Collector’s editions have become less collectible. In fact, they’ve become bloody common in a way.

A lot can be blamed on the way they’ve been handled in the U.S. The truth is, we haven’t gotten much in the way of Collector’s Editions of games. And when we do, they suck half the time.

Particularly popular these day are the requisite metal cases… which to be honest, I don’t entirely like. It’s largely that they’re unprotected and can chafe far too easily. Nothing worse than a collectible that can get thrashed upon entry. Part of the inherent value of your average CD based game is that the paperwork is transferable- the label, disc and manual can be moved to another case with great ease. These are the parts that matter.

Of course, this is more of a personal sticking point. Having worked in a video game store for quite some time, I see a lot of metal cases come in- beat up, colors rubbed off, dented- stuff like that.

It doesn’t help that these are often poorly designed cases. Halo 3 was particularly notorious as a common problem in shipping resulting in discs becoming dislodged in the collector’s edition of the game, resulting in them becoming scratched while shipping. Because of this, the standard edition or the more expensive legendary edition became the way to go- only a sorry sap ended up buying the so-called collector’s edition.

Another prime example is Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. With this game, particularly the X-Box 360 version, the game was packaged in a loose, empty case with a cardboard CD wallet from which both the game disc and the bonus disc could not easily be removed, certainly not for repeated usage. What this almost inevitably resulted in was a collector’s disc that was actually far less desirable than the standard edition if only because the standard edition was less likely to be thrashed due to poor packaging.

Often times the bonuses aren’t any better. A common inclusion in games these days are a separate disc including ‘making of’ featurettes and the like. While it isn’t bad to include these features, they hardly constitute a selling point. Only the most die-hard fans are going to want to watch these, and it’s almost certain they’ll only want to watch them once.

Soundtracks, in my opinion, are the way to go. A lot of work is put into a game’s score and often it goes underappreciated. On top of that, soundtracks don’t often enjoy such heavy release in the U.S. To see a soundtrack get included in a game as a promotional item is often a great way to give the music to the fans that can’t get it legitimately any other way. Hell, I preordered Silent Hill: Shattered Memories at GameStop just for the soundtrack. And I hate GameStop!

My wife favors art-books. I’m a little mixed on them myself, as I’m not usually compelled to revisit a whole book of art any more than I necessarily am a ‘making of’ disc. However, I am particularly fond of when art is used gratuitously in the packaging and the manual. In fact, one of my favorite aspects of the PSX Lunar releases (which I’ll speak more on shortly) was the use of concept art in the large, full-color manuals. It made the books utterly gorgeous to look at as one skimmed through them.

In other cases, knick-knacks aren’t half bad either. Resident Evil 5 included a necklace, a patch and a figure, as well as a cloth bag in addition to the metal encased game and bonus disc.

Of course, this was all packaged in a flimsy cardboard box that’s liable to bend at the first sign of pressure. Comparing this on the other hand to the Japanese version which my wife just insisted on ordering, which came packaged in an elaborate and comparatively thicker box with a sleekly designed USB drive disguised as a virus capsule and, well… I feel kinda short shrifted.

Part of the problem in my own experience is that I may be used to shiny packages. I was buying games in the heyday of Working Designs… you know, before they couldn’t secure any major games and were eventually ax-murdered by Sony.

But seriously, their packages were the best. The original Lunar: Silver Star Story when released on the PlayStation included two game discs, a soundtrack, a ‘Making-of’ disc, a hardcover, full-color 100+ page booklet, and a cloth map. Lunar 2 only one-upped this with a whole little box of extras.

And this was standard for their games.

Admittedly, it made the titles more expensive than the average RPG out there (and in all probability this limited planning may have lent to their demised) but from a collector’s standpoint quality condition copies of their titles are worth a lot of money these days, and will likely only be worth more as time goes on.

While the Working Designs method may not be entirely the way to go from a marketing standpoint, the games they released felt special because, Collector’s Edition or not, holding one of their set felt like a lot of work was put into it.

Unfortunately, most Collector’s Editions don’t feel so spiffy. In fact, many feel downright half-assed.

