Author: Andrew Rodriguez
Nintendo Direct – November 2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Today’s Nintendo Direct got right down to business by revealing the final characters for this December’s big release, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Ken (Street Fighter) joins as an “echo fighter” to fellow series fighter Ryu. Based primarily on his Street Fighter II: Turbo incarnation, Ken is ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 4 “News Flash”
The Flash changes course in the fourth episode of this season, “News Flash.” From a “villain-of-the-week” perspective, it feels like your average, “person with a pre-existing penchant for being a jerk (or insert female-specific equivalent thereof) gets ahold of some metahuman power...
Read MoreREVIEW: Arrow – Season 7, Episode 3 “Crossing Lines”
*Spoilers* Arrow is determined to turn up the heat, and it showed this week with a measurable ramp-up in the intrigue and action in “Crossing Lines.” While season-specific story setup is obviously a matter of significant import, Arrow has been a series that prides itself on its action fr...
Read MoreFriday Flash Facts: The Speedster Villains of the CW Flash
Flash faithful have been acutely cognizant of the liberties the hit CW television show has taken with the comic stories and characters. In many ways, the show, now in its fifth season, is asymmetrical with the comic book source material in nearly every facet beyond the name of the protagonist and hi...
Read MoreThe Flash – Season 5 Episode 3 “The Death of Vibe”
Following the revelation that there’s a man out there hunting down and murdering metahumans, Team Flash realizes in “The Death of Vibe” that they’re in major need of a hand to track down this deranged serial killer. Nora explains how when she was a young girl in her time, and wanting...
Read MoreREVIEW: Arrow -Season 7 Episode 2 “The Longbow Hunters”
The title of season 7’s second episode harkens back to a 1987 Prestige format, 3-issue mini-series by DC Comics. The Longbow Hunters, written and illustrated by Mike Grell, follows Oliver Queen as he moves from Star City to Seattle, Washington, and tracks down a serial killer by the name of “the...
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