Before I start, I'd like to say that I'm not your typical comic fan. I remember my love of comics began in 5th grade, when Marvel Series III trading cards were all the rage, and elusive holograms guaranteed you friendships. I didn't read Marvel Comics, but the compulsive in me dreamt of having EVERY card. Soon my dream was realized.....and so with my album complete, I read the snippets of information in the back of the cards and memorized them like a theologian memorizes scripture. I tried to pick up a few issues, but it was ALL so confusing. Most of these comics had been around for years, and they weren't really newbie-friendly, each series relying too heavily on back stories, i was quickly turned off.
Soon however, a comic called "Generation X" was being touted on the cover of Wizard Magazine as the "next generation of X-men". It had 2 of my favorite characters, Jubilee (who i loved from the Animated series) and Emma Frost (AKA White Queen) who I always thought was absoloutely fabulous from her Marvel Series III card and as one of the villains in the X-men Arcade game.I thought to myself what a WONDERFUL jumping on point. So i trudged in the snow (for 50 miles) to my nearest comic book store and I bought Generation X issue 1.
Since that fateful day i've always been drawn to more "personal isue driven" titles. Not "superheroe" books like "The Avengers" or "JLA". Yes it's fun to watch the heroes beat bad guys to a pulp, but what makes a hero a hero? I think it's unthinkable that someone with THAT much power should want to do the "right thing" ALL the time.
Which brings me to the ACTUAL review portion of this article. Gotham City Sirens, one of the new books spawned from this spring's "Batman R.I.P" crossover. The title allured me for two MAJOR reasons. Paul Dini (The genius behind Batman the Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited, and pretty much the entire DC Animated Universe), and it had the Batman Villainesses.
The concept of the book is pretty unusual, it's Sex & the Gotham City. With Batman gone as a result of Batman R.I.P., the lovely ladies of Gotham are faced with a city devoid of the caped crusader, but a "new" Batman arrives, and lurks in the shadows, much less heroic, and definately out for blood. Soon the tables are turned, and these would be ne'er-do-wells find themselves protecting a city they once ransacked from a psychotic Dark Knight. How do 3 costumed divas deal with their new roles as protectors of Gotham, and how do women who have up to this point only been interested in being self serving, work as a team?
Issue 1 remained very true to all their personalities. Poison Ivy is a man-eating coquette, Catwoman is the troubled anti-hero, and Harley's just NUTS. But seeing them all work together is just too fun to pass up!
Go pick up Gotham City Sirens right now! If you're lucky your local comic book store should still have the first issue, i'm eagerly waiting issue 2!
At 12:01 AM EST today, Facebook (finally) opened it's site to Vanity URLs, allowing you to personalize your Facebook profile's address. Up until now, we've been stuck with an ungainly series of numbers which were fine for HTML hyperlinks but look shabby on any printed material. It also allows people to find you directly without the odious search of your name in a sea of all those who may share it with you.
Not since the great Madonna Confessions Tour of 2006 have I been so coiled and poised to strike the refresh button madly, though it was fairly simple to secure facebook.com/steviespin.
If you have a Facebook "page", which is a page for a business or organization, you might be out of luck for now. Only pages with 1000 or more fans are able to customize their URLs until Sunday June 21st. This is in a effort to keep a farmer who specializes in breeding red bulls stealing the address from our favorite energy drink company. All will be up for grabs in 8 days, however.
More details are emerging, regarding the much rumored and anticipated new generation Playstation Portable. Apparantly Sony is gearing up to give us rabid fans more details at an upcoming Electronics Entertainment Expo in Japan. Supposedly the new device has been dubbed the "PSP GO".
The new PSP will allegedly slide open to reveal its controls. Tho not much more has been revealed, and nobody seems to be able to confirm whether it will be touch screen based. (Tho one can dream)
The device will come in 8GB and 16GB versions. Sony will reportedly be moving to a digital download delivery system (a la itunes). While obviously superior to the DS, the PSP has been struggling, due in large part to Nintendo's knack for innovation and the PSP's considerably higher price, and it looks as if Sony has yet to learn it's lesson, what with the upgrade's proported price being 260.00.
What do you guys think? If these rumors are true, should Nintendo be worried?
Along with encyclopedic knowledge of sci-fi minutiae, another classic trait of geekfolk is the habit to collect - comics, figures, animation cells,
This weekend, NipTuckJohnny will be joining me as discuss this topic close to both our hearts (but only one of us loses sleep bidding on figures at all hours of the night). If you'd like to get in, call 1-888-398-GEEK(4335) and leave us a voicemail!
Back in the 80's, we socially awkward folk didn't have an outlet like WoW to get our geek on - we had Fighting Fantasy.
I get emails saying i use the word "iconic" too often, but f*ck it, this is an iconic series of interactive fiction-based books that had hordes of fans back in the day.
If YOU are a hardcore fan of these stories, iGaymer wants to hear from you. We'll be doing a future podcast on the subject.
Dust off those dice, sharpen your pencil and get ready to dive back into Deathtrap Dungeon.
If you've listened to the cast, you heard me mention songs about the original Everquest. The song I had in mind does indeed exist on Youtube. If you're an original EQ'er, you'll get a kick out of this!
This week StevieSpin is joined by resident RPG pro Mamorutux as they discuss the RPG gaming from pen and paper to current gen MMO's and all the crap in between!
All I have to say is.. What.. the.. frick. NO JOSS WHEDON!?
The entire thing that made Buffy the Vampire Slayer great was Joss Whedon's quirky character speech and humor. Without Joss, the show is going to return to its much-insulted, campy origins.
I grew up watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I remember seeing the original movie and I just thought it was meh. I then gave the original show a chance and fell in love instantly.
I have so many vivid memories during my teen years that are connected to the epicness that was the tv series.
I remember visiting my grandmother during a summer and biting my nails during the first season finale, hoping that Buffy would find a way to live after the Master drained her blood.. and then felt a massive flood of relief when Xander gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
I remember the sadness I felt when Buffy sent Angel to Hell immediately after he regained his soul.
I remember discussing with my long-time friend Lauren the episode where Angel falls out of the sky naked after returning from the hell dimension Buffy sent him to to save the world.
I remember the wave of contentment I felt with the series finale as Buffy smiled at the once-Sunnydale-and-Hellmouth-n0w-giant-empty-hole.
If this film is made without Joss, it will be nothing more than Sunnydale at the end of the series. However, it will not soil my views on the Buffyverse, oh no, I will not let it. It will simply be filed away into the same place as the original movie... A very dark place where it is forgotten.
How does everyone feel about this Buffy reboot bs?
iGaymer podcast #4 will cover RPGs, the good, the bad and the fugly. We'll span pen and paper right up to current gen MMORPGs and everything in between.
Have something to say on this subject? Call and leave us a voicemail @ 1-888-398-GEEK(4335).
