Month: June 2009
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Aliens #1 Comic Book Review
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Dark Horse Writer: John Arcudi Pencils: Zach Howard Inks: Mark Irwin, Zack Howard Colours: Wes Dzioba With Dark Horse currently compiling their back catalogue into rather neat Omnibus editions, it’s surprising how well many of the early Aliens, Predator and Terminator miniseries still read. Naturally, there were only so many directions these franchises could be…
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Batman Reborn: Batman and Robin #1 Review
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DC Comics Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Frank Quitely Colourist: Alex Sinclair When DC Comics gave Grant Morrison the keys to their multiversal kingdom, it must have seemed like a winning strategy. Given his reputation as the “reboot guy” on titles like Animal Man and Doom Patrol, it made sense to let Morrison re-jiggle the DC…
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Dead Run #1 Comic Book Review
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BOOM! Studios Story: Andrew Cosby Script: Michael Alan Nelson Artist: Francesco Biagini Colours: Matthew Wilson It’s Mad Max meets Vanishing Point, in this kinetic post-apocalyptic four part series created by Eureka scribe Andrew Cosby. When daredevil delivery driver Nick Masters’ sister is kidnapped by crime boss Kane, he is forced to deliver a package across…
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Officers: World War II PC Review
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Medal of Honour may not have been the first World War II game, but since that title debuted for the original PlayStation in 1999 there’s been a steady market for historical wargames that, if sales of Call of Duty 4 and Company of Heroes are anything to go by, isn’t about to die face down…
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Terminator Salvation Movie Review
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James Cameron’s once treasured Terminator franchise has seen its ups and downs over the last few years. A second sequel that offered little more than a retread veering into self-parody and a sixty year-old Schwarzenegger, and an occasionally interesting and cerebral television show that was cancelled just as it was looking promising have diminished the…
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Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge PC Review
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This spiritual sequel to the Jagged Alliance series does little to bring turn-based tactical gaming out of the nineties.
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Grim Furry Tales: Seeds Review
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Grim Crew Written and Created by Martin Brandt II Artists: Jason Stephens, Eric Boswell, Chase Bowman, Martinho Duarte Abreu, Bob Smeets, Roberto Macedo Alves, Matthew Pinchback, Carl Jeffers, Paul Petyo, Timothy Kepple, Martin Brandt II, Jim, Amanda Faye, Matthew Pinchback, Kit White, Candy Hart It’s surprising how strong an idea of a book’s content you…