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Play Oregon Trail In Space With FTL: Faster Than Light
Dec 13th
Remember the devastation of trying to ford the river and watching your loved ones drown as a result? How about rationing food until everybody except for one had starved to death? Have you ever wanted to experience the same heart wrenching regret and morbid joy of Oregon Trail…but in space? Well, now you can! Thanks to the folks at Subset Games, you can live through your own Battlestar Galactica-type nightmare over and over again with FTL: Faster Than Light.
FTL: Faster Than Light is a PC game that was created by two men, Matthew Davis and Justin Ma, and was released in More >
Dumbledore’s Army Reunites - A Review of Rowlings New Harry Potter Story
Jul 8th
Title: Dumbledore’s Army Reunites At Quidditch World Cup Final
Words: 1,500
Author: J.K. Rowling
The unexpected short story released on Pottermore.com (or shared exclusively with Today HERE if you are a mugglish laymen without a Pottermore account) in the early hours of July 8, 2014, turned this sweltering Tuesday morning from shockingly bad to a feeling of uncontrollable elation - at first.
Written in the prose style belonging to Rita Skeeter, the Daily Prophet gossip columnist that everyone loves to hate, we see Harry, Ron, and Hermione - families in tow- some 17 years later as the Quidditch World Cup final is in full swing. Our hero is More >
Free Comic Book Day Reviews
May 2nd
Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, perhaps one of the greatest days of the year for comic book fans. This year there will be a lot of incredible offerings for FCBD, but we might not all be able to grab every single one of the books. So if you have to choose, we thought we’d give you a quick review guide of some of the cooler and more popular titles available in stores tomorrow.
Street Fighter #0
This one is a new Capcom themed offering from the beloved Udon Entertainment, a company known for its stunning Asian influenced art. Later this year More >
Empire of the Wolf #1 - Indie Review
Dec 5th
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.
Title: Empire of the Wolf #1
Genre/s: Paranormal/Historical
Writer: Michael Kogge
Penciler: Dan Parsons (Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Harpy)
Colorist: David Rabbitte (Star Wars Insider) & Dan Parsons
Letterer: Marshall Dillon (Game of Thrones, Green Hornet)
Publisher: Sword & Planet Studios
Number of Issues: 1 (of 4)
Page Count: More >
Project: Shadow #1 - Indie Review
Dec 3rd
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.
Title: Project: Shadows #1
Genre/s: Sci-Fi
Writer: Alfred Trujillo w/ back matter prose by Cara Nicole
Art: Alfred Trujillo
Colorist: Milen Parvenov
Letters: Alfred Trujillo & Cara Nicole
Publisher: 183 Degree Studio
Number of Issues: #1 (on-going)
Page Count: 32
Price: 3.99
The Review Bit
“Where were you when the world ended?”
In the year More >
Mr Yang Fights Aliens #1 - Indie Review
Nov 27th
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.
Title: Mr. Yang Fights Aliens
Genre/s: Sci-Fi/Kung Fu/Comedy
Writer: Mickey Lam
Penciler: Mickey Lam
Letterer: Mickey Lam
Publisher: Illustrator: Lam
Number of Issues: 1 (limited series)
Page Count: 25
Price: £1 digital, £5 physical
The Review Bit
Mr. Yang Fights Aliens is a new, multi-part series from a comics new comer by More >
Harley Quinn #0 - Comic Review
Nov 19th
The major comic companies put out enough comics that sometimes it can leave your head spinning and eyes bleeding as you search the new titles each week for something worth reading. To aid in your Geeky endeavors, Speak Geeky To Me on occasion reviews new titles from the major companies to spotlight the best and worst of what’s available at your local comic shop. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a new Comic Review.
Title: Harley Quinn #0
Genre/s: Superhero/Comedy
Writer: Amanda Conner (The Pro, Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre) & Jimmy Palmiotti (All-Star Western, Creator Owned)
Artist: Amanda Conner, Becky Cloonan, Tony More >
Pretty Deadly #1 - Indie Review
Oct 23rd
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.
Title: Pretty Deadly #1
Genre/s: Western
Writer: Kelly Sue Deconnick (Avengers Assemble, Ghost)
Artist: Emma Rios (Captain Marvel, Spider Island: Cloak & Dagger)
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire (Batman Beyond 2.0, Ultimate X-men)
Letterer: Clayton Cowles (Fantastic Four, Zero)
Publisher: Image Comics
Number of Issues: 1
Page Count: 29 (24 of which More >
Reviewing Once Upon a Time - Behind the Magic, A Fit Companion For The Show
Oct 17th
Title: Once Upon a Time-Behind the magic
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publisher: Titan Books
Page Count: 176
Price: $16.99
ISBN-13: 9781782760290
The Review Bit
If you enjoy the TV show Once Upon a Time, or if you like it sometimes and argue with it at other times, you’ll find Once Upon a Time - Behind the Magic a good book to have around, perhaps on the coffee table or couch so you can have something to read during commercial breaks or while waiting for the show to start. My review copy is sitting here studded with bookmarks as I try to decide which bits to share and which bits to leave to you to More >
Trish Out of Water #1 - Indie Review
Oct 15th
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.
Title: Trish Out of Water #1
Genre/s: Drama/Fantasy
Writer: Vince Hernandez (Fathom:Kiani, Charismagic)
Penciler: Giuseppe Cafaro (Extinction Seed, Soulfire)
Colorist: Ruben Curto (Grimm Fairy Tales) & Andrea Dotta of Studio Parlapà (Higher Earth)
Letterer: Josh Reed (Bugglegun, Fathom)
Publisher: Aspen MLT
Number of Issues: 1 (of 5)
Page Count: 22
Price: More >
