John Funk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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The Future of Videogame Faces Looks Kinda Like Hellraiser

L.A. Noire‘s faces may be impressive, but they’ve got nothing on this. Much hubbub has been made over Team Bondi’s superb facial animation ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 18, 2011

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Valve Won’t Be Coming to E3

If you’re waiting for information on DotA 2 or Half-Life 2: Episode 3 at this E3, we have bad news for you. Valve ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 18, 2011

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Ugly Logos Ruin Classy and Artistic Resistance 3 Box Art

The Resistance 3 box art is everything that normal videogame art isn’t – it’s minimalist, classy and even artistic – but those damned ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 18, 2011

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Space Invaders Invade Our Real-Life Space

When little blocky alien bugs appear in the sky above, there’s only one thing to do – grab your old Atari joystick. If ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 17, 2011

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Hotmail Users Accuse Microsoft of Sabotaging PSN Revival

Some Hotmail users haven’t been able to properly reset their PSN account information as the service comes back online, and they’re pointing fingers ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 17, 2011

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Get Your Very Own Marcus Fenix With Gears 3 Epic Edition

If you have $150 lying around, like Gears of War and want Marcus Fenix glaring at you from your desktop, then you may ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 17, 2011

The House of Mouse

Mickey’s Epic

When industry luminary Warren Spector was offered the helm of the project that would later become Epic Mickey, so the story goes, he ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 17, 2011

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Artwork Helps You Learn Your Videogame ABCs

“A” isn’t just for “apple” anymore. In pretty much every country across the board, learning the alphabet – or whatever writing system one ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 16, 2011

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Facebook Engineer Teaches Life Lessons With StarCraft

When you find yourself at a crossroads in life, remember the teachings of Jim Raynor and SlayerS_BoxeR. Charlie Cheever has a list of ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 13, 2011

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Infinity Ward: Modern Warfare 3 Leak Partly Accurate

According to Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling, parts – but not all – of today’s Modern Warfare 3 mass info leak were the Real ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 13, 2011

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Meet Ms. ‘Splosion Man‘s “2 Girls 1 Controller” Mode

How many games ask you to control two characters at once – with only one controller? Twisted Pixel’s XBLA puzzle platformer ‘Splosion Man ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 13, 2011

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Gearbox Head Blasts “Evil” PSN Hackers

Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford thinks that the people responsible for bringing PSN down are “cyber-terrorists,” and that Sony needs gamers’ support, not their scorn. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 13, 2011

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