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Mario Joins NASCAR

Next Saturday at the NASCAR Meijer 300, one of the competing cars will be emblazoned with the world’s most famous plumber. When you ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2010

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Zynga Plants FarmVille on the iPhone

The obscenely popular FarmVille will soon be teaming up with the obscenely popular iPhone to rake in oodles and oodles of cash. In ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2010

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Rumor: Nintendo 3DS is More Powerful Than the Wii

According to some developer buzz, the 3DS could be Nintendo’s most powerful system to date. Since the launch of the original Game Boy ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2010

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Gabe Newell: Valve E3 Surprise Isn’t Episode 3

If you’d been hoping that Valve’s June 14th “surprise” would be an unexpected reveal of the long-dormant Half-Life 2: Episode 3, time to ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2010

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Rumor: GoldenEye 007 Remake Coming at E3

Activision could be pulling the sheet off a remake of beloved N64 classic GoldenEye 007 in less than two weeks, if rumors are ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2010

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Scientist Says Building Gundam Models Makes You Smarter

A Neuroscience professor at Suwa Tokyo Science University has found that building lots of tiny plastic robots could make you a genius. If ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2010

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Hands-On: Transformers: War for Cybertron

Let’s get all the Transformers puns out of the way right off of the bat, shall we? Transformers: War for Cybertron is more ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2010

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FF7 Writer: Nintendo Era Is Over

The man who wrote Square-Enix classics Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Trigger thinks that Nintendo’s handheld dominance is finally at an end, thanks ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2010

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Fan Renders Ico & Shadow of the Colossus In HD

If the rumors that Sony may be re-releasing a remastered HD bundle of PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are true, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2010

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Prince of Persia Opening Weekend Stumbles

Despite the marketing budget of Disney and the well-oiled pecs of Jake “Manlychest” Gyllenhaal, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time wasn’t as ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2010

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Behold the Awesome and Impractical Iron Man Flight Simulator

If you’ve ever wanted to fly like Tony Stark in power armor, here’s a do-it-yourself kit for those with a bit of money ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2010

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Review: ModNation Racers

When you first load up ModNation Racers, you’ll probably be fairly underwhelmed. “What is this?” you may find yourself saying. “Why are they ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2010

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