RANKING THE CAPTAIN AMERICA GAMES

I’ve spent a lot of this week looking at nearly all the games with the words “Captain America” in the title, so now that I’ve looked at each game individually, let’s rank the games starring the Star Spangled Avenger from worst to best. 8) CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE AVENGERS (GAME BOY) The first handheld outing…

RANKING THE SUPERMAN GAMES FROM WORST TO BEST

Now that I’ve finally moved all of the Superman reviews into this blog, I thought it would be nice to rank the Superman games from worst to best, similar to the Top 10 Wolverine games feature I brought over. Without further delay, let’s get into the list: 12) SUPERMAN RETURNS: FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE (GAME BOY…

TOP 10: WOLVERINE GAMES

NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM 07/26/2013 Before I start counting down the top ten Wolverine games, I’ll give my criteria first. This is a list of WOLVERINE games, so no X-Men games featuring Wolverine are permitted. I do recognize that the character has been featured as part of an ensemble in well regarded games like…

MARRYING A COMIC WITH A VIDEO GAME PART 1

In my discussion of why I thought Batman: Arkham Asylum worked, I mentioned how it was due largely to the fact that it took the Batman character and merged it with Nintendo’s long-standing Metroid franchise. I then began to think about what other games would be great templates to join to a comic book character…

REVISITING THE IDEA OF A GREEN ARROW VIDEO GAME

A little over a year ago, I wrote a post on my comicbookmovie.com account about how it’s perhaps the right time to seriously take into consideration the development of a Green Arrow video game. I want to revisit the topic after I saw a comment made by “Arrow” star Stephen Amell on his facebook page…

WHY BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM WORKED

I spoke in length about why leading up to the release of the first “Arkham” game I remained skeptical, but now I’d like to do something a little more positive and thus more fitting with one of my favorite game series of all time. Here’s my reasons as to why Batman: Arkham Asylum was the…

WHY I WAS INITIALLY SKEPTICAL OF BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM

E3 2014 has come and gone, and after making a big splash in Sony’s press conference Monday night, Rocksteady’s conclusion to the Batman “Arkham’ series, Batman: Arkham Knight, has been wowing everyone who has managed to get their hands on it. Countless previews have been written by various publications that have escalated the hype and anticipation…

TOP 5 THINGS TO HELP THE WAIT FOR BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT

Though initially penned in for a fall 2014 release date, news struck yesterday that we’ll not be getting the closing chapter of Rocksteady’s closing chapter in the “Arkham” series, Batman: Arkham Knight, until 2015. Instead of drowning in Arkham-less sorrow, I’m here to offer some creative alternatives as to what do to while we wait further…

MAXIMUM CARNAGE: THE BEST COMIC TO GAME ADAPTATION TO DATE

Comic book video games come in a variety of categories: Some use the comic solely as their source material, even calling on comic writers for story input, (The “Arkham” series,) others take inspiration from animated series (Batman: Vengeance,) and then there’s those that exist in the world of a feature film (The Amazing Spider-Man 2.)…