Take the Batman: Arkham Asylum C.E. set released a few months ago. The highly touted batarang included in the set was made of cheap plastic and came out of the box highly scratched up- I haven’t seen a single one that actually looked descent. The game was packaged in a cardboard double-disc case (game and bonus disc) which looks nice in the case but seem endangered on a shelf amidst a collection. In fact, aside from the leatherbound book of inmates (whose info can be viewed in the game itself) the best part of the whole set was the instruction booklet, which was colorful and full of character, versus the standard edition’s paper-thin black-and-white instruction set.

Much of this seems to come from the idea that Collector’s Editions are meant to entice the average mook on principle more than they’re designed to entice average… y’know… collectors. How else does one explain such a poorly designed batarang that seems to be manufactured purely to save money for the publishers?

Part of the real problem this comes around to is coupled with the advent of digital content. Already, it’s not uncommon to see some sort of download or ingame bonus promised to people who preorder at major establishments as a sales incentive.

Hell, a year ago I preordered the new Prince of Persia at GameStop (and again, I hate that place! ) on the promise of a special skin allowing me to use the Sands of Time Prince. When I actually got the game, I was ‘rewarded’ with a little code booklet that I could’ve gotten off the internet two days later.

Now, this is more of an exception than the rule. Often, codes are provided for players to redeem to download their special preorder weapon or some such ilk.

Doesn’t it become apparent that we’re being had?

Particularly upsetting to me personally, recently, was Bioware’s Dragon Age: Origins. Despite my misgivings with Mass Effect (which I may give another chance to one day) I decided to pick up the game. I won’t get to play it until school’s out, but I figured it’d be nice to have it there, waiting.

Then, at my game store workplace, we get in the collector’s edition, and so I read the back. Among the first thing I see is a touting of the ‘complete version of the game.’

Seriously? The complete version of the game? I just paid sixty bucks for an incomplete game?

I know it’ll run from start to finish. I don’t mind downloadable content being released down the line either. But am I seriously being sold something, out the door, which the developers themselves will admit is not all there?

It’s already seldom I see a Collector’s Edition I actually want. In fact, with the exception of Fallout 3’s lunchbox last year, I feel as though the majority of them are worth skipping. But are we now hitting the point where companies are comfortable selling us the bare minimum on release day and charging us money for the meat on the bones?

Part of the problem, admittedly, does come down to digital distribution. Because developers can now offer digital incentives for either preorder or collector’s purposes, it’s much easier to ‘build’ an incentive that doesn’t involve a manufacturing cost. I willing to brush off the Sands of Time Prince as an anomaly as most developers know better than the hand out a cheat code for a preorder bonus.

At the same time though, it begs the question of what the audience themselves really wants. That is to say, if this is all it takes to sell a collector’s edition or a preorder, are they wrong to do so?

To backpedal a bit, I made mention of the various editions released for Halo 3 upon its release. My workplace ordered a mass of Halo 3’s, all shapes, all sizes, upon its release. We had over a hundred of the Legendary Editions. I had to concede, despite my non-Halo fan status, that the helmets looks pretty sweet.

But in the end, we found out that most people didn’t want the helmet. All sorts of people came in, and part of the problem that became apparent is that the average Halo player doesn’t want a helmet or even cares about a helmet. They just want to go into multiplayer and shoot their friends. We weren’t able to even clear out the helmets until they were marked down for as much as the game itself previously retailed for new- and even then, it took awhile.

And it’s not that no one liked the helmet, it’s just that they didn’t want it. Often times when people ask about Collector’s Editions of games, the first thing they want to know is if there’s more game in the C.E. version- if there’s not, they don’t buy it.

Are these the kinds of people Collector’s Editions are meant to cater towards? Or does this suggest an over saturation in the market?

Alternately, let’s take a look at Demon’s Souls, released by Atlus. The game released right away with a C.E. version available- after selling unusually well, Atlus announced they would issue more copies of the standard version of the game, but the C.E. edition- which only came in a special box with a strategy guide- would be discontinued. Already the game has shot up $20 on Ebay.

