Dishonored (video game)

Dishonored is a first person action game from Bethesda it involves many original elements and has fantastic graphics and the best feature is being able to choose how you wanna play by using violence  or by using stealth and these choices will reflect the world that you are living in.

  the story is basically that Corvo (the lead character whom you play) is a bodyguard for the queen and princess of Dunwall until the queen gets assassinated and you are framed for her murder after that you have to free yourself from prison and rescue the princess so she can take back the throne.


 My only real complaints is how short this game is, i went through it in about a week or two.

Just Cause (video game)

For a Grand Theft Auto rip-off it's not too bad the main missons are reasonably difficult but the side missions are really too easy and monotonous and since this takes place in a South American island and most of the story consists of overthrowing dictators and propping up rebel factions.
 the graphics are nice and well detailed making you feel like you are really there and the controls are well handled and easy to learn.

The most original part is using a grappling gun to hitch a ride on cars and helicopters.

Ex Machina "the first hundred days"

I am a big Brian K Vaughn fan since i got into Runaways and this trade doesn't disappoint writing wise at all, honestly the concept is completely original - an ex superhero deciding to run for mayor of New York City probably doesn't sound as exciting as it really is, unless you like comics and the West Wing mixed in together.
 But BKV does not skimp on the action and he doesn't water down the politics at all which makes for an exciting read no matter what your feelings are on politics, especially since every issue seems to start off with a flashback to his superhero days as "The Great Machine" and since Mitchell Hundred our lead protagonist is an independent you get a balanced look at both sides of the political spectrum especially since he has both democrat and republicans on his team it's nice to see BKV trying to offer a balanced look at both sides and not shove his political views down anyone's throat.


There is one big problem i have and that's the art by Tony Harris is overly photo referenced leading to strange and awkward gestures and poses.

I'm also curious why the NSA doesn't want him commenting on where his powers came from ? and why they don't want him to use his powers at all even to protect himself from an assassin.

Grifter #10

This title used to be one of my favorites from the new 52 but since Cafu and Nathan Edmonson left it has been going downhill pretty darn fast.

the plot by Rob Liefeld has not really changed much since last issue mostly shooting Daemonites and some talk of Grifter being the chosen one.

The problems are putting Niko in a superhero looking costume that is similar to the one piece swimsuit that Scarlet Witch used to wear, while the rest of the male team members are dressed in military garb she looks like she is heading to a comic con in a cosplay costume and stands out completely from the rest of the team.

especially considering they are in a cold climate and she doesn't seem to have any powers it's a strange choice.

The other problem is out of the blue Grifter is showing major league telekinesis powers out of the blue. when that has never been shown before and makes you wonder why he didn't use them earlier and the fact that noone else seems bothered by this or even mentions it is also a head scratcher.

The pencils by Scott Clark are equally inconsistent most of the time it looks a lot like Cafu's sleek realistic line work and then there are a few panels that look like something out of a bad 90's comic book with tons of unnecessary cross hatching.

 If this comic can just figure out what it wants to be it might be a lot more consistent read. tho i have my suspicions that this comic has already jumped the shark thanks to the new creative team for some strange reason i still want to read it even tho a lot of it is completely predictable.

Legends of the Dark Knight v2 01

While I'm not sure why we need another Bat book  relaunching Legends of the Dark Knight as an out continuity  digital title makes some sense for new readers who might get confused about continuity and characters.

Unfortunately this is not the way to kick things off with a bang instead it's more like a kick to the groin !

Lost writer and creator Damon Lindeolf oversees the first story and fortunately and it's a one shot that somewhat seems to take place in Batman's early years while this era has been overrun numerous times there can always be a fresh perspective taken on this but instead what we got here is cliched dialogue that seems ripped from other comics (bits and pieces of All Star Batman with some year one mostly) and it seems that everyone who writes Batman has to start off with an overly ham handed noir dialogue that has gotten increasingly stale with every decade.

The story of what there is of it has Bruce getting drunk (!) and disrespecting other superheros who have powers but also have weaknesses like Superman and mostly Green Lantern and then telling his butler Alfred that he has no weaknesses and that somehow makes him the best.

 of course by then end of the story we find out that Alfred sets him up for a trap by using a couple and a child in an alleyway that is about to be robbed and when Batman intervenes he gets ambushed by the child who actually turns out to be a midget with a baseball bat(???)

So then he gets a good beat and by the end figures out who set him up and of course lesson learned and all is forgiven ..

There are numerous things wrong with this idea 1. Batman does not get drunk even as Bruce Wayne at social events he takes a few sips of champagne and that's it
2. Batman would not be going on about how he has no weakness's for a person with no powers to say that even in a non literal sense is pretty out of character and makes Bruce look like an idiot.
3. Batman getting the snot kicked out of him by a midget with a baseball bat is pretty embarrassing move even if Bruce is still new to the game.
4. Alfred would never set up a trap so Batman could be ambushed just to teach him a lesson it's so completely out of character it's almost laughable.
5 of course the fact that Bruce immediately forgives him of course is another head scratcher.


To make things worse Jeff Lemire is probably the least suited to a Batman comic ever his characters tend to be scrawny and anemic and of course this is true here and Batman's costume tends to look ill fitting and his cape is tattered.

There have been other Books that featured indie creators doing Batman and while it can lead to some interesting changes and differences it usually feels desperate as much as it does here.


And unfortunately this maybe one of the worst Batman books I've read and i can only hope the next issue brings a fresh perspective especially considering how many Bat books are already out there.

R.L and Jon Spencer fail to live up to the hype.

In 1996 R&B based punk rock band Jon Spencer Blues Explosion teamed up with Mississippi Juke Joint blues-man R.L Burnside to record this one off record called " Asspocket Full of Whiskey" which was originally released on indie record label Matador records.
 And while it's a somewhat original idea to team up with Jon Spencer's blues explosion especially since they recorded a song called "R.L. told him" and they have always had a powerful punk rock type energy to them and R.L is also known for his powerful live performances neither one of the group seem especially in synch with one anther's sensibilities completely to where instead of Jon and his band supporting or backing up R.L they end up sometimes cluttering him up with unnecessary noise and sloppy rhythms that never coalesce into anything.
 The only song that shows the promise that could have come between the two is "going down south" which has the drive and energy that Jon is known for with the kind of raw blues style R.L has been doing for near 60 years.