Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, debuted in April of 1938, and I think I speak for everyone when I say I hope we all look as good as the Man of Steel when we’re 85 years old. For over 8 decades now, the world has been enthralled about the tales of the…
DEVELOPER: Kemco PUBLISHERS: Kemco/Vatical Entertainment REVIEWED ON: Game Boy Advance SP from a copy purchased by the author. Catwoman is up there with the likes of fellow DC Comics alum Wonder Woman as one of the most popular female comic book characters of all time. The sometimes hero, sometimes villain broke out from guest appearances…
With the 1982 release of Spider-Man for the Atari 2600, Marvel has now had a presence in the video game industry for 40 years. From the humble beginnings of the beloved wall-crawler traversing a skyscraper to stop the Green Goblin’s bombs from going off, the heroes and villains spawned from the House of Ideas have…
DEVELOPER: Tribute Games PUBLISHER: Dotemu REVIEWED ON: Xbox Series X via GamePass/Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. Chances are if you were born in the mid-80s, you had a toy box full of ninja turtles, strange anthropomorphic mutants, robotic foot ninjas, and green ooze that your parents assuredly loved getting out of…
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The owner of this site, as well as the writer of this article, contributed to this book. They’re also a Kickstarter backer. Brett Weiss has been writing about video games as long as many of us have been playing them and he’s showing no sign of slowing down. Recently, Brett has been busy…
It’s impossible to not look back on the year 2001 without thinking of the 9/11 tragedy. In but a moment, the world was changed forever when United Airlines Flight 93 struck the World Trade Center, taking countless lives and spawning a war that would steal even more. For many, an escape from the real world…
DEVELOPER: TT Games PUBLISHER: WB Games REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. In 2013, developer TT Games produced what this very site dubbed the best Marvel console game ever in 2016: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. It more than earned that distinction by simply being a game that could be enjoyed…
I can remember it like it was yesterday. While taking a trip to my local Wal-Mart, one of the first things that greeted me when I walked in the door – other than an actual greeter – was a TV with a new console hooked up to it. In it was a cartridge for the…
DEVELOPER: Toybox Inc. PUBLISHER: Nintendo REVIEWED ON: Nintendo Switch from a copy purchased by the author. Women have not had it easy in comic book video games. Sure, popular heroines like Wonder Woman, Black Widow, Gamora, Captain Marvel and others are nearly always present in large ensemble games, but the amount of comic book games…
In the fall of 2013, the TT Games developed LEGO Marvel Super Heroes was released, and without an ounce of hyperbole, it’s still today one of, if not the, best Marvel Comics video games ever released. Though the LEGO games that have arrived since then, both of the DC and Marvel variety, have made many…
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