Long before Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter heroically took on IBM’s Watson on Jeopardy! to defend the honor of humanity against the vanguard of the inevitable robot uprising, comic book superheroes were battling evil computers and robots, and handing those metallic jerks their mechanical back panels. Here are five of the more memorable matches.
The Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has not technically opened yet; it won’t do that until at least March 15. But a bunch of newspaper critics have weighed in today, and their assessment is… well, not good. To put it mildly.
Chris Sims at Comics Alliance has made the incredible happen. He’s smushed together superheroes from the Big Two into classic video games. Go over there and dig ‘em all. Some of my faves below:
There are a lot of comics out there. Too many, in fact, to read them all – which is just one reason to be grateful for Nate Cosby, editor of many fine Marvel Comics, and his boredom during meetings.
Clever marketing schemes get me every time.
It’s Memorial Day, during which we celebrate those who have fallen fighting the good fight and those who still wage it. May is also Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, so we’ve decided to list a few Asian superheroes we think deserve a bit more recognition. People of Asian descent are woefully underrepresented in Western superhero [...]
In lieu of a Techland Show we have a special video for you this Friday. It’s a primer on Iron Man 2, where Peter and Steve break down everything you need to know before you go and watch the movie (including a re-cap of the first movie and what to expect from the all-star cast).
When I read Erik Martin’s story this morning I started to cry a little. I don’t know why but I just did. Erik lives in the Seattle area and he’s 13 years old. And he’s always wanted to be a superhero. I mean, what kid doesn’t want to a superhero? (Hell. I still want to [...]
Only a couple days left, until Kick-Ass mania finally descends on unsuspecting movie fans. We’ve written plenty about the film – from our interview with Mark Millar himself to our spoiler-free review around the time of the film’s world premiere at South By Southwest – and we have interviews with the cast going up this week as well.
Not all of us have the prowess to claim superhero status, but at least we can’t say we don’t have access to the accessories.
When I sat down with members from the Ruffian development studio this week, I offered the opinion that Pacific City should be an idyllic urban center now. After all, gamers everywhere cleaned up every last bit of crime in the first Crackdown. That hit Xbox 360 exclusive put you in the boots of a genetically [...]
