Marvel’s premier super-team might need some crowdfunding soon. Spoilers follow for Marvel’s Free Comic Book Day one-shot. Secret Wars—the big event that’s going to change the Marvel Universe—doesn’t start until this coming Wednesday. But this year’s Free Comic Book Day saw the release of a comic that offers a few hints about things that are…
As I watched the new Avengers movie on Monday night, I couldn’t stop thinking about Superman. Specifically, I got stuck on the idea that Age of Ultron felt like a much more heroic superhero movie than Superman’s last cinematic outing, Man Of Steel. Spoilers follow for Man of Steel and Avengers: Age of Ultron Man…
For years, the love triangle between Superman, Clark Kent and Lois Lane has been a staple of the comics starring the Man of Steel. Well, something’s happened in a comic released today that will change all of that. Spoilers follow! DC Comics’ contribution to Free Comic Book Day is Divergence, a one-shot that holds big…
Today, a big, bright Avengers movie filled with quips and heroics is lighting up screens all over the country. This week, one of the grimmest runs of Avengers comics comes to a close. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Not always. Technically, there was a book called Dark Avengers a few years back. It featured villains posing as…
See that up there? It’s an anthology of video-game-centric short fiction from a bunch of damn-good writers, with stories where gamers become players in dramas that extend beyond the screen. Out this August, Press Start to Play features work from heavyweights like Cory Doctorow, Chris Kluwe, Rhianna Pratchett, my sometimes drinking buddy Austin Grossman and,…
“Reality cannot survive another crisis,” says a character in the latest issue of Justice League. Dare we hope reboots are a thing of the past for DC Comics? There’s another cosmic editorial event coming to the DC Universe. No, not the Convergence that’s happening now. Another one that they’re calling The Darkseid War. Yes, they…
I play with my four-year-old daughter a lot. I’m the parent that sets up playdates, sits down with puzzles and board games, and takes her to the playground for a few hours. But I’ve never let her venture into a video game on her lonesome. That all changed this weekend. [Note: This piece originally ran…
“Can I walk onto a Star Wars set and fit into the background?” A lot of the costumes on display here could do exactly that. Probably not Hip-Hip Trooper, though. He’s definitely Expanded Universe… unless things change. Thousands of Star Wars fans converged on Anaheim more than a week ago for the annual Celebration fan-fest.…
The legendary comics artist who drew The Dark Knight Returns won’t be handling the art chores for its upcoming follow-up. So who should? Part of the reason Frank Miller became an iconic superhero comics creator was the strength of his artistic chops on Daredevil and The Dark Knight Returns. But, over the past two decades,…
The Silent Hills game that Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro were working on won’t be happening. And, come tomorrow, Konami’s pulling PT—the super-scary demo used to hype the game—from the Playstation Store. So, if you want to experience the only playable slice of Silent Hills ever released, you better grab it soon. In the…
If the first part of Broken Age was a game about family, then its follow-up is a game about what happens when you find out that your childhood belief systems don’t work in the adult world. Warning: Spoilers follow for Broken Age, parts 1 & 2. Broken Age, Part 2 is about rude awakenings. Shay…
The newest teaser for Batman: Arkham Knight makes one thing clear: The Dark Knight won’t be going solo this time. The latest teaser for Batman: Arkham Knight focuses on Batman’s allies and shows a bunch of co-op attacks that Bruce Wayne’s masked alter ego can pull off with Robin and Nightwing. From the sounds of…
PT is going to be disappearing from the PlayStation Store soon. A note on the official website for the “playable teaser” for the next Silent Hill game says, “The distribution period of “P.T. (Playable Teaser)“ on PlayStation Store will expire on Wednesday, April 29, 2015.” It’s unclear whether this is a new chapter in the…
It’s called “The Dark Knight III: The Master Race.” Wonder if Superman gets beat up again? The third part of Miller’s old-Batman trilogy was just announced by co-writer Brian Azzarello at Chicago’s C2E2 convention. Here’s the official word from DC: “THE DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE” is the sequel to Miller’s 1986 classic THE…
The young girl in Second Quest will seem familiar to most video game lovers. Azalea explores ruins, collects artifacts and tries to uncover the mysterious hidden history of her floating fantasy homeland. But, halfway through the story, she throws away the ocarina, boomerang and slingshot she’s found. She needs to save her world but gets…
Video games sales charts are problematic, especially with regard to all the things that they don’t take into account like digital sales. Kotaku UK takes a look at the British charts situation and talks to developers and fellow journalists about possible solutions.
In the original Star Wars trilogy, we saw Luke Skywalker pull off amazing shit. Destroying the Death Star. The cool-ass sequence where he stormed Jabba the Hutt’s skiff. (That somersault!) We saw him struggle a lot, too. But, the newest issue of the Star Wars comic gives us a glimpse at how bad his self-doubt…
New, younger Kombatants. Built-in options to play a particular character in completely different ways from someone else using the very same martial artist. More gore, but also more emotional plot points. The option to pay for easier Fatalities. Mortal Kombat is changing. This is a next-generation Mortal Kombat in more ways than one. MKX is…
The old-school versions of Mortal Kombat were filled with hidden characters, features and in-jokes. You’d only ever see them if you fulfilled certain requirements. The new one has stuff like that, too, but they can be a bit more elusive. Here’s how to trigger a secret showdown in Mortal Kombat X As documented in the…
Daredevil has superpowers I’d love to have but, honestly, I’d never want to be Matt Murdock. Spoilers follow for various plot points from Daredevil comics. Most superhero creations sell the upside of their power fantasies up front. You see their amazing abilities and fantastic feats first and learn about their terribly tragic pasts much later.…
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