Category: Column
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Will DC Comics Dominate the Video Game Market?
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in ColumnEarly reviews of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel have been extremely positive (and are now hinting at a Justice League plan similar to that which Marvel initialised in Iron Man 2), but even if that movie does ultimately disappoint, it appears that DC is placing heavy focus on the video game market.
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LucasArts is Dead… Should Anyone Really Care?
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in ColumnSo… LucasArts is dead. Culled by Disney in an effort to “minimiz[e] the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games.” But is there really that much to be sad about?
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Dreamfall Chapters May Just Restore My Faith in Gaming
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in ColumnThe years 2007 and 2008 were unique entries in my media-driven life, in that I essentially gave up gaming. Not out of choice, you see;subconsciously I think I’d just had enough of the medium, and needed a break. But for years I’ve rested the reason for my gaming abstinence on Funcom’s Dreamfall, the sequel to…
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Bloody Forehead #1: In search of Imperfection
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in ColumnOn my procrastination woes, and the art of never getting anything done.
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The DC Universe Faces its Greatest Adversary Yet: ProSiebenSat.1 Games
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in ColumnSince Sony handed DC Universe Online over to ProSiebenSat.1 Games, the DCU hasn’t been a particularly hospitable place for us Europeans.
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Why do Comic Books Rule the Box Office?
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in ColumnOf course, there are many successful films these days that didn’t start off in the world of comic books. But if we take a close look at the box-office results over the last five years, each year we find that a comic based film is in the top ten. The only exception was 2009, which while…
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New Site, New Direction. Sort Of…
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in ColumnLast week I decided to give the writing a break and redesign shelfabuse.com from scratch. The idea was to design the site around a pile of notebooks and sketchpads strewn across a tabletop; this new look would stand out from the crowd, and emphasise the more personal direction I planned to take the site in.…
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Farewell My Beautiful Black Greyhound
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in ColumnI’m going to begin this with two apologies. Firstly, I’d like to say sorry to all those who’ve sent me books in the past few weeks and have yet to see a review materialise. Secondly, I’d like to apologise for breaking the one rule I’ve adhered to since creating this blog/site: that I’d keep my…