Green Lantern #1 is a unique case in the widespread relaunch DC is currently unleashing on the world. The Corps remains relatively untouched by the events of Flashpoint, as it had its own crap to deal with in terms of the War of the Green Lanterns. Sinestro is now a Green Lantern again, and Hal is simply human again – destitute and depowered.
Close at the heel of Dark Horse’s Angel & Faith comes Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9, continuing the story left off in the Season 8 comic book continuance of the popular television show. Season 8 left a lot of fans with mixed feelings about how the characters were being treated and where the story was going. Does Season 9 get us off to a start that will put the Buffyverse back on track? Um, maybe?
It’s hard to read through a superhero’s biography without counting multiple secret identities. The DCU is notorious for changing up who wears which mask. The Batman cowl has passed from person to person, multiple signature Green Lanterns, and there’s like nine thousand Flashes. The recent relaunch of Batgirl has a familiar face donning the suit. Should Barbara Gordon be Batgirl? Did she ever stop?
All you fangirls rejoice
and all you guys regurgitate, our featured clip this week is for part one of
the international vampire/werewolf phenomenon, Breaking Dawn. Those who are actually werewolves may be interested
in Cameron Crowe’s latest, We Bought a Zoo
with Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and rising star Elle Fanning. Then for you
fellas after you wipe away that spittle comes Goon, a hockey flick that isn’t so much an inspirational sports tale
as it is a peak at those roughians that make the blood splatter. Finally, is
the red band trailer for Indonesian action-thriller The Raid which follows twenty elite cops as they take down a criminal
stronghold with badass side effects. We’re all about shock and awe on Player
Affinity – it’s Trailer Tracker.
Max Payne was always a series about a hard-boiled detective who takes the law into his own hands, but the new trailer for Max Payne 3 shows that the latest game in the series is taking the franchise in a completely new direction.
Another day, another arc completed— and with the strong (yet subtle) conclusion to Criminal: The Last of The Innocent, Ed Brubaker has officially converted me to the series. With Brubaker’s excellent writing, accompanied by Sean Phillips artwork, the duo truly delivers. And while it may not be the most exciting issues of this short run (which doesn’t say much anyway), it played its role and served the rest of the series justice, and it is sure to please those who have been keeping up with the four issue mini-series. For those who haven’t read this excellent run, be warned: spoilers lie beneath.
It’s been two months since Riley Richards had finally murdered his wife, got the wrong man committed for said crime, received a fortune from his in-laws, brought his rehabilitated best friend back onto drugs, and started hooking up with his high school sweetheart (who says nice guys finish last?). But with a private investigator on his tail, Riley finds himself in need of tying some up loose ends.
Bethesda has revealed about 20 minutes of gameplay footage (In 3 parts below), so feel free to explore the world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim yourself. The footage is from the gameplay demo shown at E3, which was released to the public yesterday.
So Barbara
Gordon is Batgirl again. And no, she’s not Batgirl in a wheelchair. She has
full use of her legs now as a result of the relaunch (I won’t spoil the
quagmire of a plot structure that is Flashpoint).
What is important to know is that the events of Alan Moore’s fantastic book The Killing Joke still happened. The Joker
did shoot her in the back in her own home, and it’s clearly still a defining
moment for Barbara. Whether you like the change or not, this is an incredible
start for the character’s return as Batgirl.
The day after Labor Day marks an enormous release date for the industry, with big name titles like Dead Island, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, and Driver: San Francisco all being released to this week. As the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee soak the Northeast to its core, gamers in the region should be happy to have a great excuse to sit back and enjoy a new release or two this weekend. In case you missed any of our coverage of the games released this week, here’s a short rundown of each.
It’s
time for a laugh with this week’s featured trailer, The Big Year, starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson as
three friends and birdwatchers who pluck themselves from the real world to
enter a year-long competition of ornithological bliss – or not.
