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Marvel ReEvolution
Comic Books
Anthony Silva

Marvel is the Leader of the Digital Frontier

Last weekend Marvel made another uncharacteristic appearance at South by Southwest (SxSW), the independent movie and music festival held annually in Austin, Tx. In the previous year Marvel announced their ReEvolution campaign that included the first fully digital comic line called Infinite, and its debut story featuring Nova set off the events of last year’s

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: OZ the Great and Powerful

After the grand finale of the Harry Potter series, most of the big studios have been trying to fill the “magic-kid friendly-franchise” slot left vacant. First up at the plate is Disney’s OZ: The Great and Powerful. Welcome back to the merry old of land of OZ, and leading us down this new yellow brick

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Purple Rain

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! We here at Movie Issues are still rock n’ rollin’ with Music Movie Month, so this week, we went back to the 80s! The height of the 1980s, no less. We watched 1984s Purple Rain, starring Prince, the purpled one himself. Neither

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Comic Issues
Andrew Plein

Comic Issues #108 – DC Then and Marvel Now

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! We’ve seen the New 52. But that was then, it’s time to talk about the present, aka: Marvel Now! Join our heroes and heroine as they delve in the not-so-reboot Marvel Now! We talk about our favorite books from the series, including

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Gaming
Raul Valle

[Review] Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3/X360)

Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment Developer: Platinum Games Release Date: February 19, 2013 ESRB Rating: M Pg! Score: 9 There was no shortage of skepticism when Kojima Productions handed off Metal Gear Solid: Rising to Platinum Games and rebranded it as Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. While not uncommon for publishers to outsource popular franchises after creative teams

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Reviews
Leland Pierce

Review: Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer is the epic retelling of the ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ story we’ve all heard as children, directed by Bryan Singer, mostly known for X-Men, X-Men 2, and the disappointing Superman Returns. Here we find our hero Jack, a dreamer wishing for adventure. He meets up with the reluctant princess, Isabelle, who

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: HELP!

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! It’s March and here at Movie Issues we are dedicating the whole month to movies that deal with heavy music themes. All month long will be watching some good and bad flicks that have major music influences. First up is 1965s HELP!

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Ubisoft Confirms Assassin’s Creed IV

Ubisoft has confirmed a new Assassin’s Creed game is coming soon. The confirmed cover art has been released today. Titled Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, it appears that the new installment will focus on pirates and more ship battles. This is a divergence from Ubisoft’s normal development, as Assassin’s Creed III was just released at

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New Trademark File from Square Enix – Hints at New Deus Ex Game

We probably asked for this. A savvy user — miladesn — on the NeoGAF forums today noticed that Square Enix filed for a new trademark name yesterday under the name “Deus Ex: Human Defiance”. The trademark appears to hint that a new Deus Ex game might be coming along very soon, seemingly in direct relation

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