Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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A History of Special Effects In 5 Minutes

Before Avatar blows our collective minds in December, it might be helpful to take a look back at how special effects on film ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 28, 2009

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Wanna Build An NES Arcade Cabinet?

Have you ever wanted to build your own miniature retro arcade cabinet? Instructables user “russm313” has you covered. Mr. “russm313” has uploaded an ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 27, 2009

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8-bit Gaming Fan Crafts Lego Tribute Video

Hoping to simultaneously enshrine two beloved childhood forces, YouTube user rymdreglage created “8-bit Trip” — a stop motion Lego-based ode to 8-bit gaming. ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 27, 2009

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Naughty Dog: Uncharted 2 ‘Impossible’ On Xbox 360

Adding fuel to the fire of the unending console wars, Christophe Balestra, co-president of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves developer Naughty Dog recently told ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 27, 2009

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Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Coming October 27

The next installment of the Ratchet & Clank series, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time will hit North American retail shelves ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 27, 2009

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Canadian Hopes to Resurrect Dinosaurs With Chicken DNA

Canadian scientist Hans Larsson believes he can revive dinosaurs by reverse engineering the genetic code of their closest living relative, the lowly chicken. ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 26, 2009

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Atari Fixes Ghostbusters PS3 Graphics Issue

Good news for owners of the PlayStation 3 version of Atari’s recent Ghostbusters game: The publisher has issued a fix for the game’s ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 26, 2009

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EGM Returning On December 1?

Beloved gaming magazine EGM (aka Electronic Gaming Monthly) may be returning to publication later this year, if the words of one of the ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 26, 2009

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Shadow Complex Rendered In Lego

How do you make a well-crafted, best-selling Xbox Live Arcade game like Shadow Complex even better? Recreate the whole thing with Lego bricks. ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 26, 2009

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GTA: Chinatown Wars Coming To PSP October 20

The PSP version of Rockstar Games’ wildly underloved Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is scheduled for release on Sony’s handheld on October 20, ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 26, 2009

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Swedish Hacker Builds Sudoku-Solving Lego Robot

Realizing Sudoku is incredibly boring, Swedish hacker Hans Andersson created a robot from a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit to solve the number puzzles ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 25, 2009

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Twitter Denied “Tweet” Trademark

In a bid to “protect” a term that has been indelibly linked with the popular microblogging site, Twitter recently attempted to trademark the ...

By Earnest "Nex" Cavalli Legacy AuthorAugust 25, 2009

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