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Ex-Crystal Dynamics Employees Spill the Beans

Confirming the reported lay-offs at Crystal Dynamics following worse-than-expected sales of Tomb Raider Underworld, two former employees have been shedding light on some ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2009

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The History and Context of Pong

While it wasn’t the first videogame (or even the first ping-pong videogame), there’s no question that Pong was the catalyst for the birth ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 9, 2009

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The Oval Office Gets a Wii

The inauguration of Barack Obama will be a first for the United States in several different ways, including the fact that for the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2009

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WoW Players Raise $34.6k to Fight Blood Cancer

If WoW players know anything, it’s that lots of small, incremental contributions will eventually add up: They’ve collectively donated almost $35,000 to the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2009

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Ring in the New Year with The Zangief Chronicles

In case your day didn’t have its mandated dosage of an overweight man with a fake Russian accent in very short briefs, The ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 7, 2009

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Wii Fit Balance Board Helps Amputees

Seacroft Hospital in Leeds, England, has recently started using the Wii Fit Balance Board to help treat patients who are recovering from amputation ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 7, 2009

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Anthropologist Studying Culture of WoW Raiders

Alex Golub, Ph.D., is a professor of anthropology at the University of Hawaii who specializes in the study of the local peoples of ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 7, 2009

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EGM Laid to Rest, 1UP Sold to Hearst

A post on PaidContent has led to muttering that Electronic Gaming Monthly will publish its last issue this month and that the 1UP ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 6, 2009

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Gaming Retail Sales Tumble in Japan in 2008

Despite closing the year on a high note with the holiday shopping boom, the retail industry in the Land of the Rising Sun ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 6, 2009

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Why is Sony Obsessed With “Secret” Exclusives?

PS3 Informer has an interesting article up today about Sony’s fondness for teasing gamers with the prospect of “top secret” exclusive games under ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 6, 2009

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PS3 Sales Up 130%, Xbox Hits 28 Million

Sony and Microsoft have preempted the usual NPD sales figures for December 2008 with their own self-congratulatory announcements: the PS3’s sales were up ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 6, 2009

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Battlestarbook Facebook-izes Battlestar Galactica

Ever imagined what it would look like if the cast of Battlestar Galactica had Facebook pages? Well, someone else on the Internet already ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 5, 2009

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