Category Archives: Video Games
Pandas Kicking Ass
Revel, my friends, in the Mists of Pandaria!
World of Warcraft definitely knows how to make a damn good cinematic. We’re barely more than a month away from the next expansion pack to World of Warcraft, and already they’ve graced us with an awesome cinematic trailer showing just how cool the Pandaren monks will be. Don’t believe me? Just watch both Kung Fu Panda movies; clearly inspired by the Pandarens.
I have been waiting for the pandarens to join World of Warcraft since it came out, so I’m rather excited. I haven’t played WoW in more than two years, but I’m getting back on board just for a chance to create and play my own Pandaren Brewmaster. It’s just something I want to do with my life. I already bought the Lich King and Cataclysm expansions that I still need to install, which is probably how I’m going to spend my vacation in September. There’s a lot of preparation going into Mists of Pandaria for me.
But most importantly of all, I need to come up with a good Pandaren Brewmaster name…
And it can’t be ‘Po’
Assassinating People With Boats
Apparently the upcoming Assassin’s Creed 3 is going to have you killing people with boats as well as tomahawks. Sounds nifty keen. Don’t believe me? Well the fine people behind AC3 have put out yet another trailer to prove it!
In related news, I finally purchased Assassin’s Creed Revelations. Now I just need to play it before October.
Catwoman Fights Injustice, Still No Word on Robin
Does everybody remember the upcoming DC fighting game called Injustice: Gods Among Us? It’s still coming out, and the addition of Catwoman to the roster apparently deserves its own unique game trailer. I’m not all that impressed by what I’ve seen so far. It looks like your standard Mortal Kombat-style fighter, only loaded with gimmicks like interactive environments. When game developers crow about how awesome their gimmicks are, that’s usually a good sign that gameplay itself is going to be crummy
But at least they’re only using DC characters this time instead of making an awkward crossover with Mortal Kombat. Or that one time Marvel invented a whole new slew of characters called the Imperfects rather than just have Marvel characters fighting each other.
Injustice: Gods Among Us is due to be released sometime next year. The roster of playable characters that we know so far are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Harley Quinn, Solomon Grundy, Cyborg, Nightwing and now Catwoman. There are supposed to be many more characters yet to be revealed, and I’m paying as close attention as I can to whether or not they include Robin on that roster. They have Nightwing, but I want Robin himself.
Because c’mon, people, let’s be serious here: how cool would it be to have a Batman vs. Robin fight? Why would you pass up on this opportunity when developing such a game? You want people to be invested in your fights, right? Can you imagine a more emotional, meaningful fight than Batman vs. Robin?
And then imagine if Robin won
My 6 Favorite Fictional Weapons
I’m not much of a weapons man in real life. My family never owned guns and I never went hunting. I never got my parents to sign me up for any cool ninja sword classes. I never even got to use my dad’s chainsaw when I helped him gather wood all those times. But like most every boy on the planet, you better believe every stick or toy I found turned me into a Ninja Turtle. Every cardboard tube was an instant lightsaber. It’s just the way of the world.
Don’t worry, she’s from the Internet, she will protect us
And while real life weapons are cool, fictional weapons are even cooler! Imaginations run wild and think up some of the greatest, coolest, wildest tools imaginable, and we’d all sell important body parts just to own them. Some people may want jetpacks or flying cars to be invented, but I want these 6 awesome fictional weapons!
Henchman-4-Hire 