Every Monday I visit the Cinemassacre.com website for “James & Mike Mondays” where James “AVGN” Rolfe, Mike Matei and sometimes a special guest(s) sit down, chat, and a play some games. This week the duo attempts to complete a game frequently talked about on this website, Batman: The Video Game on the NES. Do they succeed?…
I had to pick the title for this piece just right, as I didn’t want to trick people into thinking I was going to step onto the landmine argument of who’s better, DC or Marvel. Short answer: both are great, don’t worry about the publisher of your comics, just worry about the story, art, and characters,…
When it comes to movie tie-in games, the Dark Knight has a pretty great track record. Discounting Acclaim’s work on Batman Forever and Batman and Robin (though admittedly I have yet to get my hands on the pricey Batman Forever the arcade game) both Batman: The Video Game from Sunsoft and Batman Returns from Konami…
Sandbox Gaming is an organization located in my home province of Newfoundland that raises money for local children’s charities such as Easter seals NL, the St. John’s REAL program, the Janeway play rooms, as well as the Penny Arcade sponsored Child’s Play charity. To date the non-profit organization has raised over $22,000 for various charities;…
A lot of the news surrounding Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham has been about the incredibly awesome 60’s Batman characters, but let’s not forgot about all the cool characters in the present DC Universe as well. To celebrate the release of Lego Batman 3 in October, DC will have special Lego variant covers for select…
Spider-Man 2 is the losing your virginity of Spider-Man games: You’ll never forget your first time, but it will never be your best time. Read any comments section in the review for a Spider-Man game from 2005 forwards and you’ll probably see a lot of “I loved Spider-Man 2! Why can’t they make another Spider-Man…
Carnage sucks. The end. No wait, come back, I’m not done, but at the same time I could probably sum up my opinion on the Spider-Man villain in those two short sentences. I don’t really get the excitement when it’s announced that an upcoming Venom movie from Sony may be titled Venom Carnage, what is…
With Batman: Vengeance, Ubisoft tried to mold too many genres into one game; It was part plat-former, part fighter, a first-person shooter at points, as well as a driving and flying game. For the follow-up in 2003, Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu, Ubisoft took a far more basic approach to the design and the finished…
Make a short list of every thing you love about the Lego game series: Solving puzzles by building Lego objects, having the ability to swap between characters, utilizing unique character abilities to navigate levels, replaying levels at your own leisure for bonus collectibles, not being penalized for losing health or dying. These are some of the…
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