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Batman: Under the Red Hood

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:22:00 +0000

Warner Brothers Home Video and DC Entertainment have released the first teaser trailer for their new animated feature, Batman: Under the Red Hood. Featuring the voices of Bruce Greenwood as Batman, Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) as Red Hood, Neil Patrick Harris as Nightwing, John Dimaggio as The Joker and Jason Issacs as Ra’s Al Ghul.

The movie is a adaptation of Judd Winick’s graphic novel Batman: Under the Hood, and Batman: Death in the Family, written by Winick himself, produced by Alan Burnett and Bruce Timm.

Batman: Under the Red Hood coming to DVD on July 27. Details at the official movie site.

Comic Collectors Are Making Millions

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:01:31 +0000

Last month we saw that 2 comic titles making more than $2M in auctions. Earlier it was Action Comics No. 1, which features the first appearance of Superman, sold online for a record-breaking $1m. The 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1 with cover showing superhero lifting car sets record for comic book sale. The issue has a cover featuring Superman lifting a car and it originally cost 10 cents.

Well, everyone though it was a record, but three days later a 1939 comic book in which Batman makes his debut, Detective Comics No. 27, sold for a total of $1,075,500.

Although Marvel is getting more Hollywood spotlights than DC Comics, but the later is giving more value to its collectors. So, should I switch to buy more of DC instead of Marvel. Ha.. not necessarily. Reading and collecting comics is a hobby, and I am not making money from it, so I am sticking to what I like. Anyway, I think I have a few old No. 1 in my collection. Maybe I should get it rated, who knows, that could be a down payment for my new car.

2009 – Game Of The Year

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:52:04 +0000

The nominees for Spike Video Game Awards 2009, Game of the Year includes:

Assassin’s Creed 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

For the first time ever, you can help to decide who wins. For game of the year, I voted for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 even though I have not played it yet. Voted based on the games trailer … Ha!

Anyway, Batman: Arkham Asylum, could pull a surprise. It received nomination in seven categories.

Winners will be announced live on Dec 12, 2009. The event will include exclusive content and announcements from top gaming companies including 2K, Activision, Disney Interactive Studios, Electronic Arts, LucasArts Entertainment, Microsoft Game Studios, THQ, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Among the sneak peeks is a first look at video from the opening of the upcoming Halo: Reach prequel game, coming next fall for Xbox 360 from developer Bungie and Microsoft Game Studios.

For the complete list of nominees on other categories, and to cast your vote, head over to http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009.

[Update: 15 Jan 2010] And the award for 2009 Game of the year goes to – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Batman: Arkham Asylum

admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:49:49 +0000

Batman: Arkham Asylum is developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. It’s a dark, action adventure game developed for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. None for PS2 or PSP (I owned both) which makes me want to upgrade to PS3 now. I do have a PC, powered by AMD Athlon X2 with 4GB of RAM and graphic card that comes with 1GB of RAM. Not a gamers spec, but enough to handle any type of games. However, a wide 19in LCD display is not big enough, that’s why I have PS2 connected to my 42in Plasma. Now that more new games are not released for PS2, I have to plan for an early upgrade.

In Batman: Arkham Asylum, the player plays as Batman as he delivers The Joker to Arkham Asylum. There, the Joker set a trap and now controls Arkham Asylum. The release date is stated as June 9th, 2009.

The trailer looks great, but somehow, after watching the Dark Knight, the jokers laugh doesn’t sound menacing enough. I prefer the way Heath Ledger did it.