Mine’s still sealed. Now it shall ever remain so. I shall buy a standard edition when I am ready to start playing the game.

My callous hording of unwrapped goods notwithstanding, this seems to be what a Collector’s Edition is supposed to be about. And it’s not even a great set. But it’s title that is more likely to collect actual collectors and the edition itself was made available at launch but allowed to dissipate quickly pursuant to release.

Part of what makes Demon’s Souls notable is that it’s the polar opposite of the Halo 3 debacle. With Halo 3, Microsoft tried to make sure everyone had an even stab at the Collector’s Edition of the game, without any regard the very terming of such an edition. The “Legendary Edition” became anything but that, turned out to be common as mud and will be fortunate if it holds any long term value at all.

This shouldn’t be confused with cheapening the inherent value of the game itself, but rather the market value. Terming something as being for a collector implies that it is, in some way, collectable. By making it readily available at every corner store in town, it cheapens it for the people who thought they had to scramble to get it and makes it less remarkable for those who didn’t make the effort.

To make a point of example, since the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 I’ve had my share of people asking for the Prestige Edition of the game- which touts a set of functioning night-vision goggles in the set. The store I work at was careful to order a considerably small number- the Halo 3 debacle taught us well- but this has also made the set something of a more desired commodity as those who did not get it now wish they had.

At the time of this writing, I don’t know what the longterm value of this set will prove to hold- but it seems to be that the people who really wanted it got it, and those who didn’t, well… they were left wanting.

And cruel as it sounds, maybe that’s the way it should be with Collector’s Editions. They should be things that the people who really want can desperately pursue, not some common commodity anyone can get a hold of.

Part of making them so is making them desirable. Put care into the design. Put things in the that the people who really want to support the game or the series will want. At the same time, don’t cheapen the standard edition in the process (as was the case with Batman: Arkham Asylum’s booklet).

Putting this kind of care into a Collector’s Edition may in fact make it… collectable!

Ominous thoughts, no?

Welcome to the first post here on “So… Is It Good?”, where I try to provide an in-depth look into a video game each review and basically answer the question that is the title of this blog. For the first review, I’ll be taking a look into Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, a fighting game which crosses over characters from the Mortal Kombat and DC universes.

Let me first state that I am not a Mortal Kombat fan. The first game from this series that I played was Mortal Kombat for the SNES, and I thought that it was choppy and too gory for my tastes. However, over the years, I saw the the series got smoother (not less gory though), and when I saw that Mortal Kombat was going to face off against the DC Universe, I thought that maybe it was finally time that I gave Mortal Kombat  a chance again. So I went out, and bought the game for the PS3, which is the version of the game that I will review.

So I unwrapped the game, opened the case, took out the disc, and inserted it into my PS3. Excited at seeing some of my favourite DC superheroes and the Mortal Kombat characters that I’ll newly encounter fight it out in 3D, I awaited the opening movie… which was non-existent.

Of course, a good game doesn’t HAVE to have an opening movie, so let’s move on. First, let’s take a look at the core of any fighting game, the fighting system.

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is the type of fighting game where certain button combinations allow you to pull off a special move (like the Street Fighter series) instead of the other type where you pull off preset combos based on what buttons you press (like the Virtua Fighter series). That said, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe generally falls into the camp of fighting games where you try to chain normal moves and special moves together to make long combos.

In the game you have your four basic attack buttons, a block button, a grab button (that initiates Klose Kombat, which will be explained later), a throw button, and a 3D movement button. The 3D movement button is used so that when you hold it, the D-Pad allows for 3D movement. The D-Pad is normally for 2D movement, meaning that up is jump, and down is crouch, while the L-Stick is used for 3D movement, so up means to go away from the screen, and down means to come towards the screen. The 3D movement button basically allows you to do the 3D movements with the D-Pad as well. And so, those are the buttons for this game, and while that’s all fine and nice, the main problem I have with this is the fact that they decided to name the attack buttons the following: Attack 1, Attack 2, Attack 3, and Attack 4. This is a rather lacking description of the buttons, however, it is actually quite fitting, because there isn’t a theme that is visible when trying the same buttons for the characters. For instance, Attack 1 for Batman and Sonya Blade are quite different. Some would say that this provides variety for the characters, which is a good thing. I would agree, if only there was actual variety! After going through some of the characters, I found that even though the visual effects are different for the buttons pressed and the character chosen, many of them provide basically the same effect, with the same range, and the same time frame with only little variation between the characters. Of course, everyone has the classic Mortal Kombat uppercut.

