The Transformers: War for Cybertron multiplayer demo hit XBL this week. I sort of wish it hadn’t. It didn’t present any sort of impressive gameplay that elevated my interest in the game from “optimistically curious” to “sold and eagerly anticipating”. While there’s still a good chance that the single player (with co-op) campaign will still […]

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I’m proud to announce that I’ve teamed up with Capcom to offer you guys a very cool little contest here on the website, with some very, very cool prizes for the winner. And so I give you the Monster Hunter Tri comic contest! Here’s the deal. You come up with a script for a 3-panel […]

I got some pretty positive feedback concerning the little league competition idea I pitched last week, so I think we’re going to give it a whirl in the very near future. Now, please bear in mind that we’re not going to be able to run little tournaments for every game under the sun, on every […]

Recently I’ve been kicking around the idea of putting together little mini-tournaments online for some games. A set number of participants, a schedule of games, some sort of playoffs, and then some modest prize ($50 gift certificate or something) for the winner. Initially I was thinking about doing this for Backbreaker. I haven’t been into […]

As I’m sure you’ll notice, Abby’s clothing has changed. When drawing new characters or outfits for existing characters, I’ll often look at people or pictures of people and how they dress. For instance, for the wedding arc I went tuxedo and wedding dress shopping online, looking at different styles to find the outfits I wanted […]

It’s tough to know where to start when talking about a game like Red Dead Redemption, so I’ll start simple and straighforward. You should play this game. If you love westerns, you will love this game. If you enjoy a well-constructed video game with tons of stuff to do, you’ll enjoy this game. You’ll spot […]

Some of my favorite chairs around our house are our SUMO beanbags. Our SUMO Gigantor is still a great place to flop down on and take a nap or read a book, or just hang out with the dogs (who enjoy it’s gigantic mass as much as we do). Over the past few years I’ve […]

Second-hand reading is a huge problem in the webcomics world. It robs authors of first-hand views. We’re always looking to combat that growing issue that is plaguing our industry, and so it is with great pleasure that today I can announce our new initiative to promote first-hand reading, “Project Fourth Panel.” When a comic is […]

I’m looking forward to Kane and Lynch 2, more so now that I’ve seen evidence that the Fragile Alliance multiplayer is making a return. Kane and Lynch wasn’t a perfect game, and after the whole Gamespot fiasco it got a lot of undue negative attention from people who’d never even played it. However, three years […]

Let’s start off your Friday with something new, nifty and free: The Ctrl+Alt+Del Firefox theme! You should go check it out, and install it, because it’s way sexier than how your browser used to look. I’ll also head off the inevitable emails right here about an IE/Chrome/Whatever other browser theme… I just don’t know. Right […]

I’ve made it no secret that I’ve become jaded and bored with the Halo franchise over the last couple of installements. I had enormous amounts of fun with the original Halo, and Halo 2 for its multiplayer. Halo 3 I played because… it was a huge game and I really felt like I should. And […]

So I suppose it will come as little surprise that I’ve been devoured by Monster Hunter this week. This is my first experience with multiplayer Monster Hunter, and it’s everything I’d hoped it would be. On the PSP you could only get multiplayer if people were in the same room with or, or through certain […]

One more day and Monster Hunter Tri hits North America. I’ll see you guys out on the hunt!

Well, I figure at this point I’ve done all I can to get the word out about Monster Hunter for those not familiar with it. Either your interest is piqued, or you’ve decided it’s not your kind of game. The online component is Capcom-hosted, which means no friend codes to mess with. As soon as […]

Capcom is putting out little videos that show some of the different weapons in action. I thought I’d post them here as well so you can see some of the variety available.    

So on Monday I talked a bit about the overall premise of the Monster Hunter series, and today I want to go a little bit more in-depth into the real meat of the game: hunting monsters (durr). As the guide tells us, it’s important to be prepared for the task ahead of you at any […]

So this week I’m planning to play a lot of Splinter Cell: Conviction. However I’m going to be talking a lot about Monster Hunter Tri, which comes out next week. I’m a huge fan of the Monster Hunter series. If you’re not entirely familiar with it, you aren’t alone. It’s got a huge rabid following […]

First things first, it’s that time of the year again. If you would be so kind as to fill out this quick survey so we can get some general information about the reader demographic, it would be a big help. We use this information to select advertisers that fall in line with the stuff you […]

Looks like some information about the Cosmic Spider-man pre-order costumes for Spider-man: Shattered Dimensions has been inadvertantly leaked by Gamestop and the costume images do two things. First, it appears very likely that Spider-man 2099 is one of the other dimensions, and secondly, the fourth costume doesn’t look very zombie-like at all… so I guess […]

A few weeks back word leaked out about a filed trademark for a new Spider-man game, Shattered Dimensions. Yesterday a trailer for the game dropped and frankly, it looks pretty neat. Though, to lay the cards on the table here, I am a sucker for all games Spider-man. Spider-man 2 (yes, based on the movie) […]

I conversed with a couple of readers this weekend via email about Assassin’s Creed, and our thoughts on the combat system, etc, and it got me thinking about the inevitable third installment in the franchise. I believe I read somewhere a while back that it was a possibility that the protagonist for the next game […]

With Borderlands just about in the bag (a few more quests, a couple more levels and Crawmerax to deal with), I’m continuing to claw through my backlog of unfinished games from the fall rush before Splinter Cell and Monster Hunter Tri take over next month. I decided to go back and play Assassin’s Creed 2. […]

I’ve got mixed feelings about Just Cause 2. On the one hand, grappling hooks in games just about always equal win (the latest Bionic Commando being the first to spring to mind as an exception to this rule). On the other hand, the controls in the demo seemed a little bit stiff and clunky. Also, […]