Get swept up into the vibrant culture of authentic Lucha Libre with the upcoming comic collection La Mano del Destino (opens in new tab). (Image credit: J. Gonzo (Image Comics/Top Cow Productions)) (opens in new tab) Hot off drawing the non-fiction book La Voz de M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo (opens in …
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It’s been a long time since we’ve heard anything about Dying Light 2, and the world has changed a fair bit in the interim. Indeed, reminding ourselves of the game’s E3 2018 reveal invokes memories of the pre-pandemic era, and Techland is well aware of that irony, given Dying Light‘s …
Read More »Best Shots review: King in Black is well-written and excellently drawn
King in Black (opens in new tab) began, as most Marvel events do, with an alien invasion. Knull, the sharp-toothed and leather-bound god of the Abyss, cut through the Marvel Universe like a hot knife through butter. The world immediately falls beneath his boot. Along the way, characters are disemboweled. …
Read More »Best Shots review: Green Lantern #1 struggles to keep reader interest despite the raw potential
Writer Geoffrey Thorne uses Green Lantern #1 (opens in new tab) to pose the bold question – in the Infinite Frontier, is there room for a Green Lantern Corps at all? Filled to the brim with wild aliens and intergalactic political intrigue, there’s more than a touch of the Star …
Read More »Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Marvel’s shows prove superhero stories need to embrace their length
Remember the summer of 2019? All anyone could talk about was Avengers: Endgame, the box-office breaking superhero flick that brought Marvel’s Phase 3 to a climactic close. What was remarkable then, and continues to be now, is the three hour runtime: a necessary evil designed to give Marvel Studios the …
Read More »Best Year in Gaming: 1991 is the year that the 16-bit era came of age
1991 is the year that the 16-bit era came of age. Four years into the fourth generation of home consoles, developers unleashed a barrage of impressive, influential, and innovative video games that are as important today as they were for the time. Few years can lay claim to such a …
Read More »If money is the root of all evil, then The Silver Coin cashes in on that horror
Artist Michael Walsh is turning the tables on the anthology format for a new horror series that pairs him up with different writers for each issue: before finally, himself. (Image credit: Michael Walsh (Image Comics)) (opens in new tab) Scheduled to debut April 7, The Silver Coin (opens in new …
Read More »How Quantum Error is targeting PS5 to make a horror game “unlike anything else”
If you think you’ve got Quantum Error figured out before watching the Future Games Show – Spring Showcase gameplay demo, think again. Teamkill Media’s upcoming PS5 shooter may start out as a claustrophobic survival horror game walking in the footsteps of Dead Space, but our glimpse at a new mission …
Read More »Moonglow Bay is a beautiful slice-of-life fishing sim that will probably make you cry
In Moonglow Bay, you play as a middle-aged widow living in a coastal Canadian village who’s decided to take up their late lover’s fishing trade in an attempt to pull themselves out of a depression. If that has you feeling weepy, just know that it’s intentional – the core team …
Read More »Best Shots review: Detective Comics #1034 is a strong start for new Batman run
“Bruce Wayne is the real mask.” We’ve all heard that before, right? The pervasive idea that the person behind the cowl is vacant, a permanent funeral wreath for his dead parents, seems too knowingly lachrymose for the character who is arguably DC’s most popular hero. While there is a time …
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