At the conclusion of 2005’s X-Men Legends 2, a stinger set up a third chapter in the excellent action-RPG series that we would unfortunately never see. Unlike other franchises that have languished in limbo with no conclusion however, like MegaMan Legends, it wasn’t because the series was dead or the creators had been taken off the series. X-Men…
Today’s the day that Daredevil returns to Netflix for its second season and I like many, couldn’t be more excited. Not only do we get to binge watch another thirteen episodes starring the Man Without Fear, but we also get to see the Marvel Cinematic Universe debut for two characters: Elektra and The Punisher. Last…
Video games have not been kind to the Man of Steel. There are over a dozen games starring Superman that have been released, and the best one, Superman: Shadow of Apokolips, rests at a 64 on Metacritic. Lets not also forget that Superman also is the subject of much ridicule in the video game world, having starred…
This Tuesday, Disney Interactive hosted an event where they unveiled some new Marvel Disney Infinity figures that would be launching with the Marvel Battlegrounds play set on March 15th: Ant-Man, Black Panther, Vision, and a solo alien costume Spider-Man. During this same event, it was announced that there would be no 4.0 edition of the popular toys-to-life game, and…
Spider-Man was not a stranger to video games in the 90’s, having at least one video game on every console or handheld available at the time and even teaming up with another Marvel property, the X-Men. It wasn’t until 1994 with the release of Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage though that a game starring the character was truly great. Like the…
When I was growing up and starting my seemingly life long love of video games, I started with the NES, which didn’t have the best track record when it came to licensed games, at least starting out. When I became aware of the X-Men through comics, the animated series, Marvel trading cards and the Toy…
Whether people like it or not, toys have invaded the video game space and they’re not going anywhere anytime soon. Skylanders, amiibo, Disney Infinity and now Lego Dimensions are all huge business for those involved, selling DLC in the form of plastic figures that bring new characters, vehicles and levels to video games. As someone who loves collecting…
So did anybody other than me not now what “Blue Monday” was? I always thought it was a song by Orgy and yes, I do know it was a cover of a New Order song, but my introduction to it was in the Korn/Limp Bizkit era of musical domination (#3dollarbillyall). In any rate, a quick…
Prior to 2013, developer TT Games had already worked on a huge number of licenses as part of their incredibly fun and addictive Lego series of games: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean and the Caped Crusader, Batman. Being owned by publisher WB Games, who in turn are owned by parent company Time Warner who…
Toys and video games have gone hand in hand for years with little plastic representations of video game characters being sold on the shelves of specialty stores and toy departments, but it was really only until recently with the popularity of games like Skylanders, Disney Infinity, Playmotion and now Lego Dimensions that the two have truly become one. The…
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