Mike Thompson Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Best Buy Goes Online in U.K.

Best Buy is (finally) bringing its retail experience online for customers in England. U.S.-based Best Buy has become a recent presence in the ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorNovember 4, 2010

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Marvel Heroes Slug It Out in Real Life

Captain America and Spider-Man got busted by the police for trading blows in public. No, seriously: This really happened. In a case of ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorNovember 4, 2010

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Sony Dishes About Season 2 of The Tester

The Tester is coming back to the PlayStation Network tonight. Why should you care? Because it’s the first step towards Sony (hopefully) becoming ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorNovember 2, 2010

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Grand Theft Childhood Author Pokes Holes in SCOTUS Research

Rush Limbaugh isn’t the only person to defend videogames lately; the author of Grand Theft Childhood is on our side, too. There’s a ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorNovember 1, 2010

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This Krang Costume Crushes Your Puny Turtle

You wish your nerdy costume was this cool for Halloween. Let’s be honest about something: Halloween is a holiday that the nerds tend ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorNovember 1, 2010

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GameStop Gets in on Digital Distribution

Real-world retail is still pretty rough, so GameStop is adding digital distribution to its list of buying options. GameStop is taking a note ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorNovember 1, 2010

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God of War Dev Hates PSP Pirates

Ready At Dawn is known for making great PSP games, but piracy on the console is so bad that it might not make ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorOctober 30, 2010

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Sega: “Sluggish” Consumption to Blame for Slow Game Sales

Sega’s videogame sales weren’t all that strong over the past six months, a fact that the publisher blames on weak consumer spending overall. ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorOctober 29, 2010

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Player-Made Missions Coming to Star Trek Online‘s Final Frontier

If you’ve itching to put Star Trek Captains through your own missions, good news: Cryptic Studios has revealed it’s planning to let you ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorOctober 29, 2010

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Rare Exports: The Creepiest Santa Movie You’ll Ever See

You better hope this version of Santa can’t see you when you’re sleeping… Santa Claus is usually portrayed as a jolly fat man ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorOctober 28, 2010

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Spidey Goes Cosmic with Shattered Dimensions DLC

Activision’s first DLC pack for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is letting everyone’s favorite wall crawler play dress-up, but not much else. Gamers looking for ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorOctober 27, 2010

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Sony’s “PlayStation Rewards” Brings Loyalty Program to PS3s

Coming this Spring, Sony will start rewarding gamers for their activity on PlayStation consoles. Believe it or not, “reward” is code for “fabulous ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorOctober 27, 2010

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