Even though the basic moves for the characters are quite similar, the characters are different from each other because of their unique special moves. These special moves are the moves that allow each character to be different, because the moves produce different effects and are used differently, which mean that each character has to combo them with different moves. Special moves are fairly easy to execute in this game, since most of them consists of very simple button presses. For example, to throw Batman’s Batarang, one simply has to press down, forward, and then Attack 1; Liu Kang’s Bicycle Kick is back, back, forward, and then Attack 4. The special moves are also easy to pull off before you’re allowed a lot of time to input them, unlike many other fighters where the buttons must be pressed in rapid succession.

There are also “Pro Moves” in this game, which are moves where a Special Move gets extended; for example, Batman can throw two Batarangs in quick succession instead of just one. These Pro Moves are harder to pull off than the regular Special Moves, because your button presses much be timed exactly right. For example, to do Sonya Blade’s Bicycle Kick followed by an Air Bicycle Kick, one must perform the Bicycle Kick, and just before the last kick connects, one much input the buttons for the Bicycle Kick again. In my opinion, these Pro Moves are a good part of the system, and adds a lot more depth into each character’s movesets. Now, most of these Pro Moves aren’t listed in the Command List of the game, leaving us to figure out what they by observing the CPU or by trying different combos ourselves. Now, this would fine, however, some of the Pro Moves have nonsensical button combinations! For example, you’d think that to get Batman to throw his Batarang twice you’d input that move twice, right? However, in this game, they decided that it’d be better if throwing two Batarangs was done by inputting the buttons for the Batarang, followed by the buttons for the Smoke Capsule! And this isn’t just for one or two Pro Moves, it’s for a fair amount of them, so you’d be better off looking at a guide for these Pro Moves instead.

The fighting system of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe also includes Kombo Breakers and Rage. Basically, throughout a match, your rage bar fills up. When it fills up halfway, you get a Rage counter, so when it fills up fully, you get two Rage counters. These Rage counters can be used to do two things. The first thing is a Kombo Breaker, which allows you to break your opponent’s combo at the cost of one Rage counter, allowing you to counter attack and quite possibly turning the tide of the battle. The other thing that you can do with Rage counters is activate Rage mode temporarily for the cost of both your Rage counters. Rage mode basically makes you immune to being stunned. This means that while you’ll take damage for your opponent’s hits, you won’t be stunned by any of them, and can counterattack at anytime. This can also be used to turn the tide of battle in your favour.

One last thing to note about the general fighting system is that there is chip damage for any move (chip damage is damage taken when blocking a move, in some games, you only get chip damage for blocking certain moves, however, as I just mentioned, any move can cause chip damage in this game).

Now that we’ve gone over the basic system, it’s time to go over what I like to call the “mini-games”! There are three mini-games in the fighting system, and each can be initiated by certain actions during a match.

The first mini-game is called Klose Kombat, which is initiated by using the grab button when the opponent is close enough. This brings the two characters close together and the initiating player gets to attack with one of the first buttons, while the other player tries to getting which button the initiating player will press and press it before he/she does, thus countering the attack and ending Klose Kombat mode (if the initiating player attacks successfully a few times, Klose Kombat mode automatically ends).

The second mini-game is called Free-fall Kombat, which is initiated when one player pushes the other off a ledge (this is not available in all the stages) and they fight in mid-air. It’s a button guessing game just like Klose Kombat except that if the player guesses correctly, the roles are then flipped around. Also, in this mini-game, successfully attacking fills up a bar, which when filled up to at least half-way, pressing R1 will start a special attack. This game ends when time is up (at which point, the two players crash into the ground) or when the special attack is used.

