Mine Craft: CDs

Minecraft it is.

This was the one of the easier comics to make. Thank you shape tools.

When I finally figured out how to get CDs in the game, I was pretty happy. I'm too lazy to make a farming system in the game, so getting my only CD took a bit of effort.

Not much else to say.

I picked up BioShock Infinite on Wednesday. The game is awesome. I'm several hours in. Just got shock jockey in the game (the electric vigor) I don't think that spoils the game too much, unless vigors were a surprise and you wanted to be surprised, in which case, too bad for reading this.

I'll start flexing my author muscles and get a review of the game written once I have more time invested in the game.

BioShock Infinite: Failed Vigors

BioShock Infinite is finally out this Tuesday. The first BioShock was great, and it's great to hear that Ken Levine and his team over at Irrational games have made another Game of the Year contender.

Plasmids are a thing of the past (alternate reality is probably more accurate) and now we have Vigor, which is powered by salts.

There's a total of eight vigors that you acquire in the game and each can be leveled as well as using a certain number of charges which is determined by how much Salt you carry. These levels are indicated by a little blue bar on the bottom of the screen.

In the first BioShock, plasmids were injected via needles. Vigors look like they can be taken as a liquid, which led me to think of alternate methods of 'injection' as depicted in the comic.

Not all superhuman powers are useful either. I'm sure there were just as many scrapped plasmid and vigor ideas than fish in a school. This could become a reoccurring segment:

The Annals of Failed Plasmids/Vigors

The game looked great since early footage was available. I think I'll have to suffer a dent in the wallet to pick this bad-boy up.

Gears of War: Judgement...No Lawyers Please

Gears of War Judgment released on Tuesday. I've played the trilogy already and enjoy doing some chainsawing with a buddy.

My funds have told me that I can't have the game...yet. That's been the case this year since I'm still looking for work.

I was able to check out IGN's single player play-through of the start of the game. That's where the inspiration for the comic came from.

The Ace Attorney games hold a nice little residence in my heart, and every time I hear reference of court rooms or lawyers in a video game, I instantly think of Phoenix Wright.

Mr. Wright probably wouldn't be able to hold his own on Sera, especially after emergence day. He might object to that though.

The gameplay I watched for Judgment looks like a Gears game. The weapon switch has been mapped to the Y button, but that shouldn't take too long to get used to. I do like how the difficulty modifiers take the form of classified/redacted statements in the characters testimony; that's definitely a creative approach to the narrative.

The game looks fun. Hopefully I can get a copy soon.

Warped Pipes!

Decided to stick with a classic today since I put off brainstorming games for the strip. Not to mention my computer's graphics card froze while I was outlining (set me back two hours).

The first panel could be reworked now that I look at it, but I love the second panel. Might have to place that somewhere...

Battlefield 3: End Game

So there's a new planes only mode in the Battlefield 3: End Game DLC.

I haven't played the game, but I heard there's some crazy shit you can do in that game. Now if they added some inspired skins, then things could get pretty hairy...literally.

Never been that big on the first person shooter genre, but this game looks crazy. After checking out some gameplay and seeing this new DLC, I might just have to go pick up a copy.

I know this scene has been parodied hundreds of times, but that gremlin episode of The Twilight Zone was great (despite that lame costume).

Achievement Hunter: Dead Space 3 Teamwork Contest submission

How about some bonus artwork for you?

This is my submission for Achievement Hunter's Dead Space 3 Teamwork Contest.

The picture took about four hours from concept to finished product. I hope you enjoy.

Happy Wars

If you own an Xbox 360 and haven't downloaded Happy Wars from the Xbox Live Arcade, I recommend doing that now. Happy Wars is free to play, but as with all free to play games you can give yourself a boost with some micro-transactions.

I felt this comic fitting since the game has just recently reached TWO-MILLION players. That's a pretty big milestone.

I downloaded the game when it first was available late last year and enjoyed it for the most part. There was a problem back then though.

Matchmaking.

It was difficult getting in to matches and often I'd get dropped mid-match.

Apparently the match making system has been improved since then, so I'll have to dive back into the game to see what all the new updates are about.

There's a leveling system with this game, so new players will have it pretty rough at the beginning. What's nice is that matches can get as large as 15 vs. 15 PVP; potentially 30 live competitors with the remaining slots being filled with AI.

There is a single player campaign, but the game is driven by it's multiplayer.

And if competitive gaming isn't your thing, there's also a cooperative mode that has you team up with at least three other players to face off against the CPU.

There's also some new special modes with the recent update and level caps have been increased for weapons.

Word of warning. Watch out for bridges.

Assassin's Creed with Krakens

It's no surprise I'm excited for Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. I can't wait to see how the whole pirate lifestyle is implemented. Hopefully we'll get to witness some of those legends of the seven seas...that might just be wishful thinking.

This comic probably took the longest to draw to this day. I'm pretty satisfied with the outcome and I'm learning a lot on Photoshop the more I draw.

New Deadpool: The Game Trialer

A new Deadpool: The Game trailer released today.

As a big Marvel fan, I'm really excited about this game. I didn't really know too much about Deadpool until Marvel Ultimate Alliance; I'm more of a Spider-Man fan.

The game looks great. A lot has improved since the first trailer; as far as in-game graphics go.

The game looks like it might play like a Devil May Cry game (at least that's what I would think after the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 comparisons).

Fourth-wall breakdowns by Deadpool are iconic of the character and it looks to be on point in the trailer. Part of Deadpool's "character traits" is that he thinks he is a character in a comic book, so it's natural that he believes himself to be in a video game in his video game.

It better have an M-rating by the end of production. Right now it's still RP but it's looking like the M will come eventually. I wonder if it will get a release in Australia.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Doesn't look like actual game play, but the trailer for the new Assassin's Creed game has me interested.

Glad to see that naval missions will be returning for the next installment.

The setting looks amazing. I'm predicting some kind of island hopping game play and the ocean will act as the larger over world similar to the frontier in Assassin's Creed 3.

Speaking of "worlds," who will be the next Desmond Miles character. There was reference given at the end of the last game, but no information was revealed on who the next team is. Maybe we haven't seen the end of Desmond's team.

All that will be answered October 29, 2013 when the game gets released.

Dead Space Meets Skyrim

It's been a couple weeks since Dead Space 3 came out. The demo was fun but didn't feel like Dead Space; survival horror. I enjoyed it, but I can't buy it...yet.

I never really played more than 15 minutes of the series, so I borrowed the first Dead Space from a friend of mine. Now I remember how crucial stomping on things is, especially boxes.

I'm serious. I stomp everything in that game.

This skill could be greatly used in other games.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a thing; now officially thanks to Ubisoft. New game, new hero and new setting.

Pirates.

Released image of the next Assassin's Creed.

You can bet I'll be getting this game on release day. It's one of the IPs that I've bought every game in the series (except for the handheld iterations).

Some other great news. Chris Cooper has signed on to play Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He joins Jamie Foxx and Paul Giamatti as villains in the movie (Electro and the Rhino, respectively).

Whether Cooper will be donning the green tights (or skin) has yet to be revealed. What has been revealed is the new suit.

The new spidey suit.

Wow! That's more like it. Those eyes (more in line with the Ultimate look) are working for me. Can't wait to see the whole suit, and I hear mention of the belt returning. Hopefully the belt, if it gets used, is more than just a prop for looks.

May 2, 2014 is the scheduled release day. So mark your calendars.