Before Grand Theft Auto became their major cash cow, Rockstar gave players another action franchise early on in the current console generation. At the time it first came out, Max Payne stood out from other games of it’s type with 2 major innovations; Matrix-like bullet time and a film noir plotline. The former slowed everything to a crawl in order to give players a bit of strategy in planning out their next move while the latter used graphic novel-styled cinema sequences to move the story along.

2 years and dozens of copycats later, Rockstar released a sequel. It didn’t push the boundaries as the first game did, but it gave gamers more of what they loved about the original Max Payne. The bullet time was improved slightly, and the plot was just as riveting as the first. It’s only bad point is it’s short length. The game can be completed in a weekend. Luckily for PC gamers, tons of downloadable content extend this game’s replay value a lot. Hopefully Rockstar will give us a sequel that will be a bit bigger. Until then, action game fans looking for a good plotline can’t go wrong here.

Many consider the 4th installment of the 90s Batman series, which starred George Clooney as the caped crusader, to be the worst Batman movie, and possibly one of the worst movies ever made. Josh disagrees, and makes a compelling case….

When or if you received my text message last night where I made the bold statement “Batman & Robin is the best batman movie” you must’ve thought I was on drugs and just making an outlandish statement for the sake of making an outlandish statement. While I do like making outlandish statements I don’t truly believe, I stand by what I said.

When you said at champagne brunch that “Batman” needs to be revisited as an adult to be appreciated I was intrigued and thought yes I should watch that again.

I discovered though, the strange voyage of the Batman franchise can be best enjoyed through the prism of watching Batman Begins followed by Batman & Robin.
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Botcon.com has revealed yet another addition to the convention exclusive set of pre-beast wars figures. This time Rhinox gets to strut his stuff as a repainted Cybertron Landmine.

From the site:

Here is the very first look at RHINOX in his pre-beast form
from the 2006 BotCon Figure Set! A Maximal who knows much
about his Autobot Ancestors, Rhinox values the ideals they fought
for and wears their sigil on his chest as a constant reminder of this.
His color scheme is based on the Anniversary Rhinox seen recently
at retail.

 

Waspinator has been added to the ever growing list of Beast Wars cast members getting a revamp for BotCon 2006.
Waspinator appears to be a revamp of a Machine Wars Skywarp, with details and coloring based of the recent 10th Anniversary Waspinator figure. These shots are provided by ebay seller SPX Toys by way of TFW2005.

Just in cased you missed them, look at Cheetor, Dinobot, Optimus Primal, and Rattrap.

At last, a sequel.

Tim Hildebrandt of the Brothers Hildebrandt has passed away due to complications from diabetes. He is best known for his painted art work in fantasy and comic outlets including an entire set of trading cards done by he and his brother, Greg.

There is a public statement from Greg in the linked article.

He-man.org has let us in on the news that there will be a new bust in the MOTU line from The Four Horsemen and NECA in the form of Zodak, the cosmic enforcer. The bust will be featured at the NECA’s booth at the San Diego Comic Con.

 

Comicon.com has interviewed comedian Patton Oswalt about his upcoming comic projects.
Of note is an issue of Justice League Unlimted starring Atomic Knight and Booster Gold. Now he’s written comics before, and he’s a serious fan of comics, but I can’t help suspecting that he’s going to deliver something hilarious pairing a member of the league from the past with someone from the future.