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Nintendo Admits 3DS Marketing is “Tricky”

How do you promote a product that has to be seen in person to be believed? If you know, you might want to ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 8, 2010

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Study “Strongly” Links Gaming With Kids’ Poor Attention Spans

A new study suggests that there is a connection between a child’s fondness for videogames and their inability to pay attention to things ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 7, 2010

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EA to Ruin Man’s Life for APB Marketing Stunt

In a promotion for cops-and-robbers MMOG APB, EA is inviting gamers to take control of a man and make him into their “Human ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 7, 2010

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Red vs. Blue Welcomes Halo: Reach Back to Blood Gulch

Halo: Reach will see players returning to a hugely-expanded version of Halo‘s iconic Blood Gulch map for multiplayer, and the cast of Red ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 7, 2010

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The iPad Can Do Real Street Magic, Too!

As it turns out, Steve Jobs’ promise that the iPad would be “magical” wasn’t that far from the truth after all. When Steve ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 7, 2010

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Nintendo Relying on “Integrity” of Developers for 3DS Ports

What’s stopping developers from lazily porting Wii and last-generation games to the 3DS and calling it a day? Their integrity, hopefully. Nintendo’s 3DS ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 7, 2010

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Surprise, Kojima’s Next Game Could Be MGS5

Hideo Kojima has given further evidence that nothing he says about the Metal Gear Solid series should ever be taken at face value. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 7, 2010

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XBLA Summer of Arcade Detailed: 5 Cool-Looking Games for $15

Another “Summer of Arcade” is upon us, and Microsoft has detailed the dates and prices (or rather, price) for its five nifty-looking XBLA ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 6, 2010

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Chronicles of Cataclysm: Off the Deep End

The Whale Shark will murder you. Seriously. With Cataclysm, Blizzard has done the unthinkable: It has created an underwater level in a game ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 6, 2010

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Pentagon Enlists Batman and Robin to Conquer Biology

The Pentagon’s mad-science branch DARPA has two new projects under way with the best acronyms ever. Seriously. If you’ve ever played the Metal ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 6, 2010

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Fallout Devs Want to Work On Chrono Trigger

When asked what JRPG they’d love to “Westernize,” two of the leads at Obsidian Entertainment chose the 1994 SNES classic Chrono Trigger. Many ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 6, 2010

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BP Offshore Oil Drilling Board Game Has Unfortunate Implications

I’m sure that forty years ago, someone at British Petroleum thought that an offshore oil rig board game was a great idea. There ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJuly 6, 2010

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