The third mini-game is Test Your Might, which is initiated when one player slams the other into the wall (also not available in all stages), the initiating player will then proceed to slam the other player through the wall and through the walls inside that building. The players then mash all four attack buttons in a tug of war that will determine how much damage is dealt to the player being slammed through the walls of the building.

So generally, while many characters play similarly, their special moves and pro moves provides them with their uniqueness. The Rage system also gives the players a way to change the tide of the battle. The mini-games also provide another way to change the tide of the battle. The fighting feels a bit slow-paced, since characters rarely move when attacking. In my opinion, the mini-games make the game feel a bit “party-ish” since they can result in the loss of a lot of health, and this is from something that depends a lot on luck.

Moving on, let’s examine the roster that Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe provides. Like I mentioned before, the characters mostly play the same in the basics, but their special moves make them different. This is actually quite nice, since it allows for players to easily learn the basics first, and then move on to the special moves of a characters, without having to start over at the basic moves again when they are learning a new character. The special moves for the characters are done quite well, and there’s quite a variety amongst the characters. However, I must point out that there are characters who are quite imbalanced in the game. For example, Superman, Darkseid, and Shao Kahn’s ground stomps cannot be blocked, only jumped over. There’s also the Flash, who’s been agreed on as pretty imbalanced. From what I’ve seen, Superman, Darkseid, Shao Kahn, Flash, and Raiden are fairly imbalanced… advantageously so. (For those of you that say that Superman should be all-powerful, I point the the Hulk from Marvel vs Capcom as an example of how to balance a supposedly all-powerfull character.)

Of course, I can’t mention a Mortal Kombat game’s fighting system without mentioning the Fatalities, now can I? Of course, they aren’t mentioned anywhere in the game, so you’re supposed to figure them out, but how on Earth anyone suppose to figure them out is quite a mystery to me, so you’re better off with an online FAQ or a guide. For the most part, most of the Fatalities and Heroic Brutalities are fairly average. However, there are some pretty lame ones (such as Superman just freezing the loser of the most and then hitting the frozen block of ice) and some pretty cool ones (such as Batman’s sonar Batarang). My favourite one though, is Liu Kang’s one where he summons a Mortal Kombat machine and drops in onto the loser.

Now, that I’ve gone over the fighting system quite thoroughly, let’s look at the different modes available in the game.

First, there’s the Story mode. The story of the game is that the two universes are merging together somehow, and the two universes think that it’s the other universe’s fault, which causes them to fight each other. Now while the story seems to be a standard crossover story, it is actually executed quite well in Story mode. In Story mode, you pick either the DC side or the Mortal Kombat side to play out, and you go through the story, using most of the characters from the side you picked, and getting cutscenes between each fight. I find this kind of story mode to be quite welcoming, since it tells a coherent story, rather than having to go through each character’s story and piecing the story together from whatever bit of story I get, if this game has done anything right, it’s the story mode. However, I must point out that there is this infuriating bug for Story mode. If you finish both the DC side and the the Mortal Kombat side, then the next time you play Story mode, and you choose one of the sides, it just plays the ending for that side. The only way around this bug is to have at least one side’s story still running while playing the other side. For example, I finish the DC side, then I play the Mortal Kombat side, but before I finish the Mortal Kombat side, I start the DC side again and finish at least one fight for it; this way, after I finish the Mortal Kombat side, I can still play both sides. Of course, you can just make a new profile too (for PS3 users, I don’t know if this is the same for the XBox 360 players).

Next up is the Arcade mode, which is where you get to choose a character and be pitted in a series of matches against the CPU. This is your standard arcade mode. You can also get endings for the individual characters. I fairly enjoyed some of the endings; some of them build on the story, and some pay homages to the DC Universe or the Mortal Kombat games.

There is also a Kombo Challenge mode, where you basically try to finish a combo for a character that the game gives you. It’s a nice mode, which tells you some of the combos that you can pull off for each character.

Of course, there’s a VS mode and a Training mode.

