Archive for July, 2010

Video game characters hit the funny books

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Several popular video game properties have been showing up on comic book shelves in recent months. This represents yet another intermingling of media, with comics and movies previously enjoying a two-way relationship. God of War is one of the latest to come out, with issue 3 of 6 hitting shops on July 21. This series [...]

Gamespot’s most patriotic video game heroes bleed red, white, and blue

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

For July 4 this year Gamespot posted its list of the top 9 most patriotic heroes. Here they are, in no particular order, along with their respective games and my own humble commentary. Mike Haggar (Final Fight): Mike Haggar is a pro-wrestler-turned-Mayor from way back in 1989, when Arnold’s governorship was just a twinkle in [...]

Fan-favorite series Golden Sun returns on DS

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

At this year’s E3 games festival, RPG fans of yesteryear learned the official title of the newest entry in the popular Golden Sun series. The game is titled Golden Sun: Dark Dawn and follows the children of the series’ earlier main characters. These children are responsible for ending the new phenomenon of Psynergy vortexes which [...]

Bioshock 2 gains new downloadable content in August

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Just last week, Take Two Games admitted that Bioshock 2, the sequel to their original smash-hit, had not moved as many units as they had hoped. Now, developer 2K has announced a new set of downloadable content called Protector Trials available August 3. Downloadable content is available over XBOX Live and the Playstation Network and [...]

A look at the hits of E3

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo did not disappoint, revealing new titles in both established series and entirely new properties. Here is a look at some of the ones to keep your eye on over the next year. GoldenEye 007: If you owned an N64 back in the day, GoldenEye 007 was the one game you [...]