Nerdy Linguistics and Sexy Ladies
Stan Lee, Stan Lee, Does Whatever A Spider-Man Can in The Amazing Spider-Man Video Game
May 19th
Activision currently has a release date of June 26th for their upcoming movie tie-in video game, The Amazing Spider-man. However, this isn’t just any movie video game, as it actually works as a direct sequel to the movie…despite coming out a week prior to the July 3rd film premier. The game takes place after Michael Morbius accesses the Oscorp research of Dr. Curt Connors (the Lizard) to create more cross-species experiments. Because of this, Spider-man will be running up against the Rhino, Iguana, and Black Cat. Oh, and there are some pretty gnarly spider-slayers (see the trailer below). The game More >
Black God Comes To An End
May 19th
The famous Square Enix manga series, by Lim Dall-young and Park Sung-woo, Black God is coming to an end in just three more chapters. Announced in yesterday’s Japanese comic magazine, Young Gangan, the paranormal action series Black God, or Kuro Kami, will see its final chapter in volume 19, set for Japanese publication on August 25th.
Black God tells the story of the young, Japanese, aspiring game designer, Keita Ibuki, and his best friend Akane Sano. It is a regular slice of life manga about a boy who’s mother died under mysterious circumstance and is now trying to produce the worlds greatest More >
First Images From Blackwater – Game of Thrones
May 19th
Fans of George RR Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire book series have undoubtedly been waiting throughout season 2 of the hit HBO series to see the epic battle of Blackwater. Well, thankfully the series producers are promising fans they will get just that. With episode 9 of the second season of Game of Thrones, we are told we can see the actual naval battle take place in the rivers of Blackwater without any quick cut aways or plot devices that have us returning to screen just after the fires smolder away and the battle is done. Best of all, More >
Friday Quick Caption for May 18th 2012
May 18th
Friday Quick Caption is a weekly update of quick links and blurbs from the world of entertainment news. Expect your fast pace, A.D.D. dose of movie trailers, comic news, celebrity updates, and video game announcement from throughout the week.
DC Subscribers Don’t Get What They Ordered- We start off this week’s FQC with some potentially bad news for DC comics subscribers. It seems a fair amount of you will have received letters this week or next from the company that may as well have been delivered by crows (Dark Wings, Dark Words). It seems Justice League International subscribers will be missing out More >
Android: Netrunner
May 18th
Fantasy Flight Games recently announced the re-release of Android: Netrunner, originally done in 1996. It takes place in the future when living in space is not only normal, but constantly growing. There are four large Megacorps that you can play, that while putting on a good front about why they produce so many advances for the world, are believed by some to have a dark side that is less than honest to say the least.
This will be a two person LCG that will have you playing either one of the corporations or playing a netrunner. The corporations gain points by More >
Japanese Folktales For Children
May 18th
Ty Hulse’s “Japanese Folktales for Children” is a 37-page self-published work which both showcases his unique yet rudimentary art-style as well as retells Japanese bed-time stories for a younger audience. The book is written in the style of adult-narration to a younger audience, rather than having them read on their own. This book would be enjoyable for Japanese-American children aged 4-10, or any other multicultural family.
The artwork is enjoyable, with a color illustration existing on every page. Hulse has a recognizable art-style, though all of the drawings show signs of initial-sketch work rather than professional finalized-drafts. The illustrations of “Two More >
A Bumpy Launch Day for Diablo III
May 17th
Diablo III launched in North America on May 15th, finally ending the decade-long wait for millions of fans of the franchise. The last Diablo game that came out was Diablo II’s expansion, Lord of Destruction (2001). In this humble writer’s opinion, it was well worth the wait. Diablo III is an excellent game.
Alas, the launch of the game was not without problems. Developers Blizzard repeated their design choice for StarCraft II (2010) by completely integrating the game into their battle.net service. While excellent for social functions in the game, it also means the game requires a constant internet connection to More >
Follow The New Frontiersman For Watchmen Secrets
May 17th
Fans of the original Watchmen series might remember the New Frontiersman, the old conservative rag that Rorschach is reading throughout the series and makes up part of the backmatter in issue #8. Well, now it has apparently gone digital as a promotion for DC’s upcoming Before Watchmen group of mini-series. Viewable here, this new site is very different from the New Frontiersman Warner Brothers put together to promote the movie (still viewable here)…and a more in continuity one at that. I certainly hope the DC editors in charge of the Watchmen prequel comics are as vigilant as those in charge More >
Superman Vs. The Elite: Reveal The Elite
May 17th
Superman vs. The Elite is DC Comics’ newest direct to DVD animated film. The upcoming PG-13 rated Superman movie is scripted by the very comic writer whose story it is being adapted from, Joe Kelly. Superman vs. The Elite is based off his original 2001 comic, “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?” which appeared in Action Comics #775. Now while this comic has been considered quite the important story to many modern Superman fans and sequential art commentators, I still am stunned to see this hit animation. As the people at Time Warner describe it:
In Superman vs. More >
Tentacle Bento – A Naughty Anime Card Game REVISED
May 16th
If you’re a fan of tentacle themed hentai and sexy Japanese school girls, than Soda Pop Miniatures has a game for you! Now considering that is not a line you will traditionally find as a selling point anywhere else, it is probably reason alone to be interested in this new card game from the small Washington game manufacturer. The game is called Tentacle Bento and it is an ecchi, Japanese themed card game where, as the guys at Soda Pop describe it, “Each game puts you in the enviable position of being a horrid, tentacle flailing, slime oozing monster from outer More >
