Yearly Archives: 2013
The 6 Coolest Cat Superheroes
Ever since my blog started getting more popular, I’ve received a lot of e-mails from SEO people who want me to hire them to get more Google hits. Search Engine Optimization, I believe it’s called. Even if I had money, I wouldn’t do it, because I’m comfortable letting my blog grow naturally (Tell your friends! Share on Facebook!). However, I am not opposed to giving the people what they want. And what they want on the Internet is cats.
He is the cat. The night is his.
I love cats as much as the next person. If you want a surefire way to get me to laugh, just show me one of those Youtube videos of the ‘talking’ cats. Oh long Johnson! Hehe. But anyway! What better way to drive up my readership than by combining cats and superheroes? They go together like cats and cardboard boxes. So here are the six snazziest comic book characters who like to get in touch with their feline side.
How Does Tiger Woods Fix His Image? The Most Awesome Way Possible!
Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer in history, kind of tarnished his public image a few years ago when it came out that he really, really loves whores. In today’s society, that kind of reputation is hard to walk away from. But Tiger Woods still has video games to sell. Someone’s gotta fix that public image…
EA Sports should rent themselves out as a public relations firm. All disgraced celebrities should take the route of turning themselves into awesome fighting machines.
New DC Superheroes Game On Its Way in Arena Battle Format
I had no idea that Multiplayer Online Battle Arena games were their own genre. I play some DOTA2, but apparently there are more games, and they’re a big enough hit that DC Comics is going to make their own featuring a wide range of characters from across the Multiverse! Behind, Infinite Crisis!
So the game apparently has nothing to do with the comic book Infinite Crisis from 2005, and that’s fine. It’s a good name for a superhero game. The new game is going to be free-to-play and only online, though of course you can buy all sorts of new characters and upgrades through the in-game shop. That’s how these things make their money. And based on the premise, it sounds to me like there would be a lot of fun characters to choose from.
One would think there’d be more than enough characters in the normal DC Universe, but opening the game up to alternate universe characters is a pretty cool idea. They’re even going to make new versions of alternate universe characters, like a Catwoman from the Gotham by Gaslight universe. Sounds neat!
For those who don’t know, and I’m mostly guessing here, Multiplayer Online Battle Arena games involve a single map filled with player characters duking it out. You each have a bunch of special powers, skills and moves, and it all comes down to who can play their character better and level up faster. Imagine Diablo if the game was just about pitting your character against other players’ characters. It’s kind of fun in the game DOTA2, though there is a steep learning curve that I don’t particularly like about that game. It would probably be even worse if other players can simply buy a bigger, stronger, better character.
Infinite Crisis is due out sometime later this year. Here’s a screenshot so you can get an idea of how the game would look.
You can see Flash, Captain Marvel, Doomsday and Zatanna in that image, and that’s probably the usual scale the game will use. So just picture those characters smacking the crap out of each other and occasionally whipping out a special move or two until only one is left standing.
Click here for a ton of more screenshots.
Googly Eyes Are the New Thing
AAAAAAAAAAGH!
But oh what a funny apocalypse it would be! If one had to choose between googly eyes or zombies, I think we’d all (probably) choose googly eyes. This joy was brought to us by Corridor Digital, who are churning out some pretty funny stuff.
Review: Ultimate Comics: All-New Spider-Man #21
Here comes one of those talking heads issues that I love so much! And it’s pretty good, though more than a little weird. Miles and Ganke spend some quality time with Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy talking about Venom. Personally, I would have liked a more sociable conversation, but we’re kind of in the middle of Venom War, so it makes sense that the big, black gooey guy is the focus of the conversation. Though Bendis makes the unfortunate misstep of bringing up that whole Gwen Stacy/Carnage fiasco. I thought we’d all silently agreed to put it behind us and never mention it again.
Ultimate Spider-Man #21
Oh well, it’s still an entertaining comic, even if it’s really just a refresher course in Ultimate Venom. We haven’t seen the character in years.
Comic Rating: 4/5: Good.
We don’t learn anything new about Venom or why he’s going after Spider-Man or his dad. It’s clear that Venom knows Peter Parker isn’t Spider-Man anymore, so what reason might Venom have for going after Miles? Gwen and MJ take a pretty huge leap in logic to suggest a reason, and I can’t say how well it flies. I think Bendis could have come up with something stronger. But at least I like the idea of MJ and Gwen becoming helpers for Miles. Plus I like the vibe between them and Ganke. It would be pretty cool if Ganke, MJ and Gwen became Miles’ support staff for his Spider-Man adventures. If only Miles and Ganke weren’t so young. I think a Gwen/Ganke romance would be pretty awesome/hilarious.
Still, just having MJ and Gwen show up really twists the knife of Peter Parker’s death a little bit more. Man, that guy died far too young. It’s horribly tragic. But it’s OK. Miles is still awesome.
Join me after the jump for a full synopsis and more review!
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