Mike Thompson Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Apple Rejects Unpleasant Horse

Said Apple to 4th & Battery: “F#©K you and that unpleasant horse you rode in on!” (Ok, not really) It seems like only ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 8, 2011

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Mortal Kombat Web Series To Launch Next Week

Great news forMortal Kombat fans: The new Web series is going to start up next Tuesday. Ever since Kevin Tancharoen’s crazy Mortal Kombat ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2011

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Activision’s Ownership of Bizarre Helped Cause Studio’s Downfall

Former senior executives at Bizarre Creations have revealed that, aside from a number of other problems, Activision’s ownership didn’t help the studio. Remember ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2011

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Astronaut Gives Out-Of-This-World Space Concert

Cady Coleman’s weightless flute performance from the International Space Station is one of the coolest things you’ll see today. Astronauts are plenty impressive ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2011

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Cheetara Gets “Boob Job” In New ThunderCats

Apparently the Thundertank isn’t the only thing that’s getting an update. So it’s been fairly common knowledge that ThunderCats is getting an animated ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 4, 2011

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Australia Crashes New Burnout Street Date

Whoops! Australia’s Classification Review Board just rated (and revealed the existence of) a new Burnout game from EA. You gotta love game classification ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 4, 2011

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THQ Teams Up With Book Publisher To Make New IPs

THQ is joining forces with Random House Publishing to create new IPs and expand existing videogame franchises with “world bibles.” THQ and Random ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 4, 2011

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Jar Jar Binks Gets Beaten Up On The New York Subway

Subway riders assaulted an actor playing the most hated character in Star Wars and are now being sought so charges can be pressed. ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2011

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The Old Republic Gets Wookie Localization

Bioware shows off some April Fools’ humor with this latest news update. When you’re making a game that spans an entire galaxy and ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2011

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Capcom Makes New Mario Game For Japan

Japanese gamers are getting a new Mario Bros. game, but it’s only coming to arcades. There’s a new Super Mario Bros. Wii game ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2011

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Police Use Stolen Console To Catch Thief

Dear criminals: if you steal and then fence a console, be aware that the cops will probably be able to track you down ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2011

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Man Let Son Suffocate Because He Was Playing WoW

A bad situation is even worse than it sounds: A man on trial for the death of his infant son couldn’t tear himself ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2011

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