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Obama, I Choose You!

By On January 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Personal, Politics, Reviews

Back in 2004 I discovered an election sim called President Forever via a random Google ad on my old blog, bought it and spent many a late night frustrated over my unsuccessful attempts to lead Dennis Kucinich to simulated victory over Dubya. No surprise, really, but it was still a fun game that nicely married [...]

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Vs. CARD OF THE WEEK: Black Adam <> Teth Adam (DCR-123)

By On May 18, 2006 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture, Reviews


Black Adam <> Teth Adam (DCR-123)

I absolutely L-O-V-E the Infinite Crisis expansion for Vs. Seriously. The new teams are all cool, each with challenging mechanics and a variety of appealing cards spread throughout the curve. Also, while I’m not really the best judge of such things, I’d say the primary teams [...]

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COMMENT: A Lesson for Comics?

By On May 12, 2006 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

The current issue of Time magazine has an interesting article about the upcoming Nintendo Wii that makes a few good points that I think can also be applied to the comics industry.

A Game For All Ages
By LEV GROSSMAN/KYOTO

Video games are an unusual medium in that they carry a heavy stigma [...]

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LINK: Hellboy Vs. Gotham Knights?

By On May 10, 2006 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

HELLBOY JOINS UPPER DECK’S “VS” GAMING SYSTEM

CARLSBAD, Ca. — May 10, 2006 — The comic industry’s “Greatest Paranormal Investigator” makes his trading card game debut as Upper Deck Entertainment (UDE) — in association with Dark Horse Comics — today announces plans to add Hellboy to UDE’s Vs. System superhero portfolio. Based on Mike [...]

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Vs. CARD OF THE WEEK: Bart Allen <> The Flash (DCR-173)

By On May 1, 2006 · 3 Comments · In Uncategorized

Take two friends who love comics. Add a superhero-themed collectible card game. Sprinkle a dash of competitiveness, and a lump of testosterone. The result? Weekly matches that turn friends into nemeses.

This is not your typical “card of the week” column. Every web site dedicated to CCGs has been there and done that. This column [...]

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