First Impressions: Black Mesa

For those of you unfamiliar with Black Mesa, it’s a fan created remake of the original Half-Life aimed at updating the first-person shooter classic with new graphics and overall “shiny-ness”. Although Black Mesa has yet to officially be finished/released, the game has been green-lit on Steam’s new Greenlight Program and a large section of the game was released to the general public this past Friday to show people that things were coming along. I, like many of the Half-life fans I know, couldn’t wait to give Black Mesa a try and zipped home to download and play the game as soon as I could. My first impressions after playing the game for a few hours? Video Game Gold. Continue reading “First Impressions: Black Mesa”

Spider-men #4 Review

The time is finally here folks! Peter Parker meets the family he never knew and learns a bit more about a life another him got to live. With this series wrapping up in just one more issue, does Bendis bring it home and deliver the emotionally charged story we’ve been hoping for? Does Peter learn anything in this world that could help him in his? Does May Parker get to slap some people?! Keeping reading to find out! Continue reading “Spider-men #4 Review”

Gunnerkrigg Court: A Damn Fine Good Read!

Hey everyone! This week we’ll be looking at something a little different then usual. A web-comic! Yes I know I’ve done comic reviews and that’s kinda the same thing; but seeing as how it can be a month between issues in a typical comic and yet a web-comic gets updated three times a week… the pacing can be quite different. Anyway!

I’ve spent my fair share of time cruising around the internet reading all kinda of web-comics. Some are good, some are bad, and a select few fall into that magical area of “Damn Good Reads”. You know, the kind of thing that’s better than half the stuff Marvel or DC put out every month. The kind of thing that you not only bookmark and return to every week, but you’d actually consider owning a hardcover copy of.

Now you may be wondering what web-comic could actually be that good. Well I’ll tell you…  Continue reading “Gunnerkrigg Court: A Damn Fine Good Read!”