There are hundreds of games on the market that are based on comic book properties (trust me, I own a lot of them) but there’s only one “Arkham” franchise; A series of games that have started their own sub-genre within the juggernaut Batman franchise that has spawned the most sequels of any comic book game…
Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the release of the Sega Genesis, also known as the Mega Drive in other parts of the world, in North America. To celebrate the life of the little black box that gave the “Big N” a run for their money in the 90’s, I’m going to look at ways…
Being a new PS4 owner, I tuned into the Sony press-conference held at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany to find out about all the new games coming out for the system. On the demo reel during one of the pre-show advertisements where it showed games currently available on the system, I caught a glimpse of The…
They’re at this point literally dozens, if not hundreds of characters in the X-Men universe, but none as iconic as Wolverine. He’s been the face of the X-Men film franchise since the original came out in 2000 and has been the only mutant to appear in every film, as well as to have their own…
I had to pick the title for this piece just right, as I didn’t want to trick people into thinking I was going to step onto the landmine argument of who’s better, DC or Marvel. Short answer: both are great, don’t worry about the publisher of your comics, just worry about the story, art, and characters,…
Spider-Man 2 is the losing your virginity of Spider-Man games: You’ll never forget your first time, but it will never be your best time. Read any comments section in the review for a Spider-Man game from 2005 forwards and you’ll probably see a lot of “I loved Spider-Man 2! Why can’t they make another Spider-Man…
Carnage sucks. The end. No wait, come back, I’m not done, but at the same time I could probably sum up my opinion on the Spider-Man villain in those two short sentences. I don’t really get the excitement when it’s announced that an upcoming Venom movie from Sony may be titled Venom Carnage, what is…
It’s time to look at another three Marvel games that were simply never meant to be. DAREDEVIL (GC/PS2/XBOX) Daredevil was being positioned as another big multimedia franchise from Marvel during the turn of the century. The comic series was a best-selling series under the Marvel Knights brand thanks in no small parts to writers like…
Let’s turn our attention from DC to Marvel, as we explore some unfortunate tragedies in their video game portfolio. X-MEN: MIND GAMES (SEGA 32X) The 32X was Sega’s final attempt to prolong the life of the Sega Genesis before the company moved into the 32-bit era with the Sega Saturn. Sega had somewhat of a…
With all the news that came out this week, this must have slipped by me. Gameloft released a new trailer for their upcoming free-to-play Spider-Man themed endless runner, Spider-Man: Unlimited. On twitter today they also teased some of the members of Spidey’s most dreaded team, the Sinister Six. The new Sinister Six starts with Green…
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