Review by Lindsay M. My introduction to Marvel comic characters was in my late teens. I grew up with a single mom and a younger sister, and I didn’t have any exposure in childhood as many do. Sure, I had heard of Spider-man, but in all honesty that was the…
Read MoreBG’s news wrap returns to DDNet for 2014 with a look at some of the biggest news stories of this young year. On tap; SimCity goes offline, the big two (ahem) release their sales figures, Razer debuts the Nabu and Activision and Marvel Comics part ways. SimCity offline mode has…
Read MoreRift goes free to play, Wolfenstein continues to impress, the Avengers head into Infinity in Marvel’s next big crossover and are rhythm games are back (?) in today’s News Wrap. Open the Rift for free next month Rift from Trion Worlds is officially the latest MMO to go free to…
Read MoreMarvel Comics announces Superior Spider-Man Team-Up, Aliens loses its Wii U motion tracker, and Dark Horse Comics celebrates 25 issues of DH Presents in this week’s BG News Wrap. Oh, and Star Wars 1313 was almost a Boba Fett game. But you didn’t want to play that did you? Star…
Read MoreIn this first edition of the Brutal Gamer News Wrap we take a look at Valiant’s Harbinger Wars, Studio Ghibli makes a double return and Kickstarter gets Torment-ed. Starting with this first update, gaming and pop culture site Brutal Gamer will be teaming up with DigitallyDownloaded for twice weekly updates.…
Read MoreIn the struggle between those in favor of the superhero registration act and a little silver ball, where will you side? In all honesty, I didn’t like Civil War as a storyline in the least. I thought it was one of the weakest Marvel ‘events’ in years and a waste…
Read MoreOne of Marvel Comics’ biggest storylines over the last few years comes to the pinball table courtesy of Zen. Not even close to one of my favorite stories from the House of Ideas (actually, tons of really kinda lousy stuff came out of the 2006 mini-series IMO), Civil War tells…
Read MoreiOS, Mac, and Android gamers are in for some more Marvel inspired steelball action as the Avengers table makes its way to Zen Pinball 2. The new table is based on this past Summer’s film of the same name and features all the Avengers characters you’d expect as well as…
Read MoreThe second issue of the Max Payne limited series from Marvel comics is heading to digital outlets soon. For those wondering just what-the-what the ‘Hoboken Blues’ are, apparently you get ’em when your life goes down the tubes and you drink too much. This particular malady also leads to crummy…
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