In Real Life

Assembling The Lego Avengers

With the phenomenal success of the Avengers still vibrating in the world’s collective consciousness, the folks at Lego sent a set of Avengers-themed Lego Marvel Super Heroes bricks my way. So I spent several hours putting together a stop-motion video of the assembly of Earth’s mightiest minifigs.


May 5, 2012
PlayStation

Pinball Table Transforms The Avengers Into Six Shiny Spheres

I was going to headline this article “You’ve Seen the Avengers, Now Play With Their Balls”, but decided to be the better man, at least for a few seconds. Funny, I would have thought the Hulk’s would be bigger.


April 19, 2012
News

Speculation: Marvel To Buy THQ And Make Video Games In-House

THQ’s in dire straits, financially. Marvel — now a wholly owned division of Disney — has lots and lots of money. Maybe, if one buys the other, they hold hands and make beautiful games together?


April 11, 2012
In Real Life

9 Comics That Will Magically Extend Your Life This Week

If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of digital comics. Whichever it is, you’re still interested in the good stuff.


March 21, 2012
In Real Life

Crossover: Ken Levine Explains Why There Aren’t Any Bioshock Graphic Novels

Part of Panel Discussion’s mission is to look at the ways and places where comics and video games intersect and here in Crossover, we’ll be talking to game creators about the comics stories and creators who’ve shaped their sensibilities.


March 8, 2012
News

After Five Crummy Games, Marvel Wants No More Of Sega

“No current plans” is politespeak for “this ballgame is over.” And that was the reply given by Marvel’s senior executive responsible for video games production, when asked what the future holds for the publishing label and Sega.


February 10, 2012
In Real Life

The Sub-Mariner And The Thing Face Off In Uncanny X-Men #12

We already previewed the first few pages of Avengers vs. X-Men #1 this morning and now we’ve got an exclusive reveal of one of the grudge matches that’ll be coming out of that miniseries.


December 8, 2011
Uncategorized

What If The SNES Was Modded For Minimates Fighting?

It cannot be, but what if? Filmmaker Kyle Roberts created this stop-motion short using Minimates, a SNES, and tin foil.


December 5, 2011
News

Games Animator Blames Ridiculous NHL Promotion For Vaporised Profits

A company that supplies 3D mapping technology for games like Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed saw a £3 million ($4.5 million) drop in its profits this year, and blamed the fact it spent way too much time animating a bunch of dumbass superheroes Stan Lee thought up for the National Hockey League.


December 3, 2011
PC

Avengers Assemble For The Marvel Universe MMO

Well, some assembly is required, at least. Over the past few months the MMMS has shown us what Captain America, Thor, Thing and most recently Iron Man will look like in the massively multiplayer game that puts players in the role of their favourite Marvel characters.