Second verse, same as the first! It’s time to continue with our look back at the games that released in the last decade. As usual, if the game is on this list, it’s because it released sometime between January 1st, 2010 and December 31st, 2019, in addition to being a title that I have actually played. I apologize in advance […]
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“On the first episode of The Warped Shelf, we play catch-up and speak about all the things we’ve missed since our original podcast went on hiatus.
Real Books Don’t Have Batman fans, this is for you.”
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Hello, and welcome back to Galaxy of Geek for another review from Cade’s Arcade, I’m Cade! Today I’m gonna be taking a look at the hugely popular title Batman: Arkham Asylum for the PlayStation 4. This of course is the remastered port of the critically acclaimed original released for the 7th generation of consoles on August 25th, 2009 by Rocksteady […]
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These days, it seems there is a lot of talk among movie geeks about films being “game-changers.” As an acquaintance of mine on Facebook put it, it’s not enough for films to just be good anymore, instead they have to reinvent cinema as we know it. For example, The Avengers (2012) was touted as such, and was said to represent […]
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I didn’t start reading superhero comics until the 1990s. In fact, I didn’t get interested in superheroes at all until after the animated series for The X-Men and Batman. I vaguely recall the Superfriends cartoon (and notice that I make a difference in calling it a cartoon), but if you remember it or have ever seen it, then you’ll probably […]
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In light of some of the… “discourse” generated by reviews of The Dark Knight Rises that have been less than positive, I feel my standard disclaimer might need to be bolded for extra emphasis this week: I’m not going to claim that this is “the right way” to handle this material. I also don’t claim to be an expert on […]
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The theory goes that the term “fan” originated as a shortened form of fanatic. Fanatic comes from long, long ago, when the only fanatics were of the religious type, as a way to describe such people with excessive zeal, enthusiasm and passion, as if driven mad and consumed by the madness. Due to its etymological origin, the term fan, when […]
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With C2E2 almost set to launch from the McCormick Place in downtown Chicago, I wrap up my three part series on superheroes with this entry, in which I attempt to answer this question: do religious figures and the heroes of legend fall under the definition of “superheroes,” as outlined in part I? First, let’s look at the heroes of legend […]
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Admit it, everyone at some point in their life wanted to have super powers. What would you choose? Would you fly? Command the elements? Use super-human strength? Well you need not wonder anymore, as DC Comics along with Sony and WB Games allows you to immerse yourself in the DC Universe (DCUO). The game starts off with a rather intense […]
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