Legendary comic book artist Gene Colan passed away last night at the age of 84. He is best know for his work at Marvel on Daredevil, Howard the Duck, and Tomb of Dracula. Just last year Colan won the Eisner Award for Best Single Issue in 2010 for his work on Captain American #601.

Our condolences to his friends and family. Let us know your favorite work or memories of Colan in the comments.

Team Fortress 2, Valve Software’s Pixar-like multiplayer shooter, is now free to play. The game will be supported entirely by microtransactions such as character customizations.

You can download the game via your Steam client if you didn’t have it already, or visit Teamfortress.com to get set up. The game is available on both PC and Mac OSX with cross platform play.

Should we do a Powet Game Night, or what?

Did the Cold War make early video games unintentionally bleak? Or was the “kobiyashi maru” style of gaming in the 1970s and ’80s more a function of limited memory space and the need for arcade machines to get kids to keep pumping in the quarters?

Direct Link: Famicom Dojo Podcast 06: Bleak Games of the Cold War

Also in this episode: Rebel in Japan “Poop is Funny”, and the premiere of the first audio version of Famicom Denshimail!

Complete show notes at FamicomDojo.TV:
http://famicomdojo.tv/podcast/6

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