Tag: Spider-Man

The Amazing, Spectacular, Sensational Wall Crawler…
Until he sold his soul to the devil…
Fuck you, Joe Quesada.

Some game purchases from a garage sale

Went by a garage sale this past weekend and picked up a stack of games for roughly ten dollars. A varied collection for a variety of consoles… that was all that remained of what was allegedly a huge stockpile of video games. I’m guessing the guy who was selling them wanted to get rid of them rather quickly so he charged only ten bucks. It’s surprising to me considering the games I got, but it goes to show how much people tend to be ignorant of some of the games’ true value or worth. Anyway, here’s what I picked up;

– Two Super Famicom games; Dragon Quest I & II and Super Tetris 2 & Bombliss. I’ve played the Tetris one extensively and might merit a video in the future. Sampling some DQI&II is rather interesting; I’d like to be able to sit down and give this a proper go… and contrary to what is said on Wikipedia, Dragon Quest I & II works fine on the FC Twin… at least as far as I can tell.

– Doom for SNES… I’ll be honest; I have no intention of playing this game. I just wanted the red cartridge.

– A fair number of Atari 2600 games; Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, Rampage, Commando, and Demon Attack. At last, a classic childhood favorite has filled a void in my collection. Also, Rampage on the Atari 2600 is actually pretty damn fun and provides the player with a rather solid gaming experience. And the graphics aren’t have bad either.

– Some Game Boy titles; Kid Icarus Of Myths And Monsters (the sequel/remake to the NES classic – therefore I own all the games in the series outside of their Japanese counterparts), The Amazing Spider-Man (as featured on AVGN’s Spider-Man episode from 2007… and believe me, despite its flaws, it’s actually the best game in the series, as its sequels are far worse), and a non-Game Boy title, Pac-Man for Game Gear.

– A nice healthy compliment of NES titles to fill out the shelf; Silver Surfer (a game that’s more frustrating than it is crappy), Double Dragon III (this one IS crappy), Twin Eagle (a nice little shooter with helicopters), and Ring King… yeah, the one with the blowjobs.

– Finally, I got Sonic 3 and Columns for Genesis. So that completes the main Sonic titles (only missing Spinball, 3D Blast, and the Puyo Puyo knockoff feature Eggman).

All in all, a rather nice and solid bounty for ten bucks. And that brings my total rack of titles over the 700 mark. Unbelievable.

Classic Bite Commentary #92 – January 21st, 2010

Quick introduction for some: since 2002, I generally keep a series of commentaries codenamed THE BITE, which is sort of a monthly online journal to express my thoughts on certain events of interest, as well as updates regarding personal side projects.

Since the site that I usually post these is under construction (and will be for another month), I decided to place this month’s commentary here. Lots of reading for the most part, but I hope you enjoy… after the break.

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An Incoherent Rambling About Spider-Man’s Brand New Day

There’s word that Spider-Man has undergone a change of late. Marvel has been proudly touting its Brand New Day storyline, which is supposed to introduce the first new status quo for its popular superhero. Now I haven’t been following comics in a good couple years, but I figure let’s jump in and see how Spidey’s been doing since he opened himself up to the world.

So I come back to comics, start reading this bold new vision that Marvel has released and what do I learn?

– Peter Parker and Mary-Jane are no longer married and are apparently on bad terms with each other. Apparently this happened due to a deal with Mephisto that he would save frail Aunt May for the existence of their marriage. Yeah, that alone is pretty stupid and totally against the Parker character. How many people close to Peter have died? Did he make a deal to bring back any of those characters? That’s just bullshit! Why don’t we make a deal that brings back Uncle Ben too? Or any of the other 500 characters that have died in the Spider-Man comics… oh wait.

– Harry Osborn is back from the dead, on good terms with Peter, and hates Spider-Man… Christ, are you fucking kidding me? Bad enough we brought back Norman Osborn for that Clone Saga years ago, but now we’re brining back Harry because of this whole Devil deal? Bullshit! Again, why not bring back Uncle Ben instead of Harry? And if Harry hates Spider-Man, shouldn’t he hate Peter too? After all, Peter came out of the closet and… oh wait just a minute there, King.

– Nobody knows who Spider-Man is anymore. Don’t worry, it’s still Peter Parker, but apparently the whole thing is reorganized so that the whole unmasking thing that was much publicized, debated, criticized, analysed, whatever… never happened. Why would you do this? This is a move I expect from the Distinguished Competitor, not fucking Marvel. Again… BULLSHIT! It’s almost like they’re trying to rewrite history.

– Ol’ Jonah suffers a heartattack and his rival buys the Bugle and renames it the DB. Yeah, really fucking original. The DB. Yeah… BULLSHIT!

– Spider-Man no longer has organic webshooters, but the old-school mechanical ones. Some people might be happy with this, but I actually preferred the organic shooters. After all, spiders don’t have mechanical shooters, but I digress.

