By Staff Reports (BUSINESS WIRE)– This year Mario reaches an impressive milestone in video gaming: 30 years as a leading man in Nintendo’s timeless Super Mario Bros. series. At E3, Nintendo celebrates Mario’s longevity with a new installment in the franchise called Super Mario Maker, one of many games at the show that transforms familiar characters and their games with […]
By Nolan P. Smith The Last Guardian, the next game from the creators of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, has been a hot button issue for years. Is it still coming out? This year, we heard a rumor that it got the axe… and now at E3, we hear that it is indeed being released, and in 2016. What’s […]
By Nolan P. Smith The remake gamers have been clamoring for since forever is finally going to happen. No, really. Final Fantasy VII is getting remade. We have a trailer to prove it. Details are scarce, just that it is happening, and that the PlayStation 4 will get it first. Check out the trailer below, and follow Final Fantasy on […]
By Nolan P. Smith Another big announcement for X-Box fans to come out of E3 so far has to be the Rare Replay. The collection, which brings together 30 of Rare’s titles throughout history, hits stores August 4th for the bargain price of 30 bucks. That’s a buck a game! I am a huge fan of Rare’s titles, and even […]
By Nolan P. Smith The E3 Expo hurricane of news has been swirling around all day today, but one of the biggest shock waves felt is that Microsoft’s X-Box One is now backwards compatible… well at least for X-Box preview members. The function will launch fully in the fall, but for right now, X-Box preview members can play their X-Box […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– It was the year 2001 that marked the last time the Jurassic Park franchise hit the silver screen. That’s 14 years since the world got to visit the greatest big screen theme park that, let’s face it, we all wanted to go to, danger and all. Now in 2015, the franchise gets a […]
By Nolan P. Smith Bruce Timm, the man behind some of the most iconic animated series of all time (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited) is back with another animated project with DC Comics. This time, its an alternate take on the universe that’s for a mature audience with Justice League: Gods and Monsters. The animated film hits stores […]
By Nolan P. Smith Bruce Timm, the man behind some of the most iconic animated series of all time (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited) is back with another animated project with DC Comics. This time, its an alternate take on the universe that’s for a mature audience with Justice League: Gods and Monsters. The animated film hits stores […]
By Nolan P. Smith Bruce Timm, the man behind some of the most iconic animated series of all time (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited) is back with another animated project with DC Comics. This time, its an alternate take on the universe that’s for a mature audience with Justice League: Gods and Monsters. The animated film hits stores […]
By Staff Reports (BUSINESS WIRE)– During a special video presentation focused on Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, the game’s director, Masahiro Sakurai, unveiled a smashing amount of new content for the games, including two new playable characters: Ryu from the Street Fighter® series and Roy from Fire Emblem. They both join Lucas from Mother 3 as […]
By Nolan P. Smith Actor extraordinaire Sir Christopher Lee passed away on Sunday, June 7th. News broke today as his wife held off on notifying the press to make sure all of the family was notified first. He was 93. Lee portrayed so many iconic characters in film: from Dracula, Sherlock Holmes (and Mycroft Holmes), Count Dooku from Star Wars […]
By Nolan P. Smith The news broke today that Virgil Runnels, better known as “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, passed away today at the age of 69. Runnels was a long time professional wrestler in the WWE and NWA, holding the NWA title on numerous occasions and a WWE Hall of Famer. Even though he had retired from in ring […]
By Staff Reports Space Hulk®: Deathwing™ is a First-Person Shooter experience of Games Workshop’s classic Space Hulk boardgame set in the universe of Warhammer 40,000, developed on Unreal Engine 4 by Streum On Studio, the team behind E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy. Published by Focus Home Interactive and co-produced by Cyanide Studio, Space Hulk: Deathwing offers players the chance to experience a […]
By Staff Reports New York Times bestselling writer Matt Fraction (SEX CRIMINALS, Hawkeye) teams up with Christian Ward (INFINITE VACATION, Olympus) for an expansive, immersive, retelling of Homer’s classic epic in ODY-C. The first five issues of the series will be collected into trade paperback and available this June. An epic 26 centuries in the making, ODY-C, VOL. 1 is […]
By Staff Reports With an average of 9.6 million viewers per week, Gotham has captured and held the attention of audiences since the premiere episode which delivered FOX’s highest-rated fall drama debut in 14 years with Adults 18–49. Before the series returns to FOX for a second season this fall, fans can now enjoy all 22 episodes – plus nearly […]
