Austin MacKenzie Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Prime Minister Runs Norway From His iPad

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has demonstrated another use for the iPad – running a country. When a volcanic cloud in Europe stopped ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 16, 2010

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New Poll Reports Xbox 360 Failure at 42 Percent

A new survey of over 500,000 gamers has shown the Xbox 360’s failure rate has dropped. Last August Game Informer released a survey ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 15, 2010

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14-Year Old Kills Father for Taking Keyboard Away

A 14-year-old boy is currently being held for killing his father as payback for having his computer keyboard taken from him as punishment. ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 15, 2010

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Nintendo Wins Appeal Over Motion Controller

Nintendo has managed to reverse a court ruling that could have removed many of its controllers from the market. In May, 2008 Nintendo ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 13, 2010

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New Prince of Persia Movie is “Kind of” Like Shakespeare

The upcoming Prince of Persia movie’s narrative is much like that of a Shakespearean play, says prodcuer Jerry Bruckheimer. One wouldn’t normally equate ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 13, 2010

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Christian Game Publisher Looks to Walmart for Help

Left Behind Games hopes that placement in Walmart will help its Christian-themed titles reach gamers. Christian games have always been rather niche, never ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 12, 2010

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Google’s “Developer Advocate” to Work With Gaming Companies

Google is hoping to expand its reach in the gaming world, and it has hired longtime game consultant and writer Mark DeLoura to ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 12, 2010

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South Korea Will Block Gaming After Midnight

South Korea is moving to battle online gaming addiction by forcing underage gamers off the internet. A new policy announced by the Ministry ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 12, 2010

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PS3 Owner Gets Partial Refund for Lack of “Other OS” Option

A user’s complaint over the lack of “Other OS” option for his PS3 has earned him a 20 percent refund from Amazon. Sony’s ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 9, 2010

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Hands on With the PlayStation Move

We go hands-on with Sony’s new motion controller, the Move. I made a quick trip down to Seattle at Sony’s behest to see ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 9, 2010

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Hands on: SOCOM 4

The most important thing to understand about SOCOM 4’s Move-based controls is that I am terrible at shooting games, and using the Move ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 9, 2010

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PlayStation 3 Firmware Update Causes Problems

Sony’s most recent mandatory firmware update has crippled a number of consoles. Late last month, The Escapist reported that Sony was releasing a ...

By Austin MacKenzie Legacy AuthorApril 7, 2010

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