– A new heroine called Jackpot appears… and you know it’s obviously Mary Jane because she has red hair and calls Spider-Man “Tiger”. Christ! And who the fuck is Menace? Another goblin-like foe? BULLSHIT!

How do you fuck up Spider-Man?! Please tell me! PLEASE!

Okay… I guess I should be asking myself if the books are any good.

Truth be told, the stories aren’t that bad. They do try to bring back some semblance of classic old-school Spider-Man, but apparently nobody clued in on the fact that Peter is still old. The art for these books are… mediocre at best. Don’t get me wrong it’s not terrible and it’s fairly decent, but it’s nothing that hasn’t been done before. Overall, it’s worth a quick look, but the whole rewriting of history just ruins the whole thing for me. Again, why do these things need to change? It simply doesn’t make any sense. It reeks of… BULLSHIT!

The Winners And Losers Of 2007

(2024 Update: Longtime followers of my web stuff will notice that this list hits slightly different from what was previously posted. The reason being is that this is a slightly updated version of the list that I had forgotten about until recently. It replaces the version that was posted back in 2011.)

Another year is in the can… and this is one where I can safely say can be sent to the abyss where it belongs.

I will be completely honest with you. 2007 was not a good year on both a personal level and in terms of overall entertainment, particularly within a realm of sports-entertainment, if you get my drift.

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Classic Bite Commentary #69 – October 14th, 2007

Welcome to the Bite. As stated on the Blog, this is the second of four weekly commentaries. If you’re wondering why I’m adopting a weekly system despite my mentioning it on the Blog, I’ll repeat it here: Pretty soon, the blog will be hitting 666 posts and I want to make this something special… like the Beast From Krypton or something. Because of this, I’m going to do weekly commentaries for the month of October to go along with the weekly updates on the Webstation. Because these are weekly updates, there won’t be much stuff in them outside of what would normally be posted in a Blog entry. That having been said, let’s get started.

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Classic Bite Commentary #64 – May 21st, 2007

Welcome to the Bite. Planned on this being a quick one, but I’ve apparently got lots to say (expanded blog posts and original content, along with some announcements that are made here first). Enough of the introductory crap, let’s get on with some talk.

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The Winners And Losers Of 2006

Yeah, it’s been a while. But then again, there’s only three more years to repost unless I decide to give 2010 the updated treatment. Who knows?

Post 400. New Year. Hope everyone’s sober. Good.

And so as we kiss 2006 good-bye and send it on a trip to the retirement home, we look back on some of the good, bad, and tweener events that have shaped this great year. If you were around for my 2005 in Review post, you’ll notice that there are a few repeat offenders in this list in addition to some new ones and some of the repeats have changed their position as of late.

A word of warning: the following are my picks and my picks only. Nobody else chose these for me, nobody influenced my decision. It’s based on my own personal opinions. Also, unlike the 2005 post, this one’s being written in advanced. Which means certain references might be outdated by the time this actually sees post. So without further delay, let’s get it on.

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COMIC REVIEW – Spider-Man: Torment (1990)

Todd McFarlane made a name for himself drawing Spider-Man in a fresh take that remains somewhat to this day. After a long stint on Amazing Spider-Man, Todd wanted to stretch his limbs and give this writing thing a shot. So Marvel gave the dude his own (adjectiveless) Spider-Man book and I’ll never forget the cover of that first issue; Spidey in that one pose amid a background of webbing, which came in either metallic silver, metallic bronze, or full-color varieties. The full-color one (pictured) was kinda lame, but the silver and bronze variants were pretty cool and perfectly matched the tone of the book’s first major arc; a five-issue story called Torment.

Anyone familiar with McFarlane’s art should know what to expect; lots of nice little setpieces that sometimes gets a bit chaotic for its own good compounded with a lot of faces that look to have been molded from Playdoh. It’s an acquired taste and a style that fit the time it was produced in. Sadly, the same can be said for the story; serviceable for the time, but not something that holds up over time. A shame too, because the premise is actually interesting, with Spider-Man having to deal with an infection of sorts, as well as a more primal Lizard compared to what had been presented before and another sinister force with ties to an old foe who has left this proverbial plane of existence. Although to be fair, I do like the little moments between Peter and MJ; those are nice.

One thing is for certain; Torment would be a learning curve for McFarlane, who would go on to produce the comic series Spawn and essentially create a merchandising empire for himself. Not one of the guy’s best efforts and in terms of quality Spider-Man stories, there are certainly better ones, but for a pilot effort, it got the table set and is certainly worth a read as a period piece.

DTM BLOG Classics #07 – The “Saga” Of The “Secret” Spider-Man Movie

Today, I’m going to be revisiting something I’ve touched on a couple times on the old DTM Blog and frequently updated on the old Webstation. Considering that there’s a Spider-Man reboot in the midsts, it might seem appropriate to take a look back at this rather bewildering project that ultimately went nowhere. And while I will generally avoid adding in my own modern-day additions to the proceedings, I will add a couple notes here and there (usually denoted as such and in bold).

Originally posted July 27th, 2004, with additional postscripts and addendum posted later on.

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