John Funk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

When I wrote up Blizzard’s reveal of the WoW: Cataclysm female Worgen last week, I was expecting (and got) a mixed bag of ...

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The evidence couldn’t be more clear: Capcom has ported Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney to Apple’s iPhone for an obscenely low price. It seems ...

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Mario games may be bright, colorful and easy for children to get into, but don’t you dare call them “childish” to Shigeru Miyamoto’s ...

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The credo of many talented designers is “gameplay first,” but what happens when you’re just playing a game to find out what happens ...

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The industry may be putting increasingly more emphasis on DLC and digital distribution, but SCEA VP Rob Dyer wants to put everything on ...

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Fable III will be headed to PCs after all – but if you want the fancy-shmancy Collector’s Edition, you’ll need to grab it ...

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The Valve commander-in-chief says that his company might make games for the PS3 if only it were more like a Mac. Valve’s antipathy ...

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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the original Pac-Man in Japan, and Google’s logo has come down with a bad ...

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He’s Nintendo’s famous mascot and one of the most prolific characters in gaming – naturally Mario has more than a few Guinness World ...

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In celebration of Nintendo’s stellar (har har) Super Mario Galaxy 2, today The Big E is all about The Big M. Sure, millions ...

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An upcoming section in Super Mario Galaxy 2 will look very, very familiar to anyone who loved the classic Super Mario 64. The ...

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Star Wars: The Old Republic will let players venture to the icy planet of Hoth. And nobody was surprised. Videogamer has revealed that ...