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Video Game Review: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Is This Game Garbage?A video game review Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon CityBy: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1051:]]A little while ago, my crew of gaming and pop culture experts came together in a podcast to discuss the best video games of 2011, and how 2012’s lineup was apparently going to blow its predecessor away. Well, you know what they…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for March 21st, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley(A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, make sure to add these five titles to your…
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Review: Super Crooks #1
Mark Millar not only assaults us this week with the wrap up of Kick-Ass 2, he literally punches us in the face with his brand new villain-centric book — Supercrooks!Supercrooks, is the tale of Johnny Bolt and his crew of unlucky criminals who are sick and tired of being taken down by heroes. While other cadres…
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Advanced Review: Ragemoor #1
Our good friends at Dark Horse have found it in their hearts to bestow a bevy of advance copies of this weeks books to the CBN offices. Hopefully, you checked out my other advanced review for the latest issue of B.P.R.D., Mike Mignola has been doing some amazing stuff! But Ragemoor, though within the horror…
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Advanced Review: B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth: The Long Death #2
2012 is the year the Mignolaverse all goes to hell — quite literally! With the “death” of Hellboy, the evolution/de-evolution of Abe Sapien, the wayward roaming of Liz Sherman and the impending doom of Fenix, there is only one being that can help off set the hordes of evil knocking on reality’s door — Johann…
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Review: The Strange Talent of Luther Strode #6 (of 6)
This is the end of one of the coolest new books to be released from the Image stable in a long time! Jordan and Moore created something that was an all out gore filled slugfest! But the brutality of the book would have meant nothing if Jordan had not made us care so much about…
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GameFest!: An Introduction to “The Art of Video Games”
The Art of Video Games: An IntroductionSmithsonian American Art Museum 2012By: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:939:]]The Art of Video Games exhibit is the brain child of Chris Melissinos a veteran producer in the gaming industry who currently serves as Sun Microsystems’ Chief Evangelist and Chief gaming officer. This exhibit showcases the AV art of gaming from its birth…
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Super Hero Squad Online: Update For March 17, 2012: Captain America
Squaddies Assemble!By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:938:]]With The Avengers movie approaching ever closer and a brand new comic on the shelves — Avengers Assemble, was there any question that the latest character to be released for Super Hero Squad Online would be the first Avenger! That’s right, the newest character is none other than — Captain America, Super…
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Review: Suicide Squad #7
The “Hunt For Harley Quinn” storyline wraps up this issue with a dramatic conclusion that will leave you breathless! Not only that, Adam Glass gives us Harley’s secret origin in which we witness just how far one has to fall in order to survive life with the Joker!Did someone say Joker? This book is the…
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Review: Avengers Assemble #1
(Reader Warning: You MUST read Avengers #24 BEFORE you read this book! Unless, you haven’t been reading the Avengers books before this one!) The Marvel machine has began rolling yet again, and with The Avengers movie looming in the distance, did anyone believe they were not going to try to milk it for all its worth?…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for March 14th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley ( A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!)I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these five titles to…
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Movie Review: John Carter (2012)
The First Blockbuster of 2012?A Film Review of John CarterBy: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:868:]]There’s something to be said about prior knowledge on the viewer’s part, Hollywood film adaptations of that prior knowledge and the resulting experience the viewer has at the theater. There are very few film adaptations of popular licenses that I know absolutely nothing about…
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Super Hero Squad Online: It’s Hero Up Time! March Update #2! Pure Elektra!
Squaddies Assemble!By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:836:]]Super Hero Squad Online has been really pushing the “street” level characters as of late, and yesterday saw yet another one make their dynamic debut! For the sale price of a mere 300 gold pieces, you can get your grubby little hands on — “Pure Elektra!”Stemming from the pages of Daredevil,…
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Review: Swamp Thing #7
Swamp Thing is a character that has a certain aura about it. Never a forerunner for DC, it was always a cult classic, something hidden from the mainstream — something secret. It was that same sense of taboo that let creators open their minds up to new possibilities for the character, the shackles of bigger…
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Review: Age Of Apocalypse #1
Ripping from the pages of Rick Remender’s Uncanny X-Force, comes a new tale of everyone’s favorite alternate timeline — Age Of Apocalypse!The 90’s are back in full swing and I am loving it! Set a decade after the events of the original A.O.A. storyline that rocked the mutant world, this timeline is far worse off…
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Review: Animal Man #7
Steve Pugh makes his triumphant return to Animal Man after a seventeen year hiatus! Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman have created a brilliant book that pushes the boundaries of what is to be expected of a comic book. Every month, this dramatic team has crafted something more awe inspiring than the last. Now, sadly, we are…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for March 7th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley(A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these five titles to your…
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It’s Hero Up Time! Super Hero Squad Online March 5th Update!
