Archive for May 2012

E3 Preview – DC’s Injustice: Gods Among Us

May 31st

Despite E3 being just around the corner, some game companies just can’t wait to announce their big new games. DC comics had to jump the gun with their very interesting looking new project, Injustice: Gods Among Us. Put out by WB Games and NetherRealm Studios, the companies replacing Midway after it’s 2009 bankruptcy, this new DC comics themed video game will be designed by the creators of Mortal Kombat, something the company is proudly pushing. This is the company’s second attempt at producing a DC themed video game, following the rather unsuccessful release of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.The company More >

Help Comic Artist Oliver Nome

May 31st

Posted by Mathias Lewis

The life of a freelance comic creator is hardly an easy one. While the fruits of their labor are often enjoyed by many and companies can make billions off films, products, and other tie-ins to the works and characters made popular by these creators, the men behind the scenes often struggle to get by on low wages and zero benefits. Many major creators have wound up in horrible situations and even lost health, family, and life due to this. Thankfully there are great organizations, such as the Hero Initiative, that try and prevent such tragedies from happening. However, today you More >

Anime Central’s 2013 Convention Dates Announced

May 31st

Posted by Mathias Lewis

Anime Central (or ACen to most attendees) has officially announced the date’s for their 16th annual anime convention. After this years somewhat earlier, April weekend convention, ACen will be returning to a middle of May event (as they’ve generally held over the past 10+ years) in 2013. Next year’s Mid-Western anime convention will take place on May 17th-19th at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare &Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. As a growing convention, ACen has seen well over 20,000 attendees annually in it’s past 2 years, with expectation for continued growth next year. Make sure to keep an eye More >

Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise Part 2 In Stores Today

May 30th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

The long awaited Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise Part 2 hits comic stores today from Dark Horse. We reviewed the title some time ago, and fans have shown a huge interest in the comic series designed to bridge the gap between Avatar’s The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra. So make sure you head to your local comic shop today and pick up the beautifully done 72-page comic that will give us all the origin of Republic City and the aftermath of the 100-year war. But to make sure you do, check out a small 6-page preview of the More >

The Ever Changing Steampunk DVD Board-game: TURN|KEY

May 29th

Posted by Marcus Rush

I’m a bit new to the idea of Steampunk, but I came across a game in development that seemed to have an interesting layout. Turn|Key is a board/card game that uses videos to help bring the story to life a little bit more than any other game. The story is filled of treasure, travel, discovery, and battles against other guilds. You and your crew will need to gather resources to be the first to capture the Treasure of the Century!

The board is made up of the 20 Discovery and Adventure cards that each affects the game differently. The discovery cards give More >

Harley Quinn’s Revenge Available Today

May 29th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

As we reported some time ago, the new DLC for Batman: Arkham City becomes available today. Harley Quinn’s Revenge is almost a new game or mini-sequel that directly follows the story played out in Batman: Arkham City. After the fatal events that ended the original game’s story, Harley Quinn is out for vengeance on the bat she blames for taking her love away. The DLC comes free with the game of the year version of Arkham City or runs $9.99 on the PSN and 800 Microsoft Points on the Xbox360. In this DLC, players will now be able to escape More >

Why You Should Play: Diablo 3

May 28th

Posted by Nicholas B Frickelton

The games industry is huge, releasing hundreds of larger and smaller titles and generating billions of dollars of revenue every year. Many are sequels in popular franchises, some simply one-offs, others break-out Indie games. There are many games currently available. Too many, in fact. You would not have enough time in one human life to play all existing games to completion. As depressing as that thought may be, fear not! A great deal of those games are crap anyway. Or, put another (polite) way, some games are more exceptional than others. In order to save you from dreary, bleak, and More >

Legend Of Korra Opening: The Avatars & Bonus Media

May 25th

Posted by Angela Garcia

So if you haven’t been paying close attention to the Legend of Korra opening sequence you might not have caught this. Replacing the somewhat generic characters of the Last Airbender’s opening sequence, which features benders of each of the four elements, is the last cycle of Avatars. Yes, Kyoshi, Roku, Aang, and Korra are the benders who show us their bending skills under each of the four elements in the opening credits of the new series. Just in case you don’t believe us, we have some very nice screen captures below.

Earth – Kyoshi

Fire – Roku

Air – Aang

Water – Korra

Now in More >

Dancer #1 – Indie Review

May 24th

Posted by Mathias Lewis

The major comic companies get enough reviews and press, it’s time for the creator-owned and indie series to get some love and judgment. Indie review takes up-and-coming indie and creator-owned series and puts them through the review process so you can confidently support the best of the small press and passion driven projects in the comic industry.

The Info Bit Title: Dancer #1 Genre/s: Spy/Thriller Writer: Nathan Edmondson (Grifter, Olympus) Artist: Nic Klein (Viking, New Warriors) Colorist: Nic Klein Letterer: Jeff Powell (The Activity, The Infinite Vacation) Publisher: Image Comics Number of Issues: 1 Page Count: 22 Price: $3.50

The Review Bit

Dancer is a rather exciting new Image title from the mind More >

Phoenix Comicon 2012

May 24th

Posted by Angela Garcia

This weekend is Arizona’s 10th annual Phoenix Comicon (held this May 24th-27th). Taking place at the Phoenix Convention Center Hyatt Regency, the show will be packed full of comic creators and celebrity guests, including our very own Mike McKone (who had a brand new Confluence in a Sea of Geek come out today). Major guests of the show include: