Month: October 2009
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gPotato.com MMO Round-Up
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Of all the current videogame industry trends, the free-to-play business model is perhaps evolving the fastest. Runes of Magic and Free Realms have both made great strides in presenting online worlds which are not only free to access but are visually and technically almost on par with their retail rivals. Today we’re taking a look…
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Batman Reborn: Batman #691 Comic Review
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DC Writer: Judd Winick Pencils: Mark Bagley Inks: Rob Hunter Colours: Pete Pantazis As the ‘Long Shadows’ arc thankfully reaches its conclusion, I think it’s fair to say that Judd Winick’s run on Batman hasn’t gone down too well with readers or reviewers. While I’ve enjoyed Winick’s quieter moments between Dick and Alfred, I think…
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Wolfenstein Xbox 360 Review
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Wolfenstein is not without its flaws, but its combination of Nazis and the occult never grows old.
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Blackest Night: Batman #3 Comic Review
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DC Story: Peter J. Tomasi Pencils: Ardian Syaf Inks: Vicente Cifuentes Colours: Nei Ruffino Of all the Blackest Night spin-offs, Batman’s was never going to be the most significant, but it had the potential to be the most personal. While everyone involved in the big event has lost someone, the murder of Dick Grayson’s parents…
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Red Herrin #3 Comic Book Review
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Wildstorm Story: David Tischman Art: Philip Bond, David Kahn Colours: Guy Major Three issues into Red Herring and I’m still no sure what to make of it. It’s never exceptionally thrilling, original or intriguing, and yet there’s an indefinable quality about it that keeps me reading. Perhaps it’s Philip Bond’s (Vimanarama) wonderfully energetic art, the…
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Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps #41 Review
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DC Writer: Peter J. Tomasi Pencils: Patrick Gleason Inks: Rebecca Buchman, Tom Nguyen, Prentis Rollins Colours: Randy Mayor, Gabe Eltaeb While Blackest Night has been pretty consistent, the rise of almost every fallen hero into the ranks of the undead appears to be reaching its point of exhaustion. Whereas Sinestro was a fascinating villain, wily…
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Detective Comics Annual 11 Review
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DC Writers: Fabian Nicieza, Mandy McMurray Art: Tom Mandrake, Kelly Jones Colours: Nathan Eyring, Michelle Madsen While the first part of Fabien Nicieza’s Azrael story ‘The Eighth Deadly Sin’ was pretty underwhelming, it’s nice to see this conclusion improve on it considerably. This is mainly due to the appearance of the Question, a character who…