Monthly Archives: March 2013

What Is Tim NOT Telling the Titans? (Review of Teen Titans #18)

teen titans 18 coverTeen Titans #18 continues the aftermath of both “Death of the Family” and the death of Damian Wayne, with some very strange goings on that center on Tim Drake.  At this point it is hard to tell whether Tim is just being a jerk or if he has truly gone over the edge…but something is most definitely not right with Red Robin.

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Flash March Madness – The Final Four is Set!

The Elite Eight round at Flash March Madness is complete, and now the Final Four is set!  Here are the most recent results:

Golden Glider d. Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness)
Mirror Master (Evan McCulloch) d. Inertia

The voting will take a brief rest until Monday April 1st, when the Final Four begins! Those matchups will be:

APRIL 1st
Captain Cold v. Golden Glider

APRIL 2nd
Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne) v. Mirror Master (Evan McCulloch)

The Championship Round will be held for two days, April 3rd and 4th.  YOUR VOTES will determine Rogue Supremacy!  As always, membership at The Fastest Forum Alive is free – but you can also login to vote with your Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, or Windows Live account.  Be sure to visit on April 1st as Flash March Madness continues!

Infinite Crisis MOBA Game Featuring The Flash Announced

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DC Comics is finally diving into the MOBA game genre with Infinite Crisis. Brought to us by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Turbine Studios, the game is set to debut in the Fall.

Now for those unfamiliar with MOBA or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena games they are typically free to play and money is usually made off of micro-transactions within the game. Meaning smaller fees here and there to access additional content as opposed to one large lump fee in the beginning. Most usually don’t require you to pay to enjoy the game, but if you want any additional bells and whistles (often additional uniforms, powers or special content) you would have to pay.

MOBA games are essentially action real-time strategy games but with the multiplayer aspect amped up. Instead of controlling large groups or squads you control one character and work together along with other human characters to complete objectives and challenge each other in combat. They often feature role-playing elements like leveling up and different levels of customization such as being able to choose which powers or moves one would like to focus on and utilize more often.

Instead of playing as a user-created character this game allows you to take control of a version of a DC character from one of the 52 alternate worlds that exist (or so they tell us) in the DC Universe. I’m envisioning a bunch of Batmen facing off against a bunch of different Jokers but we will see.

On the positive side The Flash is among some of the first “champions” profiled at the Infinite Crisis official website. They’ve included a profile, a couple in-game screenshots and descriptions of each of his special moves:

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As you can see Flash’s character type is an assassin. This type of character focuses on striking fast and hard and evasion. They typically can’t take too many blows so it is imperative that they avoid getting hit. I gotta say that I love the detail that they put into the bio. The profile picture is a little derpy but still looks pretty cool overall. Something about that grin though and the lack of pupils in his eyes makes him look very strange.

Flash’s special moves also seem to be done really well:

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Lastly we get a couple in-game screenshots of The Flash’s character model and Flash facing off against Nightmare Batman:

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Of course these are very early screenshots (the game is tentatively scheduled for release Fall 2013) but I’m really liking what we are seeing so far. I will admit that my experience with MOBA video games is quite limited but I’m willing to give just about anything featuring The Flash a shot. We’ve seen no less than three different versions of Batman from the multiverse and so far they have given us a glimpse of the six core Infinite Crisis universes. I’m wondering just what they are going to do with each one in relation to the Scarlet Speedster. I’m betting that the longer the game goes on the more universes we can expect them to add. Infinite possibilities.

Infinite Crisis is being developed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Turbine Studios and is tentatively scheduled for release later this year.

What do you all think of this new Infinite Crisis MOBA game? What alternate versions of Flash are you hoping to play as? What villains are you hoping to fight against? Please, let us know in the comments below.

Devin

 

 

 

Flash March Madness – Elite 8 Day 1 Results!

Flash March Madness is beginning to crown its regional champions, with Day 1 of the Elite Eight complete!  Here are the results:

JAY GARRICK REGION
Captain Cold d. Pied Piper

WALLY WEST REGION
Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne) d. Mirror Master (Sam Scudder)

Today’s votes will complete the Final Four of Flash March Madness:

BARRY ALLEN REGION
Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness) v. Golden Glider

BART ALLEN REGION
Inertia v. Mirror Master (Evan McCulloch)

As always, membership at The Fastest Forum Alive is free – but you can also vote by logging in with your Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo or Windows Live account.  Your voice determines Rogue supremacy – be sure to vote at Flash March Madness!

Barry Is Helping the Gem Cities and…Trickster? You bet! (Review of Flash #18)

flash 18 coverNow that Gorilla Grodd is lost in the Speed Force and the Gem Cities have time to heal, Barry begins issue #18 helping the Gem Cities rebuild from the devasation of recent battles.  He is everywhere, and apparently one of the best wall-hangers and carpenters around (or at least a lot of Speed Force makes up for a lack of other training).  It is just as well that he has so much to do, as Barry has yet to reclaim his old job – the bureaucracy of both the Police Force and the union haven’t been able to render a decision on his old job now that he is no longer “dead”.

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This Week: Flash #18

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Flash #18 is out today.

The Trickster is accused of murder! Can The Flash help solve his case? Plus, a surprising twist ending that will rock the world of…DIAL H?

Written by: Brian Buccellato
Art by: Marcio Takara
Cover by: Francis Manapul
Variant Cover by: Francis Manapul

Preview at MTV Geek. As noted before, this is the first of two issues where Francis Manapul is taking a break. He’ll be back on #20.

Also this week: the final chapter of Smallville Season 11 “Haunted” (guest-starring Impulse) arrives on ComiXology this Friday.

There aren’t any new digital backissues of Flash or Impulse this week.