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Over the past couple days I've read the first two trade paperbacks of Ultimate Spider-Man and loved them. I'm also getting into the relaunched Ultimates series (namely spidey and avengers) See...they did one of those crazy things comic book companies do, where they relaunch a story all of a sudden. The old Ultimate Spider-man, X-Men etc... are now considered complete and were under an imprint that's now referred to as Ultimate Marvel. Now, for these new series, they've created an imprint called Ultimate Comics. Basically, it's because there was a huge cataclysm where a tidal wave destroyed a large part of New York and other stuff happened...so now everyone is picking up the pieces, including the superheroes. So, I was lucky enough to get into comics when a few series that interest me were just starting. There's only two issues of each of the Ultimate Comics series at this point, so I'm all caught up. Everybody made a lot of highbrow, promising suggestions...but I end up reading fanboy stuff (sorry guys) I will get to your recommendations. In fact...momentarily, I'm going to start reading WE 3 by Grant Morrison on the toilet. I don't think anybody mentioned that book, but I know Grant is considered one of the better writers in comics. Also...I have Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Boy on Earth by Chris Ware, but I never finished reading it. Hopefully I can plow through that soon too. I'm going to try and at least look further into everything that people mentioned...but there's just so much out there...so it will be a while before I check it all off the list. So...I guess if I really enjoy Spider-Man...I'm into very mainstream superhero stuff in addition to my finicky criteria from earlier. So, what do you guys consider the best reading in terms of superhero stuff...no qualifiers except for the fact that I'm thinking mostly DC and Marvel. You know, characters that have been around for a while. Planet Hulk looks really good. Did anyone read it? What about Ultimate Fantastic Four? Spider Man Legend (or whatever) by Todd McFarlane (sp?)

Hell, I'll throw some in too. Achewood Questionable Content Dinosaur Comics (qwantz.com) A Softer World and, of course, Cyanide & Happiness. Also, on the superhero tip, I just finished the first TPB of Ultimate Spider-Man and I thought it was amazing.

No, of course not. But Jake is an outspoken advocate of giving all money you would have spent on "frivolous game purchases" and giving it to African children. It's like Lent. Give the money you would have spent on bubblegum to Jesus. Also: Just finished Mighty Jilloff one minute ago. That is a very tightly designed 8-bit platformer. It's interesting in that it's vertical scrolling instead of a sidescroller, too. It only took about 35 min. to beat...but that's after I'd already played the beginning a few times and had it down pat. And it's cool that it tells you your exact time when you finish, especially since it's short and easily replayable. Furthermore, one of the guys who worked on it, Andrew Toups, sometimes writes for actionbutton.net

Tell that to Jake's starving African children.

Sure, why not. I'm curious about superhero stuff but I'll read anything that's good.

(ign.com)

"Make sure you're alone the first time you play this, because you're going to cum in your pants!" (ign.com)

By God, you're right. Thanks. No further input is required, gentlemen.

Absolutely, I was actually into manga long before I ever tried any western stuff. Favorites include: Battle Angel Alita One Piece Fullmetal Alchemist FLCL Death Note Thanks for all the suggestions, guys, sorry for having such specific and idiosyncratic criteria...it's just that it seemed like without that, it'd be hard to sift through all the junk.

I could say the same about you.

I'd been wary of this one, because I did see the movie, but since you say it's different, I'll at least look at it during my next trip to the comic shop. Thanks for the recommendations, and welcome to idle thumbs.

Whatever helps you sleep at night, bub.

Does anybody play this? I'm by no means great at fighting games (or any games, for that matter), but it's pretty crazy and chaotic, so it could provide some good thumbs multiplayer. I like playing as megaman because he can shoot a rock-soccer-ball onto the ground and then kick it at people. I use Ryu because he's Ryu and I'm working on Captain America. If you want to throw down (and you're not an extreme badass at this game, to the extent that we'd both have no fun...) let me know or something. Just thought I'd cast my net because this game is begging for multiplayer ish.

So, the answer to "what is game?" is "Thunderpeel".

I used a black hole.

Who edited my post? Remo? I was only kidding.

I was trying to explain to a co-worker why this game is so awesome. I told him about all the equipment you discover and how much it compounds your badassedness, but he said, "that just sounds like every game nowadays". He's not really wrong, but I couldn't do much better. I told him that unlike in a lot of games, where you get weapons upgrades and the like by completing missions or leveling up, in Shadow Complex, those items just exist in the game's environment at all times and you get them because you find them. There's no sequence set in stone and no prerequisites. I don't know though...for some reason...the appeal of that game seems hard to describe. Maybe it's something you can't understand until you get the power armor and start punching guys with so much heft to your movements it feels like you're a fucking gorilla, and then watching them fly across the room FROM YOUR FIST...it's quite nice. So what do you guys think? How would you explain why this game is really cool to someone who knew nothing about it? Just curious.

NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO BUY THIS FOR PC. EVERYBODY MUST BUY IT FOR XBOX 360. MY DECISION IS FINAL. I'M WRONG.

I'm sure Activision is working on this in a lab somewhere.

If you have the game for Xbox 360...you can play GTA IV every Tuesday with a bunch of the thumbs...or...I'm always up for smaller sessions any time you catch me on xbox Live (Strummer521). Good multiplayer sessions are a good way to stretch out the life of a game (ign.com has been telling us this for ages!) or hold you over while waiting for a sequel.

In America, we call it Lundin.

Most games don't even know they have it. Get your games tested... so they'll have a tomorrow to count on...and a brighter today.

Ok...if you wanna take it in that direction. I prefer to think of Mr. Bean as an independent entity rather than a character played by a dude. There's no proof that Rowan Atkinson and Mr. Bean aren't just identical twins! Or something.

God of War III: Splinter Cell: Conviction No?

"Sometimes I have a dream where I'm playing a game that doesn't exist, and it's the BEST game." --Jake Rodkin-- It's coming in Jake Rodkin's dreams. I just hope his dreams are region 1 compatible.