Yearly Archives: 2013
Wonder Woman: American Badass
DC Nation is back on the air, which means a new slew of awesome short cartoons. And while I will be sharing the newest Super Best Friends Forever soon, first I thought I’d give you the 3-part Wonder Woman is Awesome cartoon! It’s pretty badass. And it’s nice and short, so definitely worth your time.
Also, as writer Dan Slott tweeted recently, how funny is it that Groot and Rocket Raccoon will be in a big budget movie before Wonder Woman? Funny and tragic!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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World of Warcraft Knows How to Make a Villain
The final patch for the WoW expansion Mists of Pandaria is coming out…soon? I think? To prepare, the good people at Blizzard put together this neat little trailer for the Siege of Orgrimmar! I love the animation in these things.
Would it have been too much to have Thrall show up at the end? Still, awesome trailer. The WoW animations just look fantastic, I think. And that is definitely a successful build-up to the big bad guy.
For those who don’t know, the villain there is Garrosh Hellscream, the current and corrupt Warchief of the Horde. After discovering the lost continent of Pandaria, Hellscream went power mad and unlocked the dark secrets of the continent, in order to turn them into weapons to take over the world. Now it will be up to the players to band together and assault the Horde capital of Orgrimmar, which has been one of the game’s major locations since World of Warcraft began. So basically this is a pretty big deal.
It may also mark the end of my current run of WoW…at least until the next expansion.
If I Had a First Born Son, I Would Trade Him for Grand Theft Auto 5 Multiplayer
Hold on to your butts, boys and girls! The first full look at multiplayer in Grand Theft Auto 5 has hit the web, and it’s just as delicious as the single-player trailer from a few weeks ago.
A living, breathing Grand Theft Auto world. A GTA MMO. What they’re proposing here…could there be anything sweeter? Create and customize your own characters and send them through a GTA storyline. Buy new clothes, hairstyles and more for your own character. Buy your own apartment. Buy a garage and fill it with customizable cars that you own. Go golfing with friends. Racing. Swimming. Hooker-killing. Rob banks with your friends.
It’s…it’s almost too good to be true. And it’s only part of the whole package. There’s still the excellent single-player campaign. Oh man, I need to get my X-box fixed stat!
Review: Saga #13
Saga‘s back! Everybody rejoice! After however many long months, one of the best comics out there is finally back to brighten our doorsteps. Saying that might make me sound less objective as a reviewer, but to hell with that. I’m not so much a reviewer right now as a sharer of great comics, and Saga – by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples – is great comics. Just check out the cover; says right there at the top: Eisner Aware winner for ‘Best Series’. Clearly I’m not the only one loving themselves some Saga. Nor should I be. If you’ve ever wanted to branch out from superhero comics, go find Saga. It’s good, quality, exciting entertainment.
Saga #13
Saga stands a chance of being as good as – if not better than – Vaughn’s previous masterpiece Y: The Last Man. Saga is that good, and it still feels like we’ve barely scratched the surface of where this series will go and what it has to offer. But enough rambling, let’s get to Saga #13.
Comic Rating: 8/10 – Very Good.
This issue actually takes place prior to Saga #12, when Prince Robot IV confronted author D. Oswald Heist on the planet Quietus – with our lovely little family unit hiding in the attic. Saga #13 tells the story of the family arriving on Quietus, as well as giving updates to what everyone else is up to, including a few new characters with their own subplot. Let’s hope it’s a good one. So the issue is pretty much just moving the pieces on the board around to get ready for the next chapter. And it’s easy to see why Vaughn didn’t want to end on this story, but instead chose the story of Saga #12 for his cliffhanger. Smart man, that Brian K. Vaughn.
The reasons I love Saga are at the forefront of Saga #13. It’s not the series’ strongest issue, not by a long shot, but it’s definitely a solid example of Saga‘s quality. This is a story about people first, militaristic space aliens second. Saga is the story of a young couple and their new baby on the run from the government, and in a larger sense, on the run from prejudice. I’m no academic. I’m not the guy to write an epic, analytical essay about Saga and all its many themes. But I can recognize the inherent humanity in this story about a goat man making sweet love to an insect girl, and the adorable half-breed baby that popped out.
Join me after the jump for a full synopsis and more review!
It Appears That The Witcher 3 Will Be Awesome
I posted the first trailer months ago, but now The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, has come out with an even cooler, more brutal and awesome trailer! This game is going to rock!
I never played the first Witcher, but The Witcher 2 was fantastic. It’s a fantasy RPG where you play Geralt, a witch-hunter who is good with a sword and knows a few spells. The story is very big, the scenery is usually breath-taking in its graphical power, and the character intersection/role-playing is second to none. It’s not just your generic hero out chatting up NPCs. Geralt has a whole world built around him, including friends, lovers, enemies and more. So this whole series gets my recommendation, if you want a well-made, fantasy game.
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