Greg Tito Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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First Music from Videogames Nominated for Grammys

Music composed specifically for use in a videogame has never been recognized for a Grammy, but this year two videogame songs were nominated. ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 6, 2010

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Man Creates Working Star Trek Door

A man built a door in his house that opens just like the doors of the U.S.S. Enterprise, complete with that *woosh* sound. ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 6, 2010

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Free to Play Game Designers Use Compulsive Mechanics

A British game designer challenges the idea of game addiction but does admit to using compulsive gameplay to keep people playing. Game addiction ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 6, 2010

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Unskippable Celebrates 100th Episode

Today, Unskippable turns in its 100th episode lampooning videogame cutscenes by providing a handy guide to making your cutscene unforgettable. It almost didn’t ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 6, 2010

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Activision: Social and Casual Games Don’t Make Money

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is not investing heavily in social games or casual markets like Apple’s App Store. Remember the halcyon days of ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2010

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Bobby Kotick Not Worried About The Old Republic Competing with WoW

The Activision CEO isn’t concerned about chief competitor EA’s The Old Republic eating up World of Warcraft‘s 12 million subscribers. When it comes ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2010

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Kinect Sex Games Coming Soon

A teledildonics “expert” and Kinect hacker thinks that sex games using Microsoft’s peripheral are a hair’s breadth away. Kyle Machulis, aka Qdot, writes ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2010

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Pachter: Sony’s 4.1 Million Moves Sold is Wrong

Analyst Michael Pachter claims that Sony’s announcement that it has sold 4.1 million Move units is wrong. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2010

Reviews

Review: Michael Jackson The Experience

Music and dancing games seem to be a dime a dozen these days with Kinect’s Dance Central and the various Rock Band and ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2010

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Man Googles Himself, Finds He’s Wanted for Murder

Photo of Zachary Garcia erroneously released by police A student at the University of Florida was surprised to find that he was identified ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2010

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Premium APB Subscribers Will Get More Customization

You only get the most complex customization of your character if you shell out money for a premium account in the free to ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2010

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Heath Ledger Might Appear in Next Batman Movie

The director of The Dark Knight wants to reuse footage of Heath Ledger in the next Batman film, even though he died in ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorNovember 30, 2010

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