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Nov. 19th, 2009 @ 03:52 pm
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Magneto. He joins Black Panther, Psylocke, Cable and Carnage.
Now, I loves me some X-Men, but they had their turn in the XMLs. Three out of five DLC characters should not be X-Men.
Hopefully there will be more characters in the future. Like, oh, say... She-Hulk. Like Cable, she's already in the game so there ain't much work to do.
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Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural #1 was really good.
X-Babies #1, the backdoor Star revival, not only features the Marvel-owned characters like Planet Terry, but snuck in extremely naughty cameos from licensed Star stalwarts including Alf, the Muppet Babies and even freakin' Ewoks.
AWESOME.
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Oct. 23rd, 2009 @ 09:34 am
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Borderlands is lots of fun. I'm two hours into a Roland playthrough and have just unlocked his turret. Will probably kick off a Mordecai run shortly to see how that feels.
If I had to sum up the game in one sentence my first instinct would probably be "What if Fallout 3 looked good?" A lot of people are comparing it to WoW which admittedly I've never played, but I can't imagine that its WoWiness could trump its FO3iness. But man, the graphics here are, to use one of the game's favourite numbers, eighty-seven bazillion times better. The shift to a cel-shaded look has worked wonders and Borderlands is one of the prettiest games I've seen in a long time (in a dirty, scarred, post-apocalyptic way, obviously). So much character to the whole affair, a really stylish opening sequence and a great sense of humour.
It ain't gonna out-GOTY Uncharted 2, but it was a wise purchase.
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Oct. 22nd, 2009 @ 03:16 pm
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http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=44357
Don Lane has died. I had no idea he was so unwell, surely it hasn't been that long since we saw him onscreen?! |
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NATION X #2 (of 4)
Written by C.B. CEBULSKI, BECKY CLOONAN, TIM FISH & JOHN BARBER
Penciled by BECKY CLOONAN, TIM FISH & MORE
Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER
IN THIS ISSUE: Jubilee returns to the X-Men, Gambit has trouble adjusting to life on Utopia, Northstar deals with the distance that island living necessitates and No-Girl has to save all the X-Men from a foe living right under their noses. Part 2 (of 4)
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99
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Okay, the movie designs for the boys I can handle. It's tougher to accept the Chipettes.
Oct. 12th, 2009 @ 09:08 am
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( SPOILERS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE NEW DOCTOR WHO LOGO )
I'm not really sure. I don't dislike it. God knows we've suffered through uglier. But I did really love the RTD logo.
Oct. 7th, 2009 @ 08:50 am
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New costume for Quasar. So presumably we'll be seeing a decent amount of him.
Full pic here. It's very pointy-shoulder-Nova-costume but I can live with it.
Sep. 29th, 2009 @ 10:37 am
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Have now thrown eight or nine hours at MUA2. Still very, very happy. Have unlocked collect-five-pieces-of-crap characters Thor (one of my favourites in MUA1... less so in the sequel) and Jean -- have been far less successful at finding Hulk's pieces of crap though.
Despite overall happy, am very disappointed with secondary costumes. Jean's is okay (First Class!) and Iron Spider makes sense. Thor's is cool, because he's never looked better than he does right now. I like Carol's. Generally from what I've seen so far the rest are either boring, or stupid. The one that really pisses me off is Penance. He really plays well, but this is not rocket science, people -- if you have Penance in your game and he is permitted one alternate outfit YOU MAKE IT SPEEDBALL. Fuck. But no, it's just "Penance with his kit off". WRONG.
Everyone's banging on about your Side-Choosing dictating whether you can unlock Iron Fist or Songbird, but in fact it's actually just a matter of when they get unlocked -- Songbird is now available on my anti-reg playthrough so I now have them both. Haven't played her yet, but from what I've seen she looks good. Green Goblin definitely looks to be the weak link in the Thunderbolts roster. Venom's a lot of fun; I'd assumed that as a huge tanky guy he'd feel boring and repetitive after playing Juggy (I'm also assuming this will be true of Hulk) but boy was I wrong. Venom's big on ranged attacks so it's a whole other thing. Leaping Feast FTW.
So great to see She-Hulk, wish she was playable. In fact a lot of the NPCs would be nice. Especially Cable, but I'd like Bishop and Wonder Man, and Panther. Firestar and Justice are in there, and while I'm not terribly interested in them it would make sense to have more New warriors playable. Nova would be great as a fourth.
Sep. 23rd, 2009 @ 09:19 am
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I'm not far in, but MUA2 is precisely as awesome as I expected, given that I totally love the original, and the XML/MUA games are not known for radical innovation. The Civil War-inspired "trade dress" is nice, giving a very clean and distinctive look.
At this point I have a lot of characters still locked, but I've got Gambit, Storm and Iceman (who effortlessly eradicates all who oppose him) so I'm happy. One of the characters I'm looking forward to is Songbird -- what an obscure choice! But she's only available if you're Pro-Reg, and I am not going to be Pro-Reg. At least not on my first playthrough.
Shulkie's in there too, but only playable on DS. >:(
Sep. 18th, 2009 @ 01:24 pm
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The Arkham Asylum game... Kevin Conroy?!
I did not know or expect that.
MUST BUY
(Everyone else was already saying it was a must-buy because, y'know, superb game or whatever, but given my current relationship with DC that wasn't really enough for me. Conroy'll do it though.)
Aug. 31st, 2009 @ 02:46 pm
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STAR COMICS: ALL-STAR COLLECTION VOL. 1 GN-TPB
Written by LENNIE HERMAN, BOB BOLLING, SID JACOBSON & STAN KAY
Penciled by WARREN KREMER, BOB BOLLING & HOWARD POST
Cover by WARREN KREMER, BOB BOLLING & HOWARD POST
This collection for kids of all ages not only gets four stars, it has Four Stars: Planet Terry! Wally the Wizard! Royal Roy! Top Dog! Space opera, Arthurian-era fantasy, sovereign secrets and canine crimefighting -- collected for the first time! Aliens, demons, ghosts, spies and more! Collecting PLANET TERRY #1-2, TOP DOG #1-3, WALLY THE WIZARD #1-2 and ROYAL ROY #1-2.
216 PGS./All Ages ...$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4291-1
Aug. 19th, 2009 @ 01:32 pm
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