UN-Forgotten Characters: Phantazia
Sometimes, all you have to do is wait for everything to fall apart. At long last, after years of the Krakoa-era of the X-Men comics, obscure Brotherhood of Mutants villain Phantazia has finally made an appearance. She’s never been a popular character or a major character. But she’s got a damn cool look, and it’s surprising nobody uses her more.
Not that she’s being used now.
Still, we’re in the Fall of X crossover now, with Krakoa falling apart. And only now has Phantazia appeared. Was she on Krakoa all along? What’s she doing now? Did she play a hand in the fall? We’re…probably never going to find out.
Join me after the jump for Phantazia’s brief return!
Read the rest of this entryA Bunch of New Mario Gameplay
It’s Monday. I’m on vacation. How about some Super Mario gameplay to pass our time? The next 2D, side-scrolling Mario game is going to be Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and we’ve got a full, 15-minute video about the game. I love Mario games as much as the next person, so let’s check it out.
Yeah, looks like a fun Mario game. Nintendo rarely fails in building new Mario games, so I’m fully on board with what they’re producing here. Who doesn’t love new Mario levels? With new power ups, hidden secrets, collection challenges; these things are always fun and rewarding.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder comes out on Oct. 20, so we’ve got some time.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 9/2/23
Another week of not many comics, and that’s totally on me. Maybe I just need to read more comics? Hopefully I’ll get the chance, because I am on vacation! It’s also a good week for the new Ms. Marvel revival series.
Comic Book of the Week goes to the awkwardly named Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Battle Lines #1 for an interesting kick off to yet another crossover and yet another war in Gotham City.
Meanwhile, Baldur’s Gate 3 continues to go well, though I still remain hesitant to sink any more playthroughs into my life on the off chance they improve the game down the line. I won’t be playing Starfield anytime soon because I don’t have an X-Box and I don’t think my PC can handle it. So that stinks. And in a few days it’s my 40th birthday, so that’s a thing!
Comic Reviews: Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Battle Lines #1 and Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1.
Read the rest of this entryFive Nights at Freddy’s is Getting a Movie
Once upon a time, Five Nights at Freddy’s was a very popular video game. Is that still the case? I have no idea because I never played and have no interest in playing. I don’t want to play jump scare games. But it’s a Thursday and I finally have a movie trailer to share. I need content!
Looks fine! There have already been some knock-off films taking advantage of the delay in getting this one made. One of them starred Nicholas Cage! But this one looks solid. Spooky, probably not too gory, and it’s a horror film that’s actually coming out at Halloween, so I bet that’ll be nice and popular. Good on them for scoring that weekend.
Five Nights at Freddy’s comes to theaters on Oct. 27.
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6 Comic Book Characters Dressed Head-to-Toe in Black
We’re reaching into the bottom of the barrel for this week’s List of Six, folks! There’s just not much going on in the world right now. No good movie trailers. No good movies coming out. All the good TV shows are in the middle of airing. It’s just an average, bummer of a week here in the end of August. So I reached into my list of discarded drafts and came up with a silly one.
Comic book characters who’s costume is essentially just a black bodysuit, with maybe some accessories here and there.
Can there really be a list of such characters? Was I really able to find six?! Yeah, for the most part. They’re not all perfect black bodysuits, but they come really close. And why is this a list? Because it’s such an odd little coincidence, you know? Black is a cool color to wear, but six different characters with superhero costumes that are just a black bodysuit from head to toe? It’s weird that there are at least six, right? At least that’s my theory. And no, it’s not just a list of Batmanses.
Join me after the jump for this dumb little list idea of mine, here at the end of the summer.
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