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NASA’s LCROSS Lunar Mission Pays Homage to Hitchhiker’s Guide

Moments before crashing into Earth’s Moon, NASA’s LCROSS probe paid homage to Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy novels via … Twitter, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 21, 2009

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World of Goo “Pay What You Want” Sale a “Huge Success”

2D Boy’s “World of Goo First Birthday” experiment – allowing gamers to pick up the acclaimed indie title for as little as a ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 21, 2009

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Need to Rekindle Your Gaming Passion? It’s Binge Time

What do you do when your passion for gaming is wearing thin? Why, play a bunch of old favorites for hours straight, of ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 21, 2009

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Infinity Ward Responds to Modern Warfare 2 Controversy

Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has outlined the company’s plans for Modern Warfare 2‘s PC multiplayer in response to the controversy over its plan ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 20, 2009

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German “Killer Game” Culling Fails to Set the World on Fire

What if you held a “killer game” destruction rally and nobody came? Remember that “Familien gegen Killerspiele” event we heard about last week? ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 20, 2009

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PSPgo Barely Sells 1000 Units in Australia on Launch Week

The PSPgo has been struggling to gain a foothold Down Under, selling just over 1000 units its first week on the market. The ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 20, 2009

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Freddie Mercury Gets the LEGO Rock Band Treatment

The late vocal legend Freddie Mercury and the rest of Queen will be making their appearance as playable characters in LEGO Rock Band. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 20, 2009

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Kojima Promises Zone of the Enders 3

Not only does Hideo Kojima “really want” to make Zone of the Enders 3, he’s promised gamers that it will happen … eventually. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 20, 2009

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No Dedicated Servers for Modern Warfare 2 PC, Fans Freak Out

Infinity Ward’s decision to remove a traditional dedicated server browser from Modern Warfare 2 has PC gaming fanatics going completely berserk. Speaking about ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 20, 2009

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Home Shopping Network Screwup Shows Importance of Wii Safety

Watching some sucker throw a Wii Remote at the TV screen is funny. Watching some sucker throw a Wii Remote at the TV ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 19, 2009

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Does this Japanese Reality TV Sniper Prank Cross a Line?

Everybody knows that Japanese reality TV shows are slightly more mean-spirited than their Western cousins … but does this simulated sniper attack go ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 19, 2009

View From the Road

A View From the Road: The Legend of Crab Norris

A few weeks ago, I wrote about why the trend of more casual-friendly MMOGs was something to be embraced, not avoided. While I ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 19, 2009

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