If you grew up close to a comic book shop in the 90’s chances are you got a decent enough education of comic book characters across multiple publishing brands. If, like me however, the closest comic book shop was an hour-and-a-half away, you probably were lucky to get a scattered issue here or there at…
There were a lot of X-Men video games released before the first X-Men Legends, some of them pretty great, but none really got the property right like the Legends series. Whereas console limitations had it such that the most X-Men you could have on-screen were two at a time (remember this is years before Konami’s arcade game made it…
Fifteen years ago today, Sony launched the PlayStation 2 in North America, and in typing that sentence just now, I feel very, very old. It’s funny in hindsight because I remember being in my second year of highschool when the PlayStation 2 came out, and I was nothing but underwhelmed by its line-up and prospects.…
Since I started thinking about making this site and actually putting it into action, I’ve accumulated A LOT of comic book themed games, primarily on consoles running through the NES up to the PS4. I haven’t sat down to count them lately, but right now the number is some where over 100, perhaps even several…
Yesterday Marvel Studios threw their cards on the table and showed the world their planned film slate until the end of the decade and while I’m ecstatic that there’s going to be a Captain Marvel film and the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel has been moved up, I’m still disappointed that Marvel doesn’t have a firm…
Marvel has been throwing around a lot of popular event names as a lead up to the return to their Secret Wars story in 2015; Everything from Old Man Logan, Marvel Zombies, House of M, and of course Civil War. Yesterday they posted another teaser with no ties to a previous event, simply titled “The…
A lot of comic book characters have multiple titles featuring them (Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, X-Men etc) but very few have sequel games that are connected, even fewer still have sequels that are successful. Here’s a list of 10 series that made an impact in the world of comic book games at large. 10 RADICAL’S HULK SERIES…
I’ve enjoyed GT Countdown as narrated by Brandon Jones as long as I can remember, and today’s list is of special importance: The Top 10 x-Men Games. With the exception of one (the quite pricey X-Men Children of the Atom,) I’m proud to say I own all of the games on this list. Check out…
EGMnow has a feature up highlighting their staffs top comic based games. The list ranges all of comic-dom, featuring super heroes, manga properties and Disney comics. Ray Carsillo lists Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage as his pick, though apparently he doesn’t remember the title that fondly, as he mentions the ability for a second player to participate…
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