Squaddies Assemble!By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:794:]]That’s right Squaddies, February gave us a ton of updates for our favorite MMO geared for our little ones, and now it looks like March is going to be much of the same! I actually received an e-mail from Super Hero Squad Online on March 1st regarding it’s new update, but…
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Advanced Review: Supurbia #1 (of 4)
Our good friends over at BOOM! Studios have kindly sent the CBN offices copies of their newest mini-series — Supurbia!This mini is being dubbed as, “The Real Housewives” of super hero comics, but I sincerely hold it in much higher regard than that. Yes, they both have predominantly female casts and have a suburban setting,…
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Your Replacement For Comic Book Men On Sunday Night — Full Metal Jousting!
From Blah To — Bang!By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:789:]]If you are like me, and are looking for something that can satiate the hunger for more action after The Walking Dead on Sunday nights, I have just the thing for you — Full Metal Jousting!Instead of wasting an hour of your life watching Kevin Smith’s lackluster series, Comic…
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Movie Review: Act Of Valor (2012)
An Act of Valor is the Call of DutyA Film Review of Act of ValorBy: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:786:]]If for some reason the title of this film review is somewhat confusing, let me be quite clear. Act of Valor is the unofficial Call of Duty (Modern Warfare) film adaptation. It takes all but five minutes into this…
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It’s Hero Up Time! A Look At The Marvel Super Hero Squad MMO
Squaddies Assemble!By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:774:]]For those of us who grew up reading comics, it gave us a passion that few hobbies could ever rival. One that followed us from awkward teenage years through adulthood, and now we get the chance to see our beloved hobby take on a whole new meaning in the eyes of…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for February 29th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley(A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!) [[wysiwyg_imageupload:773:]]I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these five books to your…
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Advanced Review: Justice League #6
There is only one word that can be used to properly describe Justice League #6. It is a word that I have only used once before to review a book. It is a word that has lost it’s impact in recent years, becoming a type of catchphrase in social media, used by people that cannot…
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Advanced Review: The Walking Dead #94
Our good friends at Image have once again graced us with an advanced look at one of the best books on the shelves each and every month — The Walking Dead! Issue 94 brings us part two of the” A Larger World” storyline, in which a man named Jesus has offered to extend a hand of…
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The 2012 Oscars: Results and Opinions
The State of Hollywood2012 Oscar Fallout (Editor’s Note: CBN’s movie reviewer, Lawrence Napoli, offers his views and opinions on the movie biz in his column, “The State Of Hollywood.”) So the 2012 Academy Awards are here to celebrate the previous year’s best examples of filmmaking. You’ll excuse me right now if I’ll just give a nice big…
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2012 Oscars: Is That Blood or Red on the Carpet?
Do we really need to break down the red carpet intro’s?You bet! [[wysiwyg_imageupload:754:]]Rooney Mara – Wow. She needs to fire her hair dresser and makeup person because when you looked 10 times hotter in every scene of the Nightmare on Elm Street remake than you did on Oscar night, something is terribly, terribly wrong! She worked…
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Shepard Commander: Alert! This is the Mass Effect 3 demo review
Shepard Commander: Alert!These Are My Impressions of the Mass Effect 3 Demo [[wysiwyg_imageupload:750:]]I’ve had just about a week with BioWare’s first taste of the overall goodness that is the Mass Effect 3 demo and after even this short period of time, I must say that I am hooked. I was modestly amused with the single player…
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Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #6
Kitty Pryde’s pregnancy is a fallacy, she is really infected with microscopic Brood that will kill her from the inside out! Wolverine and Kid Omega have traveled to the far reaches of space in order to beat the house on Planet Sin and save the school from financial ruin. And finally, the same school Wolverine…
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Review: The Flash #6
Everyone knows the saying “Everything old is new again,” but is it always better? Today we get to ponder that very question as The Flash #6 debuts The New 52’s version of — Captain Cold!I want to take a moment to thank Francis Manapul for his awe-inspiring artistic chores on this series. His page layouts…