John Funk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Gamers Marathon Pokemon for Charity and Japan

Inspired by LoadingReadyRun’s “Desert Bus for Hope,” a group of students in Wales are catching ’em all for four days straight to raise ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 12, 2011

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Star Wars Fan Plans to Build Life-Size AT-AT

Mike Koehler doesn’t have project funding or construction experience, but he wants to make this life-sized AT-AT walker a reality, dammit. It’s a ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 12, 2011

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Go Under the Hood of Unreal Engine 3 in a Jaw-Dropping Trailer

I don’t know what half of these graphics terms mean, but they sure do look pretty. We can probably all agree that the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2011

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Talk About Love, Be in a Catherine Trailer

Want to earn a spot in a future trailer for Atlus’ Catherine? Grab a camera and let’s talk about love, baby. The Escapist‘s ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2011

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Move Outsells Kinect 2-to-1 in Japan

Sony can take heart in the fact that its motion-sensing Move is outselling rival Microsoft’s Kinect somewhere. While Microsoft proudly crowed that its ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2011

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TF2 Players Buy $430,000 in Hats for Japan

Either TF2 players really love Japan, or they really love virtual hats. A few weeks ago, Valve added three new in-game hats to ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2011

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It’s Official: Persona 4 Is Getting an Anime

Do you know about the Midnight Channel? A strange teaser trailer that hit the internet and went viral this past Saturday seemed to ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2011

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GeoHot and Sony Settle PS3 Jailbreak Case

It’s a peaceful ending for George “GeoHot” Hotz after all – the infamous PS3 jailbreaker and Sony have settled their differences out of ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2011

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[Update] Mysterious Countdown Hints at Persona 4 Anime

If this mysterious teaser trailer is any indication, we could be learning about a followup to Atlus’ phenomenal Persona 4 as early as ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 10, 2011

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Dino D-Day Still Looks Like the Best World War II FPS Ever

Hitler has resurrected the dinosaurs and enlisted them in the Nazi war machine. Uh-oh. I really feel that there isn’t any way I ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 9, 2011

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Oregonian Lawmakers Rickroll the Legislature

These members of the Oregon House of Representatives are never going to give their constituents up, let them down, run around or desert ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 8, 2011

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EA CEO: Battlefield 3 Is Designed to Take COD Down

EA CEO John Riccitiello dreams of a “clash of the titans” between Call of Duty and Battlefield 3, a game that is designed ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 7, 2011

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