COOL COMIC BOOK MOMENTS : JLA

courtesy of Brian Cronin at CBR

To set the scene for JLA #4 (written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Howard Porter), a group of aliens known as the Hyperclan have shown up on Earth, seemingly to help the planet (while at the same time, people with fire-derived powers have mysteriously gotten sick).

But really, they’re bad guys, so the newly formed Justice League of America try to take them down, but they’re having problems, which is magnified when the Martian Manhunter seemingly turns on his teammates.

In any event, the entire team has been captured, including Superman (who is being held prisoner and being tortured with kryptonite). The only one who was not captured was Batman, who seemingly was killed in a plane crash (but we know he survived).

Now the Hyperclan go off to deal with “just one man.”

Nice.

GHOSTBUSTERS MULTIPLAYER

I don't know what it is about this game, but every announcement and video I see for it brings a huge smile to my face.

Maybe it's because I'm a HUGE fan of the franchise and I've always felt that GHOSTBUSTERS would make a great game in the rights hands and I'm happy to report that it looks like a winner.

Here's the Trailer for MULTIPLAYER MODE

TREK BEATS WOLVERINE AT THE BOX OFFICE

STAR TREK was #1 this week raking in a 75.6 Million on Opening weekend
( about $25 million over the studio estimates )



(to be honest I just wanted an excuse to post this image.)

WHAT I"M PLAYING NOW : STREET FIGHTER 4

I haven't been very productive as of late (see the date of my last post) and I have to blame CAPCOM's one two punch of STREET FIGHTER 4 and RESIDENT EVIL 5 ( in my case on the PS3 ) I've always been a fan of the one on one 2D fighting game, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike being the best of them in my humble opinion.


Now Street Fighter 4 jumps into the arena with a strong net code for online play and the ability to challenge someone in the middle of their arcade game. Although the presentation is 3D, the gameplay is classic Capcom 2D.

All I can say is that when my Two year old is tucked in fast asleep, I'm having a blast challenging people online. My wife however giggles evertime she hears the frantic, desperate button mashing on my HORI EX3 PS3 Fight stick when I'm trying to combo my way out of a jam.

In case you have no idea what I'm taking about, here's a video review.

enjoy