Monthly Archive: May 2011

May 31

e3 Daily Debate IRC

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May 30

Dual Wielding 34: Get N to Announcements

We are officially a week away from e3, and the buzz has reached fever levels. Announcements, announcements, announcements dictate the first half of the podcast, Hulk Hogan’s got a Kinect title, Microsoft’s got a new action-RPG, Shinobi’s got a new dimension, and House of the Dead is extended its run! The second half of the podcast is …

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May 27

Nerds on The Rocks 45: My Boner is Thor!

We start our summer movie series with Thor! The God of Thunder leads to some interesting discussion and even more interesting puns! We discuss the good and bad of the movie. Then we delve into some Thor comic reading that works coming out of the movie. Wield the power of the mighty headphones and enjoy …

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May 27

STAR WARS: A New Hope: Facebook Version

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What if the original Star Wars, known nowadays as Episode IV: A New Hope, was distilled to a Facebook Newsfeed? [due to formatting issues, please see the original post on The Paradigm-Shifting Blog]

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May 26

Review Shooter: Wolverine #9

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Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Daniel Acuňa Wolverine is back from hell, and he’s looking for some payback. First on his list is the woman who sold him out: Mystique. Wolverine #9 sees the canuckle-head facing off against Raven Darkholme, and a mysterious assassin with ties to the Red Right Hand, the organization orchestrating all this …

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May 26

e3 Trailer Watch

As e3 gets closer and closer, we shall be bombarded with various trailers and teasers so we’ll post some every now and then, we can’t be held responsible for finding them all! A legend is reborn on the Nintendo 3DS with Shinobi. The game looks fairly interesting (with some awesome set pieces) from the initial …

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May 25

Review Shooter: Detective Comics #877

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Writer: Scott Snyder Artist: Jock Detective Comics #877 continues the “Hungry City” story from the last issue and sees Dick Grayson continuing his investigation of Bixby Rhodes, and his connection to Sonia Branch, a.k.a. Sonia ZUCCO. Ever since the current duo took over TEC, each issue has kept great pace and always reveals enough to …

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May 25

Review Shooter: Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #6

Cover by Adam Kubert and Justin Ponsor

Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Adam Kubert Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #6 concludes the time-traveling adventures of Spider-Man and (you guessed it) Wolverine. I don’t think there could have been a better ending to this book. It’s kind of a much smaller tale than the other issues in the mini, but for a conclusion, it works …

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May 25

Review Shooter: Green Lanterns Corps 60

Writer: Tony Bedard Artist: Tyler Kirkham How quickly the mind of man changes, I literally just posted my Green Lantern review lamenting how I have grown tired of the series. Open up Corps, and realize I was sadly mistaken. The book and story still has so many twists and turns that it really gets you …

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May 25

Review Shooter: Green Lantern 66

Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: Doug Mahnke The War of the Green Lantern rages on (Something I get to say twice more this week it seems) as Hal and Guy make their push for the Central Power Battery and to remove Parallax influence. Things don’t go as planned (how else would the story continue), and the …

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