John Funk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Portal 2 Delayed to 2011

Portal 2 has been pushed back to 2011, which may have something to do with the cancellation of Valve’s E3 event – which, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 9, 2010

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BioShock Development Could Switch Studios

With 2K Marin busy on the new XCom, publisher Take-Two could hand the BioShock license off to another one of its studios. The ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 9, 2010

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ENN: Rejected Premieres for Publisher’s Club Members

Ever wonder what jokes get left on the Escapist News Network cutting room floor? If you’re a member of The Escapist‘s Publisher’s Club, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 9, 2010

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Actress Explains Mysterious Mortal Kombat Clip

Remember that awesome Mortal Kombat re-imagining from yesterday? It turns out that it wasn’t a trailer for a new game or movie after ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 9, 2010

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Flying Drone Swarm Brings Us Closer To Voltron

These autonomous robot drones that link together of their own accord to fly around may be terrifying, but they also bring us one ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 9, 2010

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Internet-Addicted Chinese Youth Break Out of Boot Camp

A group of young internet addicts stuck at a “boot camp” to help cure them of their habit staged a daring jailbreak, fleeing ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2010

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Rumor: Valve’s E3 Surprise is Source 2, Maybe Half-Life 3

Valve’s mystery E3 surprise may not be Half-Life 2: Episode 3, but one unnamed source is claiming that it’s the next iteration of ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2010

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New Kingdom Hearts Coming to E3

There will be two Kingdom Hearts titles announced this year, and one of them will be making its debut appearance at next week’s ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2010

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Sony, Square-Enix Sued Over PS3 Final Fantasy XIII

Sony and Square-Enix have been slapped with a lawsuit over charges that the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII bricked systems. The class-action ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2010

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Plants vs. Zombies: Originally With Mr. Peanut

Before Plants vs. Zombies found its way to your desktop or iPad, it looked a little bit like this. It’s no secret that ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2010

Reviews

Review: Backbreaker

Half a decade ago, EA acquired the exclusive rights to make football games starring real-world NFL teams and players with the Madden NFL ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 8, 2010

View From the Road

View from the Road: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

There’s an oft-repeated acronym in one of my favorite novels, Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: TANSTAAFL – There Ain’t No Such ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2010

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