Now, onto the Multiplayer mode. Multiplayer mode in this game is done by having a lobby, where you can then challenge anyone that’s logged in (who can choose to accept or not) or get challenged by someone else. Should someone accept your challenge, or you accept someone else’s challenge, you then enter a room with that player, and continously play matches against him/her until This is an okay way to do it, except that if I want to play other players rapidly, its quite a bother. The main problem with multiplayer is that it lags… a lot. I estimate that at least 40% of all the games I’ve played on multiplayer have lagged. This is, of course, very upsetting when you’re in the middle of a fight. (Of course, this might be just for me, but I was using a fairly good Internet connection, and there is barely any lag when I play SoulCalibur IV, Street Fighter IV, or any other games for that matter).

Overall, I feel that Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is a decent game. Its has a nice variety in its roster of characters, and the fighting system is solid, if a bit “party-ish” because of all the things that can turn the tide of the battle due to luck. The story mode is quite good, and the arcade mode is quite nice (and its gives new spins on the story told in Story mode), and both modes give some replay value to the game. However the bug in Story mode is frustrating and the lag in multiplayer is appalling. For me though, this game was not worth the full $70 CAD that I paid for it, and although I enjoy the game a bit, the fighting system just isn’t one of my favourites. However, I highly recommend this game to people who are fans of Mortal Kombat already. I would also recommend this game to people who’s never played a Mortal Kombat game, but only if they can find it for around $40 CAD.

From VideoGamesBlogger.com

The latest fighting game to be turned into a movie is The King of Fighters which is set for release sometime in 2010.

Other upcoming game movies based on fighting games include Tekken and the Street Fighter-based movie Street

Maggie Q

Fighter: The legend of Chun-Li (starring Kristen Kruek aka Lana Lane from Smallville as Chun-Li) and the already released Dead or Alive film.

The King of Fighters flick will see the franchise getting a science fiction angle (something not found in the games, at least to my knowledge) as revealed in this quote from the MovieSet:

It also looks like the King of Fighters movie will introduce a new science fiction spin into the setting established in the games’ universe by following the surviving members of three legendary fighting clans who are continually whisked away to other dimensions by an evil power. As the fighters enter each new world they battle that universe’s native defenders, while the force that brought them seeks to find a way to invade and infect our world. Hmm, doesn’t seem very faithful to the games to me, eh.

Naturally the game is based on the long-running “The King of Fighters” franchise of fighting games by SNK Playmore. A series which is on it’s 12th core entry with The King of Fighters XII and has spawned a whopping 13 spin-off games. To put that into perspective, the Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter franchises are still in single digits (Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe is the 8th MK game while Street Fighter is on it’s fourth CORE entry with Street Fighter IV, even though there’s been tons of spin-offs and re-releases).

The King of Fighters movie began filming in Vancouver, Canada on November 27th. It’s being directed by Gordon

Bernice Liu

Chan, a dynamic Hong-Kong-born director who is known for films like Fist of legend, Beast Cop and Jackie Chan’s 2003 flick The Medallion. The screenplay is by newcomer Rita Augustine.

As far as actors are concerned, The King of Fighters will star Maggie Q (Live Free and Die Hard), Sean Faris (Never Back Down), Will Yun Lee (Elektra), Francoise Yip (Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem), Monique Ganderton (Supernatural) and Ray Park, best known for his portrayal as Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

Producing the movie will be Joseph Chou (Appleseed: Ex Machina), Tim Kwok (Wicked City) and Bobby Sheng. The picture is being jointly financed by Japanese production and rights management group Micott & Basara and Australian-U.S. sales agent Arclight/Easternlight.

 Cast
  Sean Faris … Kyo Kusanagi
  Will Yun Lee … Iori Yagami
  David Leitch … Terry Bogard
  Maggie Q … Mai Shiranui
  Ray Park … Rugal Bernstein
  Bernice Liu … Vice
  Monique Ganderton … Mature

Françoise Yip

Sam Hargrave … Ryo Sakazaki
  Françoise Yip … Chizuru

 Visual Effects Department
  Garman Herigstad … CG supervisor: Base-FX, Beijing
  Shandy Lashley … visual effects coordinator
  Ron Simonson … visual effects supervisor

       Hi it’s acc12345 here to talk to you about a game I played called Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. It was great. It had great graphics to. It best players were Lu Kang and Joker. Those two are amazing. They could anybody that they are paired with. So I recomend this game to any one reading this. (Picture at top). I give this game a BIG 10/10!!

