I’m a fan of tower defense games. They are so deceptively simple in concept yet capable of being incredibly deep in strategy and tactics when well made. My latest addiction is Popcap’s Planets vs Zombies. Specifically the iPhone version.
The game was originally released for PC and Mac back in May of 2009 and I was [...]
Where the Silver Age had been generally typified by a sense of innocence and discovery the Bronze Age that followed it was far more focused on gritty realism and an exploration of social issues. It was in some ways a throwback to the more violent comics of the Golden Age but with more of a [...]
As the 1950s began super hero comics as a genre were fading from popularity. Crime an horror books had begun to take hold, with their horrific covers and lurid content they seemed to resonate more with the public during those early years of the golden age. Gore, violence, and barely concealed sex were prevalent between [...]
Nearly two years ago I found myself pulled into Bioware’s incredible Sci Fi RPG Mass Effect. I first played it on the PC, and then because I loved the game so much a year ago when I finally broke down and bought an Xbox 360 I went ahead and bought the game again to experience [...]
Though the young industry of monthly comic books had been born in 1933 it wasn’t until 1935 that original content began to really begin appearing with regularity. For the most part they still focused on newspaper reprints as their primary filler. However the pulps had recently found a winning formula in strange and wondrous heroes [...]
Bayonetta is an action game created by the name man who brought us Devil May Cry. And that fact is fairly obvious the moment you start playing. Now I have to start this review with the fact that I was never much of a fan of the Devil May Cry series, partially because I’m not [...]
Comics have existed in some form or another since the birth of man. What are cave paintings but a primitive form of the comic strip, telling a story with pictures. The humble comic has been used throughout history for everything from teaching the young to attacking political opponents. They come in every flavor you can [...]