By Nolan P. Smith It is time once again to shine the spotlight down on a well deserving Kickstarter project: this time, its the graphic novel, Reach. So, without further adieu… Let’s Kickstart This! What is Reach? Here’s straight from their Kickstarter page: Reach is a three-part adventure that follows a family line over three distinctly different time periods as […]
By Nolan P. Smith Thanks to photographer and cosplayer Josh Cruz, we are able to provide you with some of the best cosplayers from FanimeCon, which took place May 22nd-25th in San Jose! I’ve covered conventions with Josh in the past; he’s a great guy, awesome photographer (as you can see) and loves the world of cosplay! So check out […]
By Staff Reports Holy Mae Jemison! BOOM! Studios is thrilled to announce that the first four printings of the Lumberjanes Volume 1 trade paperback have sold out at the distributor level in just seven weeks of release. The publisher is rushing back to press for a fifth printing of the collection that debuted at #7 on The New York Times […]
By Staff Reports VIZ Media’s Haikasoru literary imprint has announced the release of its newest title, the futuristic bio-thriller – GENE MAPPER – on June 16th. The novel about a deadly genetic threat to the world’s food supply was written by author Taiyo Fujii. It will be available for the first time in English in a print edition for $14.99 […]
By Staff Reports BiblioBoard announced a new partnership with Valiant Entertainment to bring the publisher’s award-winning library to BiblioBoard’s Comics and Graphic Novels catalog for digital consumption in libraries nationwide. Spanning nearly one thousand titles, from Bloodshot to Divinity to Quantum and Woody and X-O Manowar, Valiant’s beloved universe of superhero characters are now available at the click of a button on BiblioBoard Library with […]
By Staff Reports Stephen Amell, known to millions as the crime-fighting vigilante in the hit TV series “Arrow,” returns to Wizard World at its flagship show, Chicago, this summer. The Toronto-born Amell has also appeared as a series regular in numerous shows, prominently “Hung,” “Private Practice” and “Heartland.” He also had recurring roles in “New Girl” opposite Zooey Deschanel and […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—It’s one of the most beloved franchises to come out of the 1980’s. If you grew up during or anytime after that time, you know all too well who He-Man and the Masters of the Universe are. I was born the year the cartoon hit the television, which makes the property 32 years old. […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith Writers: Paul Jenkins and Matthew Daley Art by Carlos Magno Created by Trevor Crafts (Victor Valley)—When Archaia Entertainment/ Boom! Studios announced Lantern City a few months ago, I was stoked. I love the Steampunk genre and all it entails, and the promo art I saw looked amazing. So how is the first issue of Lantern […]
By Nolan P. Smith News broke today via The Daily Mail today (full article at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3101289/The-baddies-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtle-2-villains-Shredder-Bebop-Rocksteady-seen-set-time.html) that the sequel to the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film has found its Rocksteady with WWE’s Sheamus. Check out the photo of the Irish born professional wrestler with Gary Anthony Williams as Bebop. Of course, the two will almost certainly be turned into […]
From WWE.com The monsters of rock will meet the monsters of the ring, as the Superstars and Divas of WWE NXT are ready to bring their hard-hitting, in-your-face brand of sports-entertainment to the fourth annual Monster Energy AFTERSHOCK Festival in Sacramento, Calif., on October 24 and 25, 2015! For the first time ever, AFTERSHOCK will feature live, in-ring matches with NXT […]
By Nolan P. Smith Are you one of those people that waits for movies to come to television? Well the wait is over to check out the reboot of the heroes in a half shell, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Premiering on Epix this Saturday, May 30th, it starts at 8 p.m. ET/PT and 7 p.m. C. Megan Fox (Transformers) and […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—One of the best parts about the current generation of games has to be the influx of indie games getting a push into the spotlight. Not every game needs to have authentic looking hair render and innovative mechanics that will change the landscape of gaming forever. No, sometimes we forget that all we need […]
By Nolan P. Smith Published by Image Comics www.imagecomics.com Book is for MATURE READERS (Victor Valley)—Like many of you, I enjoy stories that thrive in the worlds of fantasy- the escape of reading a comic or watching a movie that allows you to distance yourself from the real, often boring real world is pretty fantastic. Which is why I love […]
By Nolan P. Smith On behalf of everyone at Pastrami Nation, we would like wish everyone a fun, enjoyable and relaxing Memorial Day. Please remember why you have this time to relax with family and friends: if not for the brave men and women who served our county and made the ultimate sacrifice, we would not have the freedoms to […]
By Nolan P. Smith Square Enix has brought something amazing to the collectible world with their Play Arts Kai line of action figures. With line ups featuring DC Comics, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, and more, they have constantly released high quality collectibles that stand alone in the market. With the two newest additions, Square Enix continues to show the […]