Mainly, I'm posting to provide a supplement to my new comic day post. A couple of books arrived late at my local store, and I picked them up today :
- Green Lantern Corps #54
- Justice League of America #51
Sunday, November 21, 2010
New Comics Day Supplemental
No real Week in Geek post today, things have been relatively quiet this week as everyone gears up for the holiday. I did join a 4th Edition D&D group, though. More on that as it develops - the first session did nothing to alter my opinions of 4E, though.
Mainly, I'm posting to provide a supplement to my new comic day post. A couple of books arrived late at my local store, and I picked them up today :
Mainly, I'm posting to provide a supplement to my new comic day post. A couple of books arrived late at my local store, and I picked them up today :
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
New Comics Day
Pretty sizable week!
That's all!
- Darkwing Duck #6
- Angel #39
- Warlord of Mars #2
- Hack/Slash Trailers Part Two
- Superman #705
- DC Universe Legacies #7
- Batman : Streets of Gotham #17
- Superman/Batman #78 - Funniest issue ever.
- Zatanna #7
- Supergirl #58
- Power Girl #18
- The Flash #6
- Green Lantern #59
- Batman : The Return #1
- Batman #704
- Batman Incorporated #1
- Legion of Super-Heroes #7
- Brightest Day #14
That's all!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Week in Geek
I finally got to see Spaced, which I absolutely and totally enjoy. For those unfamiliar, it's a British sitcom infamous for its overdose of American pop-culture references. And it stars Simon Pegg, who is hilarious.
I also spent some time in StarCraft, getting my ass kicked repeatedly.
Most importantly, though, my friend Eric kicked off his Silver/Bronze Age superhero campaign, so I got to introduce Dr. Nathan Wells, AKA Incarnate. Dr. Wells is a Superman type, but with a pool of 'extra' powers he can use one at a time, in addition to being a flying brick. I've loosely based him on Martian Manhunter, Ultra Boy, and Thundermind from DC Comics. Dr. Wells was an American traveling and studying in Tibet, where he unlocked the secrets of the "Inner Mind" - transforming him into a Bodhisattva and giving him strange powers.
And yes, I'm fully aware of the implicit cultural arrogance there - Buddhists look for enlightenment for centuries, and a blond, white guy shows up and discovers it in months. It's a conscious nod to the monoculturalism prevalent in comics of the time period. The group had a good time riffing about that.
"Oh, hello there, monks, I seem to have found this enlightenment, lying here by the road up to your monastery!"
"Really? We've been looking for that for ages!"
I'm also enjoying doing the Clark Kent secret identity schtick.
I also spent some time in StarCraft, getting my ass kicked repeatedly.
Most importantly, though, my friend Eric kicked off his Silver/Bronze Age superhero campaign, so I got to introduce Dr. Nathan Wells, AKA Incarnate. Dr. Wells is a Superman type, but with a pool of 'extra' powers he can use one at a time, in addition to being a flying brick. I've loosely based him on Martian Manhunter, Ultra Boy, and Thundermind from DC Comics. Dr. Wells was an American traveling and studying in Tibet, where he unlocked the secrets of the "Inner Mind" - transforming him into a Bodhisattva and giving him strange powers.
And yes, I'm fully aware of the implicit cultural arrogance there - Buddhists look for enlightenment for centuries, and a blond, white guy shows up and discovers it in months. It's a conscious nod to the monoculturalism prevalent in comics of the time period. The group had a good time riffing about that.
"Oh, hello there, monks, I seem to have found this enlightenment, lying here by the road up to your monastery!"
"Really? We've been looking for that for ages!"
I'm also enjoying doing the Clark Kent secret identity schtick.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
New Comics Day
And another week.
Ta-da!
- Knights of the Dinner Table #168
- Nancy in Hell #4
- Thanos Imperative #6
- Doc Savage #8
- Knight and Squire #2
- R.E.B.E.L.S. #22
- Booster Gold #38
- Green Lantern : Emerald Warriors #4
- Batgirl #15
- Red Robin #17
- Birds of Prey #6
- Justice League : Generation Lost #13
- Batman : The Return of Bruce Wayne #6
Ta-da!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Week in Geek
I finally finished the single-player campaign of StarCraft II - excellent stuff. I don't look forward to trying to play it on 'Hard', though, to get the unlockable achievements.
