Being a working mother can be difficult, not that I speak from experience, but when your “occupation” is that of an adventurer and costumed superhero, I guess it’s easy for things to get a little complicated. Like the rest of the Fantastic Four, Sue Richards (then Sue Storm) was a member of Reed Richards’ crew who piloted his experimental spaceship designed for interstellar travel. Bombarded by cosmic radiation, the four were altered genetically and granted superhuman abilities. Sue initially obtained the power of invisibility, but even with such a power she was often relegated to the “damsel in distress” role. Read More...

It’s no big secret that I’m about as much into comic books as I am video games, which is saying something. I’ve always felt that comics and video games are natural extensions of one another. That is why it’s easy for properties to cross over so that we have games that have been adapted from comics and vice versa. Marvel Comics is probably the best example of using a comic to create a video game. They have inspired the most adaptions. Read More...

Batman Arkham Asylum The Villains August 25th is creeping up on all of us very fast. It's just a little over a month away from now. Why is it so important? Well that is when you get to take control of the Dark Knight in his brand, spanking, new video game Batman: Arkham Asylum. Taking control and putting those mentally ill villains back into their cages and cells. Now, just in case you forgot or lost track of the villains that you will be taking on head to head, here is a new trailer for the game showing you all of them again. Well at least featuring The Joker, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, and Bane specifically. Read More...

EA LOS ANGELES ANNOUNCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMAND&CONQUER 4 At the end of Command&Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, I'm sure you were left with a few questions unanswered. Not as many as you normally have after an episode of Lost, but you still had some. You were also left wondering if they would ever get answered or if you were going to be left hanging. Well EA's Los Angeles branch doesn't want you to wonder about the "Soup That Could Have Been" for ever. Which is why they picked up and are now bringing everything to a close with Command&Conquer 4. Read More...

So today is Release Tuesday and here's a rundown of what's coming out: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince It's odd that a movie-based game comes out this early before the actual movie (the movie comes out July 15th in the US/UK and the July 29th in IMAX, it should also be noted the movie has been in the can since May of 2008) The game which semi-follows the movie which semi-follows the book will be released for (here we go) the PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, PC/Mac, DS, and PSP. It's rated E10+. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood The prequel to 2006's Western FPS Call of Juarez comes out this Release Tuesday and tells the story of the infamous McCall brothers. Read More...

The full list of all 50 achievements (including 15 secret ones) has been posted over at http://www.xbox360achievements.org/print.php?gameID=1129. The game, due out later this summer, is also coming out for the PS3, the trophies can be assumed to be the exact same with the exception of the added platinum trophy that you get after acquiring all other trophies. Read More...

Performance Designed Product (a.k.a PDP) first announced the wand like controller, called the Gametrak Freedom, sometime last September for the Xbox 360 and everyone was waiting to see how this motion controller would be different from all the other motion controllers. After seeing it in action at E3, it certainly is. Not only did they show me the Gametrak Freedom controller, but they are also bundling the controller with a game called Squeeball. I know what you guys are asking right now, “Well what’s the point with Project Natal coming out? Read More...

Batman: Arkham Asylum One game that seemed to be at every one of the big companies booths, sans Nintendo, was Batman Arkham Asylum. It even had it's own booth show casing it as well as an area in the Warner Brothers booth, with leather restraint chair for those who got to bonkers while checking out this game. You might be laughing, but we had to restrain Church at one point. Well he kind of just hopped into it for some reason, but this is not the point of this article. Read More...

Tony Stark is a certified genius, a billionaire, and a playboy. He was the son of Howard and Maria Stark, Howard being the founder of Stark Industries. A tragic car accident led to their deaths and Tony taking over the company at age 21. From there he continued to oversee the companies operations which would eventually bring him to Vietnam. While supervising a field test for an experimental weapon, Tony was injured by a booby trap. He was captured by a resident warlord who forced Tony to build him a weapon. Read More...

New Bionic Commando Video After playing this game almost a year ago at the '08 Comic Con, I wasn't all that impressed. I new it was in it's early stages of development at the time, as there was a large notice on screen and plastered all around that it was in early stages of development. So I passed it off and decided to wait for the whole process to be near it's end before giving any kind of thought on weither or not this game will be worth picking up. And well, it looks like they have solidified my opinion a little more with this new video for the game. Well it looks like they didn't do much to what I had originally played and seen almost a year ago. Read More...

The Joker To Be Playable Character In Batman: Arkham Asylum Only On The PS3 So yesterday you might have caught an accidental glimpse of an ad in PSHome. A completely accidental update that wasn't suppose to be seen until, well, today. Some might think it isn't a big deal to have a slip like that, but in this instance it is. Well if you are a fan of Batman and The Joker. Officially announced today, after placing and removing the ad accidentally yesterday, Eidos is now proud to tell the PS3 owners of the world that if they pick up a copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum for the console they will get to play as the Joker himself in the game. Read More...

Villains in Batman Arkham Asylum What kind of Batman game would the new Arkham Asylum be if it only had the main baddy of the Joker and a slew of crazed "escaped" patients for Batman to wade through? Well a short type of game really. There are only so many regular patients for you to incapacitate before you got your hands around the killing jokester. Or just very repetitive. Which is why we can rest assured that this one will be a very interesting and fun game, as here are two more of the named baddies you will have to face off on. Read More...

Well it seems Utah is not as conservative after all. Utah Governor Jon Huntsman (r) has vetoes video games and movie retail restriction bill. To those who don’t know about it, it’s the bill (that was originally written by Jack Thompson and legislator Mike Morle) that would enforce strict penalties on retailers who sells M-Rated games and Rated R movies to “buyers subject to an age restriction or recommendation.”   Utah Governor Jon Huntsman (r) wrote a letter to House Speaker David Clark and Utah Senate President Michael Waddoups about why he vetoed the video game bill: (from Sainless: http://saintless.com/2009/03/25/gov-vetoed-hb-353/)“Dear Speaker Clark and President Waddoups: After careful consideration and study, I have decided to veto HB 353, TRUTH IN ADVERTISING ACT AMENDMENTS, and have transmitted it to the Lieutenant Governor for filing. Read More...

Well, folks. It's hard to find time to write with everything going-on, especially when I'm responsible for other things! There's a lot happening in the gaming world; from the wtf to the omfg to the lmfao, there's obviously a lot of deets to dish on. Whether the news is piping hot or it's been around the block a few times like a fine whore, I hope I can give you a little insight into the realm of the gossiping moms, noobs, updates, etc etc.Taurens don't ride raptors 1Well, they do now. That's right, with the release of the new WoW patch, race isn't an issue when selecting a mount. Read More...

SEGA ANNOUNCES IRON MAN 2, THE VIDEO GAME When something cool comes out, everyone and their father likes to try and cash in on it. So it should be no big surprise that when the Sequel to one of last year's biggest films, which had it's own game, there was a sequel to said game also announced to go along with it. So yes, you will see and hear a bit more Iron Man. Yesterday, Sega announced that they are currently working on the game. Read More...