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Thursday, November 5, 2009
News

Comic-Com Founder Has Died

4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Shel Dorf, the founder of San Diego’s Comic-Con International, passed away this Tuesday reports Reuters. He was 76 years-old. More »
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Culture

Don Ivan Punchatz, Doom Box Artist, Dies At 73

5:00AM Owen Good | The artist Don Ivan Punchatz, whose artwork on id Software’s Doom helped establish the game’s hardcore reputation and appeal, has died of a heart attack. He was 73. More »
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Culture

Pangya Artist Passes Away

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | While the last entry on his blog is from this past March, SeeD was recently working on an unannounced project and had previously done the art for the Pangya games, including the PSP version. More »
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Friday, September 4, 2009
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Ex-Splatterhouse Developer BottleRocket Closes Its Doors

10:00AM Michael McWhertor | BottleRocket Entertainment, formerly the developers of Splatterhouse for Namco Bandai and responsible for the Mark of Kri series, is no more. Studio president Jay Beard announced BottleRocket’s official demise today via e-mail. More »
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Culture

And Now For A John Hughes Tribute

10:40AM AJ Glasser | Filmmaker John Hughes passed away yesterday and sadly there wasn’t much of a way to acknowledge it with video games. Until today, that is. More »
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Culture

EGM Writer Passes Away

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Andrew Baran, former writer at Electronic Gaming Monthly and EGM2/Expert Gamer, passed away on July 26 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. More »
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Culture

Influential Studio Ghibli, Final Fantasy Animator Has Died

1:20PM Brian Ashcraft | This Wednesday, animator Yoshinori Kanada passed away after suffering a sudden heart attack. He was 57 years old. A “Superanimator” since the 1970s, Kanada left his mark on Square Enix as well. More »
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Culture

Michael Jackson R.I.P.

9:00AM David Wildgoose
We should all download this and play it today.
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Let Us Mourn The Passing Of Yet Another Kotaku Xbox 360

11:20PM Luke Plunkett | I honestly couldn’t put an exact number on it, but I’m pretty sure we’re at 12+ broken Xbox 360s here. And counting. I say counting because yesterday, we lost another. More »
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Star Wars Galaxies Designer Jeff Freeman Dies

10:30AM Michael McWhertor | Jeff Freeman, whose work includes stints at Spacetime Studios and Sony Online Entertainment on Star Wars Galaxies as lead gameplay designer, has died at the age of 39, an apparent suicide, reports The Escapist. Freeman was the target of the Star Wars Galaxies community’s ire following the launch of the “new game experience” that took players by surprise with its timing and sweeping changes. The Escapist detailed the targeting of the game designer by SWG devotees in this 2007 write up. Freeman left SOE in 2006 to join Spacetime. Freeman’s brother tells the Escapist that “personal issues,” not the fury of SWG players were at the root cause of his decision to take his own life. Jeff Freeman, Former SWG Lead Gameplay Designer, Dies [The Escapist] More »
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