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Thursday, September 10, 2009
News

New LucasArts Game Revealed This Week

3:30AM Mike Fahey | Amidst a slew of remakes and re-releases, LucasArts is preparing to announce a brand-new original title on this week’s GameTrailers TV. More »
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Features

Weekend Reader: The Themes Of 9/11, And After, In TIE Fighter

4:00AM Owen Good | TIE Fighter was released in 1994, a time in which serving as the instrument of an oppressive, corrupt government against insurgent forces didn’t raise the kind of uncomfortable questions such a game would after Sept. 11, 2001. More »
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Monday, November 24, 2008
News

Famed Hacker Cut His Teeth On…Lucasarts’ X-Wing

6:00PM Luke Plunkett | Virgil Griffith is a hacker. You might not know him by name, but you may well know him by deed, he’s the guy behind WikiScanner, the tool that lets you find out who’s been tinkering with Wikipedia entries. His background in exploiting security systems could see him labelled a hacker. He prefers the term “disruptive technologist”. Either way, the guy had one hell of an education, as he got his start playing around with code with a game that’s very dear to my heart: I remember in particular there was a ‘Star Wars’ game, X-Wing…Only one of my computer-controlled wingmen was any good. My very first hack at age 9 was noticing there was a file for each pilot, and I simply copied the pilot file for the good wingman 20 times, giving me a plentiful supply of the best wingmen from then on. More »
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