Mike Thompson Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Airbrushed Dreamcasts Paint a Pretty Glorious Picture

If you’re a Dreamcast fan, then these custom-painted consoles are going to make you drool. It’s hard to find a console more beloved ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 24, 2010

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Blockbuster Fizzles Into Bankruptcy

In a move that probably isn’t surprising anyone, Blockbuster Video has filed for bankruptcy. Despite the fact that Blockbuster Video recently announced its ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 24, 2010

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Super Street Fighter IV Won’t Battle On PCs

Apparently, Street Fighter IV was so pirated that Capcom doesn’t feel comfortable releasing the next version for the PC. Sorry, PC gamers, it ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 22, 2010

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Rebooted Godzilla Might Trample Theaters in 2012

Godzilla is coming back to theaters, and this time he’ll be fighting other monsters instead of trying to eat Matthew Broderick. I grew ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 22, 2010

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Bible MMO Appears Unto Europe Next Week

It seems that Europe is God’s favorite continent, since that’s the first market that The Bible Online will officially be coming to. It ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 22, 2010

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Terry Pratchett Makes His Own Heavenly Sword

The man behind Discworld is so serious about being a knight that he made his own sword out of meteorites. Terry Pratchett is ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2010

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Konami and Harmonix Find Legal Harmony

Suddenly, everyone’s getting along and nobody is suing one another. Remember how, back in 2008, Konami sued Harmonix because it claimed Rock Band ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2010

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MySpace Claims To Have 30 Million Gamers

MySpace is trying make itself sexy for casual game developers, and part of this is by claiming that a third of its user ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2010

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SouthPeak Delays Two Worlds II Without Warning

Hey, guys? It doesn’t bode well when you delay your game on one continent and decide to indefinitely withhold it from another. Two ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2010

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Samurai Jack Creator Returns With Giant Robots

The man behind some of Cartoon Network’s biggest hits is back, this time with a show about big robots, teenaged aliens, and high ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2010

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Resurfaced Art Showcases Irrational’s Lost Game

Ten-year-old concept art from Irrational Games reveals some ambitious details about a game based on The Divine Comedy that got stuck in development ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2010

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Marvel Comics Considering Live-Action Shows

Marvel Comics is thinking hard about live-action TV shows based on its characters. Here’s hoping they’re better than the lame 1970s TV movies ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorSeptember 15, 2010

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