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Important Importables: Video game doujinshi
Have you ever played a video game so wonderful, that you wished it didn’t have to end? Perhaps the game’s original ending was unsatisfying and left you yearning to learn what happened to the hero. Maybe, you thought there was some sort of relationship between two characters in a game that wasn’t addressed, and you wondered if anything was really going on between them. That’s where doujinshi, fan-made comics, come in. Many people may instantly…
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Important Importables: Stories that should become visual novels
Important Importables discusses three established series whose stories would make for fantastic visual novels.
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Don’t forget about Free Comic Book Day 2009
This year’s Free Comic Bok Day promises a lot of good stuff, as usual, including
Important Importables: Doraemon
When most people think of Japanese popular culture, the mascots come to mind. Characters like Hello Kitty, Godzilla and Pikachu who have become superstars due to games, toys, movies, stationary products and manga. Their popularity has become so great that they’ve become worldwide icons. While Hello Kitty tends to steal… Continue Reading »
Rumor: Sony might offer digital comics through the PSP
Kotaku has reported that, according to an unnamed tip, Sony is is working on a comic book service for the PSP. The rumor of the service is based on a survey sent to some PSP users that asks about a possible pricing based on a video of the service in… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: Watchmen the movie
Based on a series of comics released by DC Comics in the late 1980s, Watchmen offers a twist to costumed super heroes. Directed by Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead), the film follows the original 12-issue series very closely, with many scenes and moments created to depict specific panels… Continue Reading »
Sneak Peek: Watchmen the movie
I attended an advance screening of Watchmen last night and, while I cannot give you a full review yet (that’ll come soon enough), here’s what I can tell you about Warner Bros. latest comic book-based flick without (major) spoilers… Continue Reading »
Blu-ray Update: X-Men trilogy, Watchmen tie-in and digital comic coming March 2009
Just in time for the big-screen releases, dueling comic book companies put out must-have Blu-rays of popular franchises. Three weeks after the Watchmen movie hit theaters, an animated movie, Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter, based on the story within a story concept featured in the original Watchmen 12-issue miniseries… Continue Reading »
X-Men: First Class graduating to the big screen
In an interview with MTV News, writer Josh Schwartz confirmed that the Marvel’s merry band of mutants will indeed be expanding with another film, this time centering around the mini-series X-Men: First Class. The veteran TV writer for the CW’s Gossip Girl and NBC’s Chuck did state in the interview… Continue Reading »
Master Chief-less Halo comics coming from Marvel in 2009
At this past week’s New York Comic Con 09 (February 8, 2009), Marvel announced that it will have two new Halo comics in store for fans this year. Neither of which will feature Master Chief but, instead, focus on expanding the overall Halo universe. The first of the two planned… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: A peek at video game manga, Suikoden III
Have you ever gone through a video game and loved the story so much, that you wish it was also available as a book so you could go back and revisit certain scenes, or reread segments, to get a better understanding and grasp of the plot and events? Well, in… Continue Reading »
Sneak Peak: The Spirit the movie
Earlier today I attended an advance screening of the upcoming movie based on the comic books The Spirit by Will Eisner. Lionsgate’s film, to be released on Christmas (December 25, 2008), was written and directed by another graphic novelist, Frank Miller, who is extremely familiar with graphic-novel-to-film adaptations (see 300,… Continue Reading »
12 games of Christmas
Crispy Gamer has put together one of the most innovative Holiday gift lists I’ve ever seen. Pairing gifts that not-necessarily-gamers might want, with games that go along with the subject matter, they’ve made a very handy reference guide to gaming “gateway drugs”. For example, say your loved one is asking… Continue Reading »
Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.
