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News

Dive Deeper Into Drake’s Story With Uncharted Reading Materials

Sony is sandwiching Uncharted 3‘s November 1 release between a brand-new novel and a six-issue comic book series, delving deeper into Drake’s fiction than ever before.

6 July 2011

News

Real-Life Flipping Is Much More Colourful Than Video Game Flipping

Jumping enthusiast Robert Souris recently broke the world record for distance flipping, hurling himself nearly 6m through the air while dressed as a superhero of his own creation, all in the name of showing children how much more fun real jumping around is than virtual jumping around.

17 May 2011

Retro

The Atari Games That Became Comic Book Heroes

While we normally associate multimedia cash-ins as a recent phenomenon, the practice of spinning games off into other mediums dates back decades. One of the earliest examples of this is the Atari Force line of comic books.

30 April 2011

News

Duke Nukem: Glorious Bastard

If more story is what you’re looking for from infamous alpha dude Duke Nukem, you’re in luck. Duke’s getting his own comic book mini-series courtesy of IDW Publishing, the same folks responsible for Mr. Nukem’s four-colour adventure in the Duke Nukem Forever “Balls of Steel” Edition.

8 April 2011

PC

Portal 2′s Comic Kicks Off Tomorrow, Fills The Sequel Gap

What happened in the years been Portal and Portal 2? Valve’s new digital comic book, launching on April 8, will explain that while “expanding the Portal world and narrative”.

26 March 2011

In Real Life

Comic Book Lover’s Guide To Going Digital

Whether you’ve been a diehard comic book fan for years or you just want to see what they’re all about, you may find reading them digitally a better experience than on paper. Here’s how to get started with digital comics.

19 March 2011

News

Your Latest Reboot Is Sonic The Hedgehog’s Comic Book Series

Even Sonic the Hedgehog is starting over with a clean(er) slate. After 200-plus issues of Sonic’s Archie Comics series, Sega’s famous mascot is shedding nearly 20 years of continuity, and “going back to a simpler premise”.

In Real Life

Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Reveal Scifi Writer Adam Shadowchild

The funniest character from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Paul isn’t the little grey alien – it’s Jeffrey Tambor’s Adam Shadowchild. We interviewed Pegg and Frost and got the backstory on Tambor’s arrogant science fiction author. [io9]

12 March 2011

PC

Major Comic Talent Brings Rage To The Page

Crack open a case of ammo and take to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of id Software’s Rage, you’ll be able to crack open a comic book to uncover a dark secret of the game setting with Dark Horse Comics’ Rage miniseries.

22 February 2011

News

The Scott Pilgrim Video Game Could Have Been A Big Adventure

When comic book series Scott Pilgrim came to video game form last year – Ubisoft’s Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: The Game – it played like an old-school beat ‘em up, with pixelated style. But it could have been a very different adventure.

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