A Tomb Raider Retrospective
The original Tomb Raider series is a puzzle based platformer. You could go hours at a time without seeing other people or animals. You were very alone and very isolated. When you did see someone or something it usually scared you so bad you had a heart attack. And there were actual tombs filled with...
Marvel Masterworks Sentinel – Review
The Marvel Universe/Marvel Masterworks Sentinel has arrived, is it worth your hard earned money?
Intrepids #3 – Review
Interpids made their debut in March, it is created by Kurtis Wiebe and Scott Kowalchuk.
Green Wake #2 – Review
So I just read the first two issues of “Green Wake,” and I am hooked. Green Wake is a brand new series published by Image comics- written by Kurtis Wiebe and art by Rossmo. If I’m pressed to describe Green Wake, the best that I can do is to call it a noir with supernatural mystery. It takes place...
Figure Review: Marvel Universe Savage Frost Giant and Loki
Welcome to the latest offering from your loving Uncle Stan! This fantastic new offering is a Walmart exclusive. So if you roam the streets, checking all the stores weeping and wailing and gnashing your teeth, complaining at the employees at Target/Toys R Us because they have no idea what you are looking...
Deadpool Team-Up #883
Back in November, Marvel polled the Deadpool masses and asked them which ongoing series it should cancel: Deadpool Corps or Deadpool Team-Up? In a typical corporate move, they decided to cancel both. Deadpool Team-Up #883 is the last issue…well for now. At least he is going out with a bang, with a...
The Amazing Spider-Man 654.1
My comic back log is huge! Sometimes I am so overwhelmed at the size of it that I will go to the comic shop and pick up something new just to free me from the chains of continuity. On one of my latest trips to the comic shop I picked up an copy of Spider-Man 654.1. I will freely admit that I haven’t...
Thor Movie Action Figures
Tomorrow, March 1st, marks one of the most important dates for toy geeks this year, tomorrow the Thor Toys are released. I’m a big fan of Hasbro, and I’m always excited for a toy launch. I love Toy launches because it is the first real opportunity to examine character designs, and for the keen observer...
Review: Star Wars 2010 AT-AT
I finally got around to picking up the BAT-AT. For those of you that don’t know, that stands for Big All Terrain Armored Transport (Big because it is closer to the correct scale than the previous version that has been re-released over the past decades). Sometimes it’s called The Walker, or,...
2011 Golden Globe Nominations
Golden Globe Nominations have landed! I know it’s less prestigious to win a Golden Globe than an Oscar, but the selections/winners of this award seems to run more towards my own tastes, so I tend to pay more attention to this one than any other. Some of things that caught my attention- “Inception”...
Silent Hill- Past Life #2
This is the Second issue brought to us by Tom Waltz and Menton3. This second issue picks up right where the first one leaves off. Jeb is in conflict with his past, and wonders if he can truly change, rather than deal with his “visitor” from the previous issue like he would have in the past, he decides...
Comic Review, Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil
I love the Hellboy one shots! I love the big story arcs too, but its nice to get a break from them every once in a while and do something small and self contained. What could be better than a Mike Mignola Hellboy one shot? Well for starters this is a double feature, and it is drawn by Richard Corben...
One for the Money
Let me start of by saying that I am a huge Janet Evanovich fan, I have been for years. I first came across her quite by accident one day when I was wondering the library. I was intrigued by a title of a book called “Metro Girl,” (an Alex Barnaby novel), I read it in an afternoon. The next day I picked...
Comic Review: BPRD Hell on Earth New World #4
An open letter to Mike Mignola Dear Mike, Today I read the latest installment of BPRD. I just wanted to thank you for writing a comic that I need to read, and that I look forward to every month. After I pick up an issue I cannot wait for the next one to come out. How you keep the various series that...
Comic Book Review: Chew #15
Ah the wonders of a new issue of Chew! This is the last installment of “Just Desserts.” Also of note, Chew will run for 60 issues, so this is the quarter mark. To celebrate this, the cover folds out to a three page Chew Thanksgiving poster. As always this issue is written by John Layman and drawn...
Comic Preview: Silent Hill Past Life #1
A few months ago at E3 Konami announced that sometime next year we would see the release of Silent Hill 8 (at this point it is still unnamed). A month later at SDCC Tom Waltz announced that he would be doing another Silent Hill mini-series for IDW. Why do we care? How are they connected? Wel,l Waltz...
Comic Reviews: Billy the Kid’s Old Timey Oddities #2
“Billy the Kid’s Old Timey Oddities and the Ghastly Fiend of London” written by Eric Powell and art by Kyle Hotz. Billy and Sproule’s Biological Curiosities have come to London at the request of John Merrick, to stop Jack the Ripper. The previous issue ended with Billy being arrested as the...
Comic Reviews: Hellboy Beasts of Burden
I love a good one shot! Occasionally it’s nice to have a self contained story that doesn’t leave you scrambling for crossovers and back issues, or pining for next month’s issue. The catch is that you never know what you are going to get with a Hellboy one shot. The last one shot was about Mexican...
Force Unleashed and Fable Launch Party
Let me just say I am a sucker for a good launch party. Last night marked the release of two of my most anticipated games for this year- Fable III, and Force Unleashed II. So of course last night I went to my local Game Stop at 10 PM to count down the minutes to the midnight. I love launch parties, because...