WHAT EXACTLY CONSTITUTES A “COMIC BOOK GAME”

Ever since I started producing content for this site back in 2012, it’s always been difficult for me to determine what to cover and what does it mean to be a comic book game. An easy example of course would be super hero games from “The Big 2″”: Marvel and DC, but what about things…

SUPER HERO FIGHTING GAMES: THE GOOD AND THE BAD QUALITIES

Fighting games as a genre go hand in hand with super hero comic books. As much as any fans of super hero books say they read for things like story, characters, plot, art, etc, they can’t lie and say they don’t also love a good old-fashioned throw down complete with epic splash pages, larger than…

FOOTAGE OF THE CANCELLED DOUBLE HELIX JUSTICE LEAGUE GAME SURFACES

Before Henry Cavill became the Man of Steel and Ben Affleck suited up as the Dark Knight, a Justice League film was in the works from the director of Mad Max, George Miller, that would have utilized technology similar to 2007’s Beowulf or The Polar Express. For numerous reasons the project was scrapped along with…

COMIC GAMERS ASSEMBLE GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS (PART 4/FINALE)

MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR WINNER: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: THE UNIVERSAL WEAPON Before this year, I doubt many people knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were, now over $750 millions dollars at the box office later, we’re all singing the songs from Awesome Mix Vol. 1 and dancing along with Baby Groot. The…

REVIEW: BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS (Wii U)/WHAT’S NEW FOR Wii U

The relavitely new “Batman: Arkham” franchise is something of an anomloy in today’s video game climate. Normally when a game comes out it’s mere months, or in the case of Assassin’s Creed as of late, right after a new chapter comes out before you’re already hearing about the next installment arriving in a year’s time.…

REVIEW: BATMAN RETURNS (SEGA GENESIS)

Batman Returns on the NES is a pretty terrific game. Batman Returns on the SNES is a fantastic game. Batman Returns on the Sega Genesis is one of those constant reminders of why I’m forever grateful that I owned a SNES growing up as opposed to Sega’s machine that I wished I had after being…