There was a good gaming session on Saturday; got back to the Giant Robot game. Debuted the robots' alternate vehicle modes, and had a fun aerial battle. We're at about the midpoint of the first-season arc for that campaign, and I've decided I may stop it at one season. It's fun, but it's hard to get everyone to show up, and the sentai team theme is essential. So I will be pondering other campaign ideas.
There was a good gaming session on Saturday; got back to the Giant Robot game. Debuted the robots' alternate vehicle modes, and had a fun aerial battle. We're at about the midpoint of the first-season arc for that campaign, and I've decided I may stop it at one season. It's fun, but it's hard to get everyone to show up, and the sentai team theme is essential. So I will be pondering other campaign ideas.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
New Comics Day
Some fun stuff out this week.
That's it!
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer #38
- Irredeemable #19
- PS 238 #47
- Invincible #75
- Chaos War #3
- JSA All-Stars #12
- Doom Patrol #16
- Zatanna #6
- Freedom Fighters #3
- Superboy #1
- Adventure Comics #520
- Secret Six #27
- Batman and Robin #16
- Brightest Day #13
That's it!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Week in Geek
Hey, it's one of these again!
I had a fantastic weekend. Let me talk about three things. First! I saw two movies for the first time - Universal Soldier, and Treasure Planet. I liked Universal Soldier as a basic action movie, but Treasure Planet - wow. I loved it. It was one of those movies I really wanted to see in the theaters, but could never make time to go see. I probably should have, as it bombed pretty badly. But it's an awesome little movie.
Next! Video games - I've been working on Pokemon Ranger : Guardian Signs. I kinda don't like it. I mean, the gameplay isn't bad. In fact, everything's pretty good, except - every damn time you meet a new NPC, you are subjected to ten solid minutes of painfully tapping or button-pressing your way through insipid, useless conversation. It's annoying as hell. But I keep playing, because it will get me certain rare Pokemon I can transfer over into the real games.
Last! My Golden Age game. Every year, I do a special Halloween adventure in whatever game I'm running - I picked the Golden Age game of the two I'm currently doing. My idea for the adventure started as a loose notion about the old urban legend of Abraham Lincoln's death train, the spectral echo of which is said to roam the rails to this day. That morphed several time in my mind until I hit upon the crux - the PCs would be called upon to enter the spirit world, there to defuse a mystic missile - in the form of a train - aimed squarely at the President of the United States. The twist was that after projecting themselves there, they would not have access to their powers and memories at first, instead believing themselves to be some of the passengers on the train.
It went really well and I enjoyed it thoroughly, even if the atmosphere at the table was more Three Stooges than Twilight Zone.
I had a fantastic weekend. Let me talk about three things. First! I saw two movies for the first time - Universal Soldier, and Treasure Planet. I liked Universal Soldier as a basic action movie, but Treasure Planet - wow. I loved it. It was one of those movies I really wanted to see in the theaters, but could never make time to go see. I probably should have, as it bombed pretty badly. But it's an awesome little movie.
Next! Video games - I've been working on Pokemon Ranger : Guardian Signs. I kinda don't like it. I mean, the gameplay isn't bad. In fact, everything's pretty good, except - every damn time you meet a new NPC, you are subjected to ten solid minutes of painfully tapping or button-pressing your way through insipid, useless conversation. It's annoying as hell. But I keep playing, because it will get me certain rare Pokemon I can transfer over into the real games.
Last! My Golden Age game. Every year, I do a special Halloween adventure in whatever game I'm running - I picked the Golden Age game of the two I'm currently doing. My idea for the adventure started as a loose notion about the old urban legend of Abraham Lincoln's death train, the spectral echo of which is said to roam the rails to this day. That morphed several time in my mind until I hit upon the crux - the PCs would be called upon to enter the spirit world, there to defuse a mystic missile - in the form of a train - aimed squarely at the President of the United States. The twist was that after projecting themselves there, they would not have access to their powers and memories at first, instead believing themselves to be some of the passengers on the train.
It went really well and I enjoyed it thoroughly, even if the atmosphere at the table was more Three Stooges than Twilight Zone.
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