John Funk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Team Fortress 2: The Tabletop RPG

Feel like playing Team Fortress 2 but don’t have the Internet – and do have a set of pen-and-paper dice lying around? A ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 2, 2009

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Blizzard Trademarks Trio of Cataclysms

PC behemoth Blizzard seems to be rather taken with the word “Cataclysm,” having filed no less than three trademarks concerning the name. Cue ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 1, 2009

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Fans Petition For StarCraft II LAN, Blizzard Responds

Over 13,000 StarCraft fans have signed a petition for LAN support in the upcoming sequel, but community rep Karune says the company is ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 1, 2009

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Update: StarCraft II Will Not Support LAN

Eager to play a round of StarCraft II with your buddies? You’ll have to use Battle.net, since the game will not support LAN ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 30, 2009

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WoW to Get Faction Change Feature

Are you a Night Elf who always wanted to play a Troll? Wish your level 80 Orc Shaman were a level 80 Draenei? ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 29, 2009

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Nomura Thinking of Maybe Starting Work on Kingdom Hearts III

Squeenix big cheese Tetsuya Nomura says he has ideas for the third true Kingdom Hearts game, but he’s not ready to really think ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 29, 2009

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Alt+Escape: Learn to Fly

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 AuthorJune 26, 2009

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(UPDATE) King of Pop Michael Jackson Dies

Celebrity gossip site TMZ.com and the LA Times have reported that “King of Pop” Michael Jackson (50) died today after being rushed to ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 25, 2009

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Architects Choose Top Ten Videogame (Architectural) Worlds

Architectural publication (for architects, natch) The Architects’ Journal has chosen what it deems the ten best architectural worlds in videogames, and… not all ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 25, 2009

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Mark Jacobs’ Departure Shocks Mythic Employees

The announcement that Mythic Entertainment founder and CEO Mark Jacobs would be leaving the company as it joined Bioware under the EA RPG ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 24, 2009

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Now Introducing: The Escapist’s Anime Reviews

The Escapist is broadening its horizons with reviews of those crazy Japanese TV shows – you know, the ones with schoolgirls and giant ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 24, 2009

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BioWare and Mythic Merge, Mark Jacobs Leaves

EA announced its intentions to merge its RPG divisions – most prominently including Mythic and BioWare – under a single RPG/MMO banner helmed ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 24, 2009

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