Mike Thompson Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Music Video Unlocks Hearts With the Konami Code

How do you tell a gamer girl that you love her? “Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, select, start.” The Konami ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 12, 2010

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Next TF2 Update is More Than a Fancy Hat Party

The next update for Team Fortress 2 is going to include some major new content, including item trading and a new game mode. ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 12, 2010

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Moral Kombat Documentary On Game Violence Comes to Hulu

If you haven’t seen Moral Kombat, Spencer Halpin’s documentary about the debate surrounding violent videogames, now’s your chance to do so for free. ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2010

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Play GoldenEye In Style With Gold Controller

Activision is applying a Midas touch to GoldenEye 007 and will include a gold controller with the game’s limited edition. One of the ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2010

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Shiny Founder Calls Sony’s Degradeable Demos Crazy

Sony’s proposed idea for “degradable” game demos is still in the concept stage, but it’s already getting blasted. Videogame demos are are a ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2010

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Blockbuster Muscles In On GameFly’s Territory

Blockbuster Video wants you to subscribe to its mail rental service, and it’s adding videogames to its catalog in order to do so. ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 10, 2010

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Real Yakuza Cut Yakuza 3 Down to Size

Just how authentic is Yakuza 3? According to real-life Japanese gangsters, it’s more realistic than you might assume. Sega’s Yakuza videogames have proven ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 10, 2010

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EverQuest Gets “Reimagined” With New MMOG

Sony Online Entertainment has revealed EverQuest Next, the newest installment in the MMOG series, but it won’t exactly be a sequel. Even though ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 10, 2010

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40,000 Court-Seized SouthPeak Games Sell For £50,000

SouthPeak Games’ court-seized stock has been auctioned off, but the proceeds barely put a dent in the publisher’s monster-sized debt. SouthPeak has quickly ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 6, 2010

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Kinect’s Role in Fable 3 Uncertain

Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux apparently changed his mind about including Kinect functionality in his upcoming RPG. Fable 3‘s support for Kinect has been a ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 5, 2010

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Set Your Stopwatches: Half-Minute Hero Sequel Coming In November

Marvelous Entertainment is working on a new Half-Minute Hero game, and it sounds even crazier than the original. Half-Minute Hero was one of ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 5, 2010

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Red Dead Redemption TV Movie Saunters to XBLA , PSN

Good news for all you Red Dead Redemption fans: The TV movie that Fox aired in May is now free to download on ...

By Mike Thompson Legacy AuthorAugust 4, 2010

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