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Review:Spec Ops The Line
I’m a comic collector, and have been since 2008. I have stacks upon stacks of them, not to mention the ones that I’ve actually managed to put away in long boxes (boxes designed for the express purpose of storing comics). The things involved with collecting comics are things I enjoy. Spending time hunting down that one issue to complete an entire run or series is relaxing to me, and rewarding. Bagging and boarding comics also lends itself well for watching movies or catching up on a TV show (I watched the first three seasons of Entourage this way).
However, I’ve slowly come upon the realization that collecting comics is a consuming process; both to my wallet and to my space. Comics aren’t the most expensive thing ever, however buying new issues at 2.99-4.99 a pop adds up quickly. Even with the discount I receive at my comics shop, I’m still looking at a purchase of anywhere from 30-60 dollars if I’ve let comics slide for a while. Now, I don’t mind paying this money, but if it’s something you’re not sure about and you want the whole story, you’d be better off just buying trades. The pricing systems for back issues fluctuate depending on age and rarity, so you should also look at the pricing before you jump into collecting old issues.
Add a comment Read more: An Opinion Thing: Collecting ComicsSo if you recall I had a post about game covers earlier, and I thought, while having a block trying to write a few other things for this site, the time would be write to do a light bit on my favourite game covers from recent years. Spec Ops the line which will be reviewed in the far flung future perhaps by us has a really cool cover. Like movie posters I think I would be cool to blow some covers up and frame them as art on the walls of my eventual nerd lair. These are in no paticular order.
These covers all have one big thing in common, they fit the game perfectly. Perfectly portray the attitude of their game, and do so with a little flair. They are more then just the main character holding a gun (while a real gun in Borderlands case) and walking towards you. Seems some covers today have become cookie cutter copies of each other.
Prototype
Prototype developer Radical Entertainment has been shut down. From Activation:
“Although we made a substantial investment in the Prototype IP, it did not find a broad commercial audience. Radical is a very talented team of developers, however, we have explored various options for the studio, including a potential sale of the business, and have made a difficult conclusion through the consultation process that the only remaining option is a significant reduction in staff. As such, some employees will remain working for Radical Entertainment supporting other existing Activision Publishing projects, but the studio will cease development of its own games going forward.”
We’re going to need a bigger boat (http://io9.com/5920393/100-sharks-eating-a-dead-whale-close-to-shore--worst-beach-day-ever)
So you’re on the beach, hanging out and enjoying the day. If you are anything like me, you’d be working on your Ryan Reynolds like physique while playing various games that make the ladies woo you. Suddenly you hear a scream. You look around and notice that it’s a beautiful woman. You quickly jog towards her Baywatch style, before noticing all the sharks. After seeing the sharks, you think “Fuck this shit” and go home to play Xbox.
Craziest part of this story? The people who filmed these sharks went surfing minutes later. No limbs were reported lost.
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