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…

REVIEW: BATMAN: GOTHAM CITY RACER (PSOne)

Taking something that you think wouldn’t fit into the racing genre and making it work is not something uncommon in the video game world: Last month saw the launch of the 8th iteration of the Mario Kart franchise on the Wii U and has helped greatly in bolstering the sales of the struggling console; Diddy…

DEADPOOL’S GETTING HIS OWN ZEN PINBALL TABLE NEXT WEEK

Next week marks the one year anniversary of the Merc with a Mouth’s first video game outing, Deadpool. Whether it’s by pure coincidence or by coersion from Deadpool himself, Zen Studios will be releasing a Deadpool themed table for Zen Pinball 2 next week. Returning to voice the character from his game last year is…

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…

REVIEW: 300: MARCH TO GLORY (PSP)

This past spring when I exited the theater after seeing the pseudo-sequel/prequel, 300: Rise of an Empire, it totally slipped my mind that when the first 300 film came out in 2007, there was a tie-in game released with it. Forgetting about a PSP game shouldn’t be that uncommon a thing, as the system slipped…