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Fantasy Flight Announces Android: Mainframe

Image Source: Fantasy Flight Games This week, Fantasy Flight Games announced Android: Mainframe, a game of competitive cyber bank-robbery set in their growing ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 17, 2016

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North Korean Satellite is Best Satellite, Nothing Wrong, Very Excellent

Image Source: Telegraph.co.uk Last week, North Korea launched a multifunctional satellite despite widespread condemnation from world leaders; it now appears that their high-tech ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 16, 2016

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Will the Cyanide & Happiness Card Game Be the Next Exploding Kittens?

Image Source: Kickstarter After the success of their Random Comic Generator, the guys behind Cyanide & Happiness have designed a card game with ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 13, 2016

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Details Finally Surface on SeaFall, the Next Legacy Game

Image Source: Plaid Hat Games After twisting classic game’s such as Risk and Pandemic with his Legacy mechanic, designer Rob Daviau finally opens ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2016

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Lunar Ballistics Sheds More Light on Cataclysmic Origin of the Moon

Image Source: UCLA The long-standing theory on our moon’s origin gains a heap of evidence – and a small twist – thanks to ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2016

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Get Descent-like Board Game

Image Source: Kickstarter The designer of Descent is bringing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles dungeon-crawling board game to Kickstarter. Some of us like ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 6, 2016

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Sting of Fire: Folsom Prison Tarantula Named for Johnny Cash

A new study re-categorizes all known tarantula species in the United States and reveals several new ones, including such a one named for ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 5, 2016

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Ancient Male Spider Frozen “Stiff” in Amber for 100 Million Years

Image Source: The Science of Nature An ancient arachnid was caught in amber just at the verge of procreation, and preserved perfectly for ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 3, 2016

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It’s R’lyeh Happening: Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu Emerges

Image Source: Zmangames.com Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu takes the core mechanics of the hugely popular board game and blends it with H.P. Lovecraft’s ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 3, 2016

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Grey Goo Gets a Massive, Entirely Free Expansion

Image Source: Grey Goo Real-time strategy gem, Grey Goo, has just added a new faction and plenty of content in a big, free ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 1, 2016

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Bayonetta and Corrin Are Smash Bros‘ Final DLC, Arrive February 3rd

Image Source: Nintendo Platinum Games’s Bayonetta, and Corrin from the upcoming Fire Emblem: Fates, are the final characters to join the Super Smash ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 1, 2016

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Google’s “Project SkyBender” Will Beam 5G Internet From Solar Drones

Image Source: The Verge Google has been secretly testing “Project SkyBender,” which aims to beam 5G internet to Earth from high-flying solar drones. ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorFebruary 1, 2016

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