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Valve’s Source Engine Coming To Xbox 360

Valve Software announced yesterday that the Source Engine would be available to Xbox 360 developers. The graphics engine created for Half-Life 2, and ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

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Ex-DICE Employees Form Redjade Studio

Ex-employees of Digital Illusions CE have started a new outsourcing game studio. Fredrik Liljegren, the previous CEO of Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment (DICE) ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

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Reuters Launches Second Life News Service

Second Life citizens will now have access to both real- and virtual-world news, courtesy of a new Reuters service. London-based news giant Reuters ...

By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

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Art House

Videogames are fantastic achievements of science: a library’s worth of meticulously crafted code, impossibly small circuits wired to create a virtually infinite architecture, ...

By Seth Robison Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

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Artistically Speaking

Did you know salt used to be used as currency? That’s where the term “worth his salt” came from. And heck, to us, ...

By Mur Lafferty Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

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“I Didn’t Leave Games, the Games Left Me”

Amidst the flannel and depression of the mid-’90s, there was Earthworm Jim, a surreal world of toilet humor and offbeat jokes in an ...

By Shannon Drake Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

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The Milkman Cometh

Editor’s Note: This article contains spoliers for the games mentioned. Midway through the game Psychonauts, in which you literally infiltrate characters’ minds for ...

By Lara Crigger Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

Letters to the Editor

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In response to “Back Story” from The Escapist Forum: This article reminds me of how I generally have conversations in my head for ...

By The Escapist Staff Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

Editor's Note

A Blank Canvas

Have you ever drawn/painted/ sketched a still life in a group? While everyone in the group was looking at the same subject, more ...

By Julianne Capps Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

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The Definition of an Art Form

“Videogames represent a loss of those precious hours we have available to make ourselves more cultured, civilized and empathetic.” – Roger Ebert It’s ...

By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

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Ebay Adding Strict Conditions To Playstation 3 Preorder Auctions

Following skyrocketing prices which topped more than $1,500, Ebay has unexpectedly pulled many auctions for hard-to-find Playstation 3 preorders, and implemented new requirements ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 17, 2006

World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Beta Coverage

World Of Warcraft: On the Seventh Day, Jayne(z) Quested

On the Seventh Day, Jayne(z) Quested Wait… I already used that joke, didn’t I? Damn. Oh well… in lieu of a better one, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorOctober 16, 2006

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