james_joyce

I have to say, I was surprised when there wasn't a magical "it's all fixed now" at the end of Fear Itself. It seems like those cities really were devastated and those people really were killed - unless there's a crossover somewhere that I missed that restores them.

However, as ChrisMoses has already said, it really would not make sense to outlaw the super powered in response to the events in Fear Itself. It would be like outlawing superheroes because Galactus attacked.

As for clamping down on groups like AIM and Hydra... aren't they already doing that? I mean, the last couple arcs in Secret Warriors if you want an explicit example, but I think it's assumed that terrorist super villain organizations are always a high priority.

I actually enjoyed Fear Itself more than most of their recent big events. I mean, it was almost the same story as Chaos War, but executed much more skillfully. There was no deus ex machina, no "it was all a dream" ending, and although it hit all the usual beats, it was still compelling. So I say well done on that.

The one complaint I have is that the events in the Journey Into Mystery crossover didn't play a more important role in the story. I really liked that whole arc up until it turns out Loki's whole plan is some nonsense about making him remember a girl. I think Loki could have played a much bigger role as a trickster hero.

But I really don't think this even signals any big change for Marvel. They just happened to write a good event where a lot of people get killed. Expect the next few to be not as good, and then another good one at some point. That's how most things go.

4 day pass. I live like 5 blocks away now!

My god, has no one mentioned Zombie Nightmare?

Go watch Zombie Nightmare. It's available streaming.

Do it now.

Wow, I just assumed this was cancelled, because it has some of the worst writing and acting I've ever experienced in a TV show.

Also, I was sorely disappointed that it turns out they really are just aliens. I really thought there'd be a more interesting explanation than that. Maybe there still will be.

Having said all that, I'll probably continue to watch it on Hulu as a way to shut my brain off for 45 minutes.

I just happen to stumble across this thread, and wanted to pop in to say that these are really well done. You have a great sense of exactly how much detail to include without getting bogged down, and exactly how much game play to show without becoming tedious. A couple previous attempts at video reviews have really failed at that. I really enjoyed all of them and I hope you keep it up, although I'm guessing that they're quite labor intensive to put together. These made me want to shift my time back to CoH and the MA.

On the topic of how popular these are, I think you have to manage your expectations a bit. These will only appeal to a niche of a niche (CoH players who use the MA), and you'll only get requests from yet a further niche (MA authors who put effort into their story). I would consider doing reviews without requests, if you're comfortable with that.

Keep up the good work.

Seems like it has a pretty heavy-handed political message.

I have a three day pass. I'll try to get video of the panel, but I probably wont have it up as quickly as with NYCC because I won't be in, you know, my apartment. But I'll try.

It's my first PAX. I'm not really sure what to expect. I usually only go to comic book conventions. I mean, what's the swag? But I'm pretty excited.

Haha, awesome.

I did the legs - now someone just needs to do the feet...

Click to draw the feet... you know you want to...

I had to post this somewhere, and this seemed like it might be the place:

There's a surrealist party game called "Draw and Fold Over" in which you fold a piece of paper into four vertical sections - the first person folds it such that they can only see the first section, then draws a head, extending the neck lines down slightly to the next fold. The second person fold the paper such that they can only see the second section, then, continuing on from the lines the first person left on their section, draws a body. This continues on with the legs, then the feet.

Much to my delight, someone's put this on the web.

What results is usually a very entertaining and surreal image, and as you start getting more unconvential, they start getting more and more surreal.

So here's mine.
http://www.drawandfoldover.com/drawi...aign=draw_fold

I've started on the head, and you can continue with the body. When you're done, email it to yourself (they'll prompt you) and post the link from the email here so others can continue. It'll work with however many people want to do it (more than one person can continue on with the same head), and it wont reveal your email address - you type in whatever name you want for attribution, but it will email you when someone has completed a drawing you started. You can see the finished image only after all four segments have been completed.

Or, start a new one.

Browsing through the gallery is quite fun too: http://www.drawandfoldover.com/

I don't know if anyone'll bite, but I couldn't resist posting this. I've been obsessed with it all day.

I predict F2P in the next year or two. A good thing, IMO - it seems to work well for other MMOs.

It actually looks better than I expected. Nice and understated. Of course, it's pretty easy to make an appealing trailer. But I do think it's an opportunity to make a slightly more serious, thoughtful X-Men flick. I'll definitely see it, even though I think the chances of it actually being good are pretty slim.

The detail on those things look amazing. I'm especially pleased with the wolf and minotaur heads. Just really well done.