Writers, directors, and actors have a lot of source material to draw upon when adapting comic book characters to the big screen. Now they have another tool in their arsenal to play with: video games. When making Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chris Evans admitted to taking inspiration from the underappreciated Captain America: Super…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge delivered on its promise and then some of modernizing the classic TMNT arcade brawler formula established by the likes of Konami in the early 90s. In early June, just shy of the 1 year anniversary of Shredder’s Revenge‘s release, developer Tribute Games dropped the news that an expansion of…
Revealed in a late June Nintendo Direct, Batman: Arkham Trilogy is a collection of Batman: Arkham Asylum, City, and Knight as well as all their applicable DLC converted by Turn Me Up Games for the Nintendo Switch. Upon its unveiling, it was given a vague “Fall 2023” release window, but now we know when we…
Back in March, the senior vice president for games and emerging media at Paramount Global, Doug Rosen, informed Polygon that work was underway on a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game. Instead of being a colorful, arcade style action game like the beloved games from the 90s and last year’s terrific Shredder’s Revenge, this…
Released in March, DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos from publisher Outright Games and developer PHL Collective still remains one of the year’s most pleasant surprises. For all the talks of state-of-the-art tech and titles that last dozens – if not hundreds – of hours, Cosmic Chaos proves that going bigger doesn’t always mean better. When…
The long running Mortal Kombat series is no stranger to crossing over with comic books. The 8th numbered entry was even a match up against the heroes and villains of the DC Universe with the big bad of that entry being an amalgamation of Darkseid and MK warlord Shao Kahn. Most recently, Mortal Kombat 11…
San Diego Comic Con 2023 is officially underway, and select patrons visiting the convention were able to sit in on a panel dedicated to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at Hall H. For the many people around the world who couldn’t afford to travel to San Diego, details of the panel have just found their way onto…
As you can probably gather from the primary URL for this website, it largely covers the sub-section of video games inspired by popular comic books and superheroes. But, when you’re asked if you want to read Doom Guy: Life in First Person early and interview John Romero, a game designer you’ve followed since you first…
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The writer of this review was given early access to the book from Abrams Press. If, on a daily basis, you hop into a game like Call of Duty to virtually assassinate opponents all over the world in fast-paced, online multiplayer deathmatches, you owe thanks to John Romero. Romero, along with John and…
Last year’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection from Konami and Digital Eclipse, to put it mildly, was one of the single best compilation packages ever produced. One of the best features – among several dozen of them – was the ability to listen to the totally tubular tunes that many who grew up…
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