When I posted my favorable first impressions of Cartoon Network's Sonic Boom animated series last month, one reader jokingly commented "The Sonic Cycle is finally broken. All you had to do was strip out the gameplay entirely." He might be on to something.
Or rather it was, just not the Gamergate concerned with video games. Remember kids, gamergate is also a type of ant.
While the jury's still out on Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal for the 3DS and Rise of Lyric for the Wii U, the first couple of episodes for the animated series aired on Cartoon Network over the weekend, and it's not half bad.
I will not cry over a Gritty Reboot of Adventure Time. I will not cry over a Gritty Reboot of Adventure Time. I will not... dammit.
There's no escaping it now. The next chapter of Sonic the Hedgehog history begins on November 8, when the Sonic Boom animated series premieres on Cartoon Network in North America. I think I could actually watch this.
Jeffrey Cruz is an Australian artist who crafts unique makeovers of classic cartoons. His remakes mostly feature older Cartoon Network shows such as The Powerpuff Girls or Johnny Bravo or other 90s cartoons like Dragon Ball Z.
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This Thursday, Cartoon Network is hosting an open beta test for its upcoming browser-based MOBA, Adventure Time Battle Party. Since this is the first time I'd heard of the game, I thought they might need some help spreading the word.
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The Powerpuff Girls have changed... Looks like Professor Utonium went batsh*t insane in this alternate universe of the cartoon, and instead of sugar and spice, he added cyborg bodysuits to his concoction.
The show is Steven Universe, a relatively new animated series on Cartoon Network about a young boy called Steven, and his intergalactic female warrior friends. Its 16th episode, 'Steven the Sword Fighter' was aired recently and surprisingly, it was full of video game references!
While Finn, Jake and friends showed up as 3D card battlers in Adventure Time: Card Wars, the rest of their games (browser-based not included!) have been confined to two dimensions. The upcoming Adventure Time: Time Tangle gives the Land of Ooo some much-needed depth. Want to see?
I had no idea what a Mixel was supposed to be when I first saw them on the shelf at Wal-Mart, but they fit my criteria for instant purchase: they were labeled "LEGO" and priced under $5.00. That's a small price to pay for love.
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Coming March 14 to Steam from the fine folks at Cartoon Network and Radiangames, The Powerpuff Girls: Defenders of Townsville gives players the power to choose between the classic animation style from the series' first run and the horrible new one.
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I love Adventure Time. I love collectible card games. An Adventure Time collectible card game should therefore be the perfect thing, but then my least favorite mobile gaming mechanic rears its ugly head.
Bubbles! Blossom! Buttercup! ...what are y'all wearing?
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To err is human, to forgive divine. So I guess if you forgive these people and companies for making some of the most moronic decisions of this year, you're a god. Congratulations! Now cast your divine attention to learning how DC, Cartoon Network, Disney and more bungled their way through 2013.
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No one wants to look bad in front of Kratos. According to this Robot Chicken animated spot for Killzone: Shadow Fall, God of War's heroic brute is very active on Facebook, so think before you hit that share button.
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Adventure Time is awesome. Mobile hit Ski Safari is awesome. Together, they are The League of Infinite Awesome. Or just Ski Safari: Adventure Time. Either way, there is going to be much mobile awesome soon. I can barely fathom it.
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Sonic the Hedgehog’s getting a new TV show next year. Sonic Boom—a CGI cartoon described as Sonic and Tails’ “never-ending search for adventure”—will be debuting on Cartoon Network in the fall of 2014. It’s being produced by Genao Productions. Full details here.
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Can we just appreciate how good the backgrounds in Adventure Time look for a minute? 'Cause they're pretty freaking gorgeous.
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Flight games might be my favorite kind of game for mobile devices.
