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I was a pretty big fan of the Civil War storyline in Marvel Comics, and it was generally very well-received for helping to solidify Marvel as publisher willing to assert itself in some relevant and meaningful way, in a post 9/11 America. Yeah, it's about politics, and terrorism, and individual rights vs government control and the concerns of many, and all sorts of things. Ultimate Alliance 2 took an interesting…
Let me start out by saying that Shadow Complex, as I'm sure you and everyone else with an X-Box 360/internet connection/brain/orsomethinglikethat have heard, is a great game. There's no denying that. When I watched the preview footage it looked like a great game. When I beat the game, I still thought it was great. But when you're so close to the top, the upper echelon of gaming, that makes the faults stick out more.…
I've always had a love for popcorn movies, those being movies that you go to in order to have a good time, laugh with friends, perhaps marvel at some over-the-top action or insane explosions, and then go on with your life. I am an equal opportunity cinema lover, and certainly have a similar sensibility with games. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is a game that is based on a movie (ouch), in particular a movie that gave a…
In many ways, the Pseudo-RPG Superhero Beat-em-up can't help but be cool. It's a pretty safe bet that if you're going to compile a roster of the biggest names in comics and then let players pick up to 4 costumed badasses at a time to plow through bad guys with, that you're going to sell some games and fulfill some very primal desires. That being said, Marvel Ultimate Alliance does the aforementioned exceptionally…
Sometimes it's the simple things in gaming that make things worthwhile. 'Splosion Man is a game that, in essence, is simple without being simplistic, which I find to be a winning formula in media. By saying it is simple I don't mean that there is not a great deal of technical craft involved in the making, or that the puzzles and obstacles within 'Splosion Man are one-dimensional. Rather, it is a game that has a…
