John Funk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Homefront Devs Love Dedicated Servers

Homefront will have dedicated servers for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, and developer Kaos thinks it’s just the way to go. It’s hard ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 21, 2011

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Non-Americans Can Like Homefront, Too

Homefront may be about an occupied and conquered United States of America, but the creative director of the game thinks that its themes ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 21, 2011

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Hands-On: Homefront Multiplayer

I am a proud soldier in the Korean People’s Army, in the service of our Glorious Leader. We have come to this country, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 21, 2011

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Rumor: Sony Fighting PS3 Piracy With Install Keys

Word has it that Sony’s solution to its sudden PS3 piracy woes is one that PC developers have been using for, like, twenty ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 21, 2011

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Annoying NPC Allies Absent From Red Faction: Armageddon

Gone are the days of minor fender-benders sparking the insurgency, and here are the days of blowing aliens up. I never played Red ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 20, 2011

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Hands-On: Red Faction: Armageddon

Living on Mars must suck. I mean, first there’s the scenery: It’s red, red, red everywhere you go. Then, there’s the oppressive Earth-born ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 20, 2011

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Being a Real-Life Fruit Ninja Is Harder Than It Looks

Who knew it was so difficult to slice small flying objects in half? Halfbrick’s Fruit Ninja is one of the most popular games ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 20, 2011

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Borderlands Creative Director Brings Anthony Saves the World to The Escapist

Gearbox Software Creative Director Mikey Neumann and “Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?” creator Anthony Burch are bringing their independent web series Anthony Saves The ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2011

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WWE Champion: “Games Are Games, Reality Is Reality”

Parents need to be involved with what their kids watch and play, says WWE Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston, but violent games aren’t real ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2011

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THQ: WWE All-Stars the “Best Roster” Ever In a WWE Game

WWE All-Stars puts three decades of pro-wrestling superstars in one ring, and according to the senior designer, WWE fans could hardly ask for ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2011

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Hands-On: WWE: All-Stars

I’m really not a pro wrestling kind of guy, to be honest. My exposure to it was back when I was younger, in ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2011

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Hands-On: Double Fine’s Stacking

Double Fine’s Brutal Legend was a big game that nonetheless failed to set the world on fire – and between that and the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2011

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