Scott Bullock Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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In-Game Achievements Can Now Earn You Real-Life Rewards

If you’re obsessed with getting achievements, then I have good news for you: Kiip wants to reward you for earning achievements by giving ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2011

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Social Games Could Soon Be Pulling In $5 Billion a Year

If you think social games are big business now, wait until their market grows to five times the size it is today. According ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2011

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Ship-Mounted Laser Weapon Torches Enemies a Mile Away

U.S. Navy research has paid off with a shipboard solid-state laser powerful and accurate enough to set fire to a boat over a ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 8, 2011

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Mystery Data Blip May Be a New Particle

An unexpected spike in Fermilab’s atom-smashing data appears to be an undiscovered particle that would introduce a new natural force. Looks like the ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 8, 2011

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Everyone Who Ever Bought a Madden Game is Suing EA

If you’ve purchased a Madden NFL, NCAA Football, or Arena Football League game from Electronic Arts since 2005 then congratulations, you’re suing EA. ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2011

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Rumor: Leaked Concept Art Hints at New Valve IP

Oddly proportioned ladies, carapace-wearing peg-legged men, and big badass spacecraft abound in a concept art leak for what seems to be a brand ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2011

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Fight Back Against Bullies in Zangief Kid: The Game

Casey Haynes’ (aka Zangief Kid) pile-driving of a school bully has finally been immortalized in a game where you beat the crap out ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 4, 2011

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LHC Could Be Close to Finding a New Sub-Atomic Particle

Badly behaving quarks could be pointing to a new elementary particle, and the Large Hadron Collider might be able to hunt it down ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 4, 2011

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Retro-Style Katamari Rolls Into Some Old Games

YouTube user MajorNeese shows us what might have happened if The Prince was ordered to go pick up some games. The King of ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2011

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Games Officially King of the Entertainment Sales Hill

Statistics show that in 2010, videogames sold more units than movies or music, becoming the best selling form of media out there. Numbers ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2011

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Telltale Giving Away Back to the Future Episode 1 For Free

In the spirit of getting you addicted to its product, Telltale is giving away episode one of Back to the Future: The Game, ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2011

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Google Building Ultra-Highspeed Internet Line in Kansas City

As part of an experiment on next-gen internet, Google has made plans to give Kansas City an fiber line with a 1 gigabit ...

By Scott Bullock Legacy AuthorMarch 30, 2011

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