Bad Of Game Development

A new BioShock postmortem at GamaSutra offers some interesting insights into the development of the game, including what went wrong, what went right ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 2, 2008

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Call Of Duty Games “Didn’t Finish Telling The Story”

The military adviser on the Call of Duty series says Call of Duty 5 is returning to a World War II setting because ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 2, 2008

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Help “Save” PC Gaming

PC gaming may or may not be dying, but if you’re not happy about the possibility then PC Gamer U.S. Editor in Chief ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 2, 2008

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Steve Jobs Not Dead

The Mark Twain jokes should be flying fast and furious because as it turns out, Steve Jobs is not actually dead. Jobs’ not-quite-demise ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 29, 2008

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Wal-mart Calls For Greener Gaming

Retailing behemoth Wal-mart is asking videogame companies to start thinking about how they can make games more environmentally friendly.A recent “green gaming summit,” ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 29, 2008

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Brett Ratner Wants To Do A Guitar Hero Movie

Brett Ratner says he’d really love to do a Guitar Hero movie, but in a remarkable burst of insight added that he doesn’t ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 29, 2008

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Square Enix Proposes Tecmo Takeover

Square Enix has announced its intention to launch a friendly takeover bid for troubled Japanese videogame company Tecmo. The company submitted a proposal ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 29, 2008

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Pro Gaming Drug Cheats: Who Cares?

While the use of performance enhancing drugs in conventional athletic endeavors is commonplace, the tournament director of the World Cyber Games in Australia ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 29, 2008

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The ECA Comes To Canada

The Entertainment Consumers Association has thrown open its doors to the land of peace, order and good government with the announcement that citizens ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 29, 2008

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Will Wright Says Spore Is Over-Hyped

With the release of Spore looming, designer Will Wright says the tremendous amount of hype surrounding the game has him concerned that people’s ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 28, 2008

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Videogames Are Making You Fat

People today are fat, lazy slobs, and it’s all the fault of videogames. So says Dr. Keith of The Sun, who wrote that ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 28, 2008

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