Evan Narcisse

The newest cinematic version of Batman and the Batmobile from the upcoming Batman v. Superman movie will be coming to Arkham Knight next month. There’s a full rundown of the remaining DLC—which says the big Season of Infamy add-on will hit in December—here. Contact the author at [email protected]

Mushroom 11 Is the Weirdest, Coolest Platformer I’ve Ever Played

Mushroom 11 deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Portal, World of Goo and super-clever, mechanically-driven games. There’s nothing else like it. It’s hard to even imagine how such a wonderfully bizarre idea came into existence. Like all good physics games. Mushroom 11 challenges players to solve the Rube Goldberg-ian logic of its…

This Week’s New Chewbacca Comic Is Great

Nobody’s letting Han Solo’s co-pilot win in the first issue of his new comic book series. Chewbacca attains victory all by his own furry self. Chewbacca #1 is the latest addition to Marvel Comics’ growing line of Star Wars comics. Like Darth Vader, Star Wars, Lando and the others, it takes place between Star Wars…

DC Comics’ Handling Of Superman Just Got More Convoluted

Look, up in the sky! A Superman who’s still married! A Lois Lane who didn’t expose Clark Kent’s secret identityto the world! Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! This is all happening in the newly re-rebooted DC Universe, where there’s another weaker Clark Kent leaping tall buildings. What the heck is going on? A…

Dr. Strange Comics Were Way Different 30 Years Ago

Last week, Marvel kicked off an all-new Doctor Strange series with a more grounded, approachable takeon the most powerful magician in this reality. But they also published a collection of the character’s 1980s stories on the same day. Looking at both releases shows just how much the Sorcerer Supreme has changed. Doctor Strange: Don’t Pay…

A Video Game Version of Chess That Changes the Rules Every Time You Play

Look at that glorious mess up there. “That’s not chess,” you say. Damn right, it’s chess on drugs. Get this game another hit of the good stuff, because it’s clearly working. Chesh gives one of the world’s oldest board games 271 pulls off a bong, takes it out back through an alley, explodes it up…

A new update that lets Arkham Knight players choose the characters they want to tackle AR challenges with is going live today. It also overhauls the blue walls that hemmed players in during these fights. The update is part of the six-month rollout of underwhelming add-onspromised for this summer’s very good Batman game. Contact the…

Extended Betas Shouldn’t Be That Much of a Surprise Anymore

This weekend, fans playing the beta for Star Wars Battlefront got the news that the open beta for the much-anticipated shooter was getting one more day. Seems like a rare, awesome gift from EA to everyone, right? Turns out it’s not all that rare. The Star Wars Battlefront beta was supposed to end on tonight…

Great GTA V Video Takes You Through One Criminal’s Very Bad Night

Right at the start, you know how this thug’s life ends. But how he winds up in the flaming wreck is a bit of a surprise. A moody Rockstar Editor short by YouTuber JFiveT, “Failure” leans hard on one core truth of the Grand Theft Auto series: you do something messed up and the cops…

The Coolest Cosplay I Saw at New York Comic-Con

Hey, Batman: spoilers! New York’s biggest nerd culture gathering has been in full swing for a few days now, bringing with it hundreds of thousands of fans eager to soak all the comics, TV, games and geekery they can handle. And there’s been a bunch of great cosplay, too. What follows is a collection of…

The Justice League Says Goodbye to Bruce Wayne and Hello to the New Batman

When he was Batman, Bruce Wayne was the master strategist of the Justice League. No one on DC’s premier superhero team was smarter than him. But Bruce Wayne can’t be the Dark Knight anymore. The World’s Greatest Superheroes want to make sure. A little magic lasso won’t hurt him, right? Things have changed in the…

The KFC Superhero Comic Is One of the Weirdest Things You’ll Read All Week

So, I think the man responsible for hawking fried chicken to millions of people worldwide is, like, a reserve member of the Justice League now. This week, DC Comics put out a free KFC promo comic called The Colonel of Two Worlds. As you’d expect, it’s pretty bizarre. The book’s title comes from the classic…

Doctor Doom’s Lies Are Being Exposed in Secret Wars

In Marvel’s Secret Wars series, Victor Von Doom now has the omnipotence of a god. But it’s beginning to look like having the power to rebuild the universe hasn’t saved him from being a deeply flawed man. The core conceit of Secret Wars—that Doom became strong enough to snatch slivers of a dying multiverse’s alternate…

Disney Infinity’s upcoming Marvel Battlegrounds playset will let four players fight each other in the collectible toy game when it hits next year. Bit of a Smash Bros./Contest of Champions feeling, no? Contact the author at [email protected]

Comic About Newspaper Delivery Girls Has Everything You Love About the ‘80s and One Big Twist

One of the best new comics this week is about a crew of preteen girls who deliver newspapers in the suburbs. And then: aliens. Well, they’re more like maybe-aliens. Published by Image Comics, Paper Girls teams up two of the best creators working in comics today. Writer Brian Vaughan is beloved for his work on…

The Netflix Marvel TV Shows Just Had Their First Crossover. In a Comic Book.

So far, we’ve only seen Daredevil on Netflix, the first series out of the four-show deal that Marvel struck with the streaming platform. The Jessica Jones show comes out next month, but the streams of the two series are already intermingling in a fun way. This week, a free one-shot called Marvel’s Jessica Jones serves…

Major Changes in Today’s Amazing Spider-Man Comic

We all know Spider-Man, right? He’s a guy from Queens named Peter Parker, who got bitten by a radioactive spider and became CEO of a multimillion dollar company. He owns a car that can drive upside down, too. Yep, good ol’ Spidey. A few months ago, Marvel announced a new direction for their flagship character.…

The New Invincible Iron Man Comic Has a Big Shocker About One of Marvel’s Biggest Villains

Not a whole lot is changing with Tony Stark in the new Iron Man comic debuting tomorrow. He’s still an egotistical genius billionaire who flies around saving the world in high-tech power armor. Whew. But one of the people he tussles with on a semi-regular basis looks a whole lot different. Invincible Iron Man #1…

This Week’s New Dr. Strange Comic Gives Us A Sorcerer Supreme Who’s a Lot More Human

Marvel’s leading super-magician regularly goes to weird dimensions and foreboding soulscapes to protect the Earth. But Stephen Strange hasn’t always felt like a guy who had his feet on the ground. The new Dr. Strange comic changes that. The first thing I noticed when Marvel teased the post-Secret Wars look for Dr. Strange was the…

Six Things That Are Going to Change in the Next Marvel Universe

This is the month that things start changing big-time in the Marvel Universe. Mutants are becoming an endangered species, Tony Stark’s financial situation goes topsy-turvy and one of Marvel’s grimmest loners is getting some unwanted help. Even though Secret Wars won’t be over for a little while, fans of the Marvel Universe are going to…