Logan Frederick Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Netflix Finds Movie Rental Riches on Xbox Live

Netflix profits are exploding as consumers stay indoors and its partnership with Microsoft starts selling digital flicks. After announcing that its 2008 fourth ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 28, 2009

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GTA4: 21st Century Literary Classic?

The Chicago Tribune has heralded Grand Theft Auto IV as harbinger of “the literature of the 21st Century,” high praise for a game ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 28, 2009

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Bang Your Head to Guitar Hero: Metallica‘s Track List

Realize your childhood fantasy to perform “Enter Sandman” as Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich with his band’s first game and its nearly fifty-song long ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 26, 2009

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Game 4 A Date: Helping Gamers Find Lovers

Looking for that special someone to go fragging with on weekends? The publisher behind Edge magazine and GamesRadar has started a dating service ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 21, 2009

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Teen Assaults Parent With Taco

A 19 year-old gamer has been arrested for attacking his own mother with one of the most physically harmful foreign biological weapons available ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2009

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YouTube Now Playing on PS3s, Wiis, Not 360s

“YouTube for Television”, a beta service from Google’s YouTube team to display full-screen video made for television, is being adapted to work with ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2009

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Game Comedy Consolevania Closes Show

The British gamers and comedians behind Consolevania have quietly closed down their cult-classic internet video series. A short five years and 22 episodes ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2009

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Sony: “PS2 is Still Important”

Following heavy financial losses in its gaming division, Sony’s John Koller has emphasized the importance of continuing to support the PlayStation 2. Less ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 15, 2009

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Sony Samples Stereo-3D Games at CES

Sony has stolen some of the CES spotlight with its stereo-3D game demos. The science of stereoscoping is most recognizable to people from ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 14, 2009

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Andrew Lloyd Webber Composing Own Games

With music games selling both software and CDs, the famed composer’s company is in negotiations with game publishers to create a Broadway-inspired title. ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 14, 2009

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Sony Reports First Loss in 14 Years

The $23 billion technology conglomerate will be reporting a $1.1 billion loss for its 2008 fiscal year, its first loss in fourteen years. ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 13, 2009

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Surf Google Earth on Wii Board

A couple of Google engineers have adapted the Wii Balance Board to surf the world in the Google Earth program. Members of the ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2009

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