John Funk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Who expected the titular character of Super Meat Boy to be so, er, beefy? Super Meat Boy is a widely-acclaimed and brutally-difficult platformer ...

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Digital distribution may be convenient, says Blizzard big-shot Frank Peace, but there are some things it will never be able to do. With ...

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This year’s Spike Video Game Awards will be hosted by a would-be mad scientist, a precocious teenage doctor, and a smart-aleck womanizer – ...

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Is this Kinect-driven quadrocopter merely a cool hack, or are we teaching our consoles how to fly around and kill us all? Whether ...

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Freestyle rap is a difficult thing to do. It must be harder when people are shooting at you with bullets, even imaginary ones. ...

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Lara Croft’s next adventure will be her very, very first. It’s no secret that Lara Croft – once the golden girl of gaming ...

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If you lived in Azeroth, who would you be? In case you’ve been living elsewhere for the past few months and not visiting ...

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This final (?) Cataclysm trailer may just be eye candy for WoW junkies, but it really doesn’t need to be anything else. In ...

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The box art for Atlus’ erotic horror Catherine leaves no doubt that this game is all about sex, baby. It’s no exaggeration to ...

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For the first time ever, a videogame has been nominated for a Grammy award. Too bad it came out in 2005. It’s becoming ...

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Metrics and numbers can be a good tool for developers, says Blizzard VP Rob Pardo, but one should never rely on them alone. ...