A BRIEF HISTORY OF BLACK PANTHER’S APPEARANCES IN VIDEO GAMES

Co-created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and debuting in the pages of the Fantastic Four in 1966, it would be forty years after his introduction to the world that Black Panther would make any appearances in a video game. It was in the massive Marvel crossover action-RPG Marvel Ultimate Alliance released in 2006 that players would be able…

A CHRISTMAS TIME FUN LOOK AT TOYS BASED ON COMIC BOOK VIDEO GAMES

In previous years around the holiday season I’ve looked at comic book games with a Christmas twist such as Batman: Arkham Origins, the many games inspired by Tim Burton’s Batman Returns, and Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron. While growing up, video games were of my most coveted Christmas gifts as it was only really around that time of year when I…

REVIEW: LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 (PS4)

2013’s Lego Marvel Super Heroes isn’t just another Lego game; It’s a game that this site dubbed the greatest Marvel console game of all time. With a plot that brought in nearly every character old and new from every corner of the Marvel Universe, a campaign that felt like a tour through some of Marvel’s most famous locations and…

LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 LAUNCH TRAILER

Today marks the day that Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2013 original, arrives on PS4, Xbox One and PC (with a Nintendo Switch version coming soon). Following the events of the first game, the heroes of the Marvel Universe must combine forces to combat the villainous Kang the Conquerer when he…

WHAT I WILL (AND WON’T) MISS ABOUT TOYS-TO-LIFE

Disney Infinity ended in 2016, Lego Dimensions ended about a year and a half later in 2017, and while Activision’s Skylanders hasn’t throw in the towel officially, its taking a year off is very telling that the series is on shaky ground. Started in 2011 with Skylanders: Spryo’s Adventure, the toys-to-life genre of games that allowed action figures to interact with a video…