John Funk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

News

NCSoft Trademarks City of Heroes 2

Could a sequel to the superhero MMOG be on the way? MMOG maker NCSoft has filed a trademark – two trademarks, to be ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2010

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Apple Sells 300,000 iPads on Day One

This weekend, at least 300,000 people paid Steve Jobs hundreds of dollars to become a beta tester for the first iteration of Apple’s ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2010

Interviews

Designing StarCraft II: An Interview With Blizzard’s Dustin Browder

Note: This is the full transcript of an interview conducted by our sister site The Escapist. To read the interview writeup, check out ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2010

Zerg Rush

A Master Craftsman

How can you possibly follow up a game like StarCraft? Blizzard’s landmark 1998 RTS is one of the most successful games of all ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2010

News

“Unreleased Japanese Final Fight Intro” is All Your Base-tastic

This “unreleased Japanese intro” to classic beat-em-up Final Fight might not be real, but it is hilarious. What you see above is supposedly ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 5, 2010

View From the Road

View From the Road: Cheaters Sometimes Win

I wonder if I might be a cheater in StarCraft II. Now, don’t get me wrong: Cheat codes don’t work in multiplayer, I ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 5, 2010

News

New Pokemon Games Getting “Shock Announcement” Sunday

Nintendo will be making a “shock announcement” on Pokemon Sunday this week about the next generation of its mammoth (or should that be ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 5, 2010

News

StarCraft II Tetris Is Pointless, Somehow Amusing

The fourth StarCraft II race has been revealed: Slowly falling Russian tetrahedrons. As the StarCraft II beta continues, some people are using it ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 5, 2010

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Nifty Split/Second Trailer Blows Up the City

The latest, all-in-game-footage trailer for Black Rock Studios’ destruction-happy, reality-TV arcade racer Split/Second is what Michael Bay would make, if Michael Bay made ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 2, 2010

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Ninja Gaiden Creator Needs Booze and Gambling to Develop

Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki has admitted that he needs a healthy dose of his vices to help him make a game, and ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 2, 2010

News

Cliffy B Won’t Bring a Weapon to Announce New Game

Epic Games’ Cliff(y B)leszinski famously announced Gears of War 2 while wielding the series’ trademark chainsaw gun, but he won’t be doing the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 2, 2010

Alt+Escape

Alt+Escape: I Can Hold My Breath Forever

Welcome to Alt+Escape, our weekly pick of browser-based games to help you start your weekend a little early. Check back each Friday for ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 2, 2010

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