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Fresh Prince‘s James “Uncle Phil” Avery Passes Away

Image Source: Better Funner James Avery, the actor behind Uncle Phil and the Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, has died at age ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorJanuary 2, 2014

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GOG Launches “Let’s Party” Promo to Ring in 2014

Select GOG bundles are being discounted up to 80 percent until January 2nd. 2013 is coming to an end today and GOG wants ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 31, 2013

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Kinect-Based 3D Printing Service Can Turn You Into a Plastic Mini

For $59 Shapify will turn you into a 3D-printed plastic figurine. We’re going to go ahead and say that the Kinect generally isn’t ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 31, 2013

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Missile Commander Record Holder Plays Game for Nearly 72 Hours

Victor Sandberg scored more than 100 million points in a three-day Missile Command marathon. Back in March, Victor Sandberg did what many had ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 31, 2013

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Fire Emblem‘s Falchion Sword Recreated on Man at Arms

Swordsmith Tony Swattion has recreated Chrom’s Falchion from the 3DS hit Fire Emblem: Awakening. Fire Emblem: Awakening made quite the splash earlier this ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 30, 2013

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Americans Paying More For Worse Internet

Image Source: Speedwire Inc. Despite higher prices for customers the United States only ranks 35th when it comes to bandwidth capacity. Despite the ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 30, 2013

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Battlefield 4 Experiencing Multiplatform “Connectivity Issues”

DICE has posted a warning on its forums about ongoing “intermittent connectivity issues” affecting Battlefield 4. Online multiplayer is kind of a big ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 30, 2013

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Jaxxyn Wood, 12, Stays Up to Play Games, Saves Family from Fire

Image Source: WKYT Jaxxyn Wood of Danville, KY alerted his family to a fire he noticed while playing videogames at 3:30 in the ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 30, 2013

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Half-Minute Hero Creator Launching 100 Turn Hero in January

Image Source: Siliconera 100 Turn Hero will release to iOS in Japan on January 17th, 2014. Originally released on the PSP back in ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 30, 2013

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Richard Garriott: Ultima IV is “My Most Important Work”

RPG pioneer Richard Garriott hopes to recreate the magic of games like Ultima IV with his new MMO Shroud of the Avatar. Videogames ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 28, 2013

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Ultima IV

We wrap up our December of classic RPGs with Richard Garriott’s genre classic Ultima IV. In the pantheon of great RPGs, you’d be ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 28, 2013

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Good Old Reviews: Ultima IV

We wrap up our December of classic RPGs with Richard Garriott’s genre classic Ultima IV. In the pantheon of great RPGs, you’d be ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorDecember 28, 2013

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