Bronze Trophies

Worlds Remade
Complete Mortal Kombat Story

Universe Reborn
Complete DC Universe Story

The Pugilist
Perform Klose Kombat

Free Fallin’
Perform a Free-Fall Transition

Combo Champion
Perform a 10 hit combo in arcade mode

Fatality!
Perform a Fatality!

Heroic Brutality!
Perform a Heroic Brutality

Mortal Kombat Champion
Finish arcade mode with an MK character

Super Hero
Finish arcade mode with a DC character

The Competitor
Play 200 Versus matches

Tarkatan Champion
Complete Baraka’s Kombo Challenge

The Caped Crusader
Complete Batman’s Kombo Challenge

Cat Burglar
Complete Catwoman’s Kombo Challenge

The Assassin
Complete Deathstroke’s Kombo Challenge

Fastest Man Alive
Complete Flash’s Kombo Challenge

Green Lantern’s Light!
Complete Green Lantern’s Kombo Challenge

Bring It On!
Complete Jax’s Kombo Challenge

Clown Prince of Crime
Complete Joker’s Kombo Challenge

The Mercenary
Complete Kano’s Kombo Challenge

Outworld ’s Princess
Complete Kitana’s Kombo Chalenge

Evil Genius
Complete Lex Luthor’s Kombo Challenge

Shaolin Monk
Complete Liu Kang’s Kombo Challenge

The Thunder God
Complete Raiden’s Kombo Challenge

Get Over Here!
Complete Scorpion’s Kombo Challenge

Master of Souls
Complete Shang Tsung’s Kombo Challenge

SHAZAM!
Complete Captain Marvel’s Kombo Challenge

Special Forces
Complete Sonya’s Kombo Challenge

Grand Master
Complete Subzero’s Kombo Challenge

The Man of Steel
Complete Superman’s Kombo Challenge

Princess Diana
Complete Wonder Woman’s Kombo Challenge

Omega Effect
Complete Darkseid’s Kombo Challenge

Emperor of Outworld
Complete Shaokhan’s Kombo Challenge

Less Talk, More Fight!
Win a Chat Room Match

Humiliation!
Get a flawless victory online

Silver Trophies

DC Arcade Champion
Complete Arcade Mode with all DC Universe Characters

MK Arcade Champion
Complete Arcade Mode with all Mortal Kombat Characters

Relentless!
Play 100 chat lobby matches

Gold Trophies

The Ultimate Evil
Complete Both Mortal Kombat and DC Universe Story Mode

The Finisher
Perform all Fatalities and Heroic Brutalities

Arcade Master
Beat Arcade Mode on max difficulty without continuing

Supreme Champion
Complete all Kombo Challenges

Special Move Master
Perform all Super Moves and Pro-Moves

Platinum Trophy

Platinum Trophy
Unlock all other trophies

Pouco depois do lançamento do game Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe a Midway planejava acrescentar personagens por download. Além disso, uma votação chegou a ser aberta no site oficial do jogo, em que os jogadores elegeram alguns personagens para serem incluídos no jogo via download, como Lobo e Reptile. Entretanto, isso não deve ocorrer, de acordo com o criador da série.

Em sua página no Twitter, Ed Boon revelou o visual pronto de Quan-Chi. Apesar disso, em sua postagem, Boon comentou ainda que está “ansioso com os preparativos de ‘Mortal Kombat 9′, mas “gostaria de ver o conteúdo por download de Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe ser lançado”. Mais tarde, em resposta a um visitante, Boon comenta ainda que “não acha que isso vá ocorrer. O que é uma pena, pois os personagens estavam prontos”.

Não foram relatados os motivos do cancelamento, mas provavelmente foi pela crise que a Midway enfrenta, que passará para as mãos da Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Que coisa não? Bom, agora só nós resta esperar por este Mortal Kombat 9 pra ver se vende tão bem ou melhor que seus anterioes (que em minha opinião são jogos meio ruins). Fique ligado para mais novidades aqui.

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Por meio de seu Twitter, Ed Boon confirmou o cancelamento do planejado DLC para Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, que acrescentaria dois personagens, sendo Quan-Chi um deles.

O cancelamento provavelmente tem a ver com a compra da Midway pela Warner Bros., junto com o desenvolvimento de Mortal Kombat 9.

Por meio de seu Twitter, Ed Boon confirmou o cancelamento do planejado DLC para Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, que acrescentaria dois personagens, sendo Quan-Chi um deles.

O cancelamento provavelmente tem a ver com a compra da Midway pela Warner Bros., junto com o desenvolvimento de Mortal Kombat 9.

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe

Ebbene si, finalmente i due distanti mondi di Mortal Kombat e della DC Universe si scontrano in un’epica battaglia tra bene e male, coinvolgendo i combattenti più famosi di ogni parte, che hanno segnato la storia dei videogiochi. I buoni e i cattivi della DC Universe se la devono vedere con i buoni e i cattivi di Mortal Kombat, e a te spetta solamente decidere con chi stare, per vivere uno scontro sensazionale. In Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe sono state eseguite alcune modifiche nel sistema di gioco per pareggiare i poteri degli uni con quelli degli altri, anche perchè se fossero stati riprodotti i pieni poteri, per esempio di superman, pochi avrebbero potuto tenergli testa, quindi sono state tolte le armi e le tecniche multiple, è stato aggiunto un tocco di magia per dare agli eroi della DC Universe almeno qualche punto debole in favore di Mortal Kombat e viceversa, ed inoltre sono state riviste le “fatality”, che, per i personaggi di Mortal Kombat sono state trasformate praticamente in una carneficina, mentre per i buoni della DC Universe sono state rese un pò più soft, visto che non è da Batman o Flash ridurre a brandelli ogni avversario!! Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe offre oltretutto 3 nuove modalità di gioco, la Rage, la Klose Kombat e la Freefall Kombat, ogn’una più spettacolare ed emozionante dell’alta… Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe: Modalità Rage ( Rabbia ), che prevede durante il combattimento un barra sottostante che segnala la rabbia del tuo personaggio, che può essere scaricata solo quando è al 100%, infliggendo più danni e distruggendo la difesa avversaria o interrompendo una tecnica del nemico. Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe: Modalità Klose Kombat prevede un combattimento in cui un giocatore attacca e deve concentrarsi solamente sul fatto di attaccare con più colpi e combo possibili, mentre l’altro giocatore si deve solamente difendere schivando i colpi e precedendo l’avversario, in modo anche da capovolgere la situazione e quindi invertire le parti. Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe: Modalità Freefall Kombat prevede prima di tutto spazi più ampi e la possiblità di provocare danni ad essi, sfondando i muri per esempio, e per darti la possiblità di lanciare il tuo avversario ed avere tutto il tempo per inquadrarlo e attaccarlo nuovamente quando è ancora in volo, magari dopo che lo hai lanciato giù da un dislivello… Combattimento acrobatico direi!

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TEEN CHOICE 2009 will celebrate the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, sports and fashion in the choicest, star-studded two-hour event airing Monday, Aug. 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day for their favorite TEEN CHOICE 2009 nominees at www.teenchoiceawards.com. Winners of the coveted Surfboard awards will be announced during the coolest coast-to-coast celebration broadcast from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA. Additional nominees, musical guests, attendees and presenters to be announced.

Following is the list of categories and nominees for Wave One of TEEN CHOICE 2009:

MOVIES

Choice Movie: Action Adventure
“Fast & Furious”
“Star Trek”
“Taken”
“Terminator Salvation”
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”  

Choice Movie: Drama
“Angels & Demons”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Obsessed”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“Twilight”  

Choice Movie: Romance
“Australia”
“Confessions of a Shopaholic”
“He’s Just Not That Into You”
“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2”
“Twilight”  

Choice Movie: Bromantic Comedy
“I Love You, Man”
“Marley & Me”
“Pineapple Express”
“Role Models”
“Tropic Thunder”  

Choice