The release of Guardians of the Galaxy, and the subsequent success of a bunch of D-lister character, has us wondering how recognizable characters are. When it comes to sub-A-list characters, there are a number characters that come to mind, and while we may recognize those names instantly, what about the general public? VOTE [poll id=”348″]
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The leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Peter J Quill is better known as Star-Lord. But how did he get that name? Or even his magical space gun? Let’s travel to space and learn together! So sit back and enjoy as Ashley and Jason begin their geek history lesson. You might learn something. Enter your Mind University!
As I’ve said in the past two episodes, it’s not always easy to know what cards to pick while drafting. Obviously you want to pick the best cards, but how do you know which are the best? There is no substitute for experience. Short of that, though, there is a simple acronym to remember. Bread! B. R. E. A. D.
Munchkin is a dedicated deck card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games. This week, it’s a Munchkin Minute: A quick update on why there was as gap in programming, updates on upcoming releases, why you should go to GenCon, and an update on the Critical Hit Munchkin expansion!
With a street date of last October, it has now been one full year since DC Comics cancelled the Legion of Super-Heroes, one of their oldest and most revered titles. Of course, given the state of the LSH at the time, it seems less a cold-hearted move than an act of mercy, but I’m still not quite over the idea that the adventures of Batwing were quantitatively superior to even Levitz’ weird, apocalyptic nonsense. (Of course, the real problem is that they set up the return with Silver Age-style adventures spearheaded by Geoff Johns, who then handed the monthly book…
Although I got the game during the last holiday season, it’s only been recently that I’ve spent any real time in the world of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’, thanks to a combination of illness and daughter-on-vacation. I found great hilarity in a moment wherein the protagonist (who reminds me of Ray Liotta) tells his therapist (yes, the game has an option to go visit your shrink) that he feels like two different people sometimes, wondering if he’s somehow being controlled by greater forces, a lovely meta-statement by the creators, followed by a moment where he and his partners mowed down…
In this installment of Critical Hit – A Major Spoilers Dungeons and Dragons Podcast: Welcome back to the Summer Canopy! NOTE: Level 14 character sheets are now available at members.majorspoilers.com and the Critical Hit Logo T-Shirts are indeed at SlashLoot.com
It’s been many years since I was a heavy-duty ‘Magic: The Gathering’ kinda guy, but Rodrigo’s discussion of the upcoming MTG set, ‘Khans of Tarkir’ (way-cool name, by the way), has me interested in the updated mechanics in play, perhaps even enough to actually buy some cards again. Working in a comic store, I’ve never actually been away from the Magic crowd, and it’s always interesting to see the new stuff that agglomerates with each additional set, and as a guy who loves time-travel and time-manipulation abilities, there’s interesting stuff across the board in Khans, which leads to today’s pre-shuffled…
IT’S NEW COMIC BOOK DAY! But what to read? Fortunately, the Major Spoilers Staff have comic book recommendations for you!
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast – It’s the San Diego Comic Con Post Show! Plus reviews of Batman, Hercules, and the Mighty Avengers.
It’s still a few days before Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy arrives in theaters which is why Stephen finally sits down with the latest LEGO Marvel Superheroes set.
The strategy for drafting is similar to picking teams for kickball. The general rule is that you pick the best player you can one at a time, the other captain then gets to pick the next best and so on and so forth.
There’s a furry, loud-mouthed talking member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and he’s a raccoon!! His name is Rocket Raccoon. Is he a raccoon or an alien that looks like a raccoon! Let’s travel to space and learn together! So sit back and enjoy as Ashley and Jason begin their geek history lesson. You might learn something. Enter your Mind University!
There are a great many talented men and women who have made their mark in the decades since somebody had the idea to staple newsprint pages together and call it a funny book. Being an amateur comics historian and general blowhard, I have opinions on a lot of them: Neal Adams is amazing, the late Alex Schomburg was an unsung genius, and far too few people know the wonderful line work of Ramona Fradon. But, at this very moment, if you were to ask me who’s the best, I’d drag out some Silver Age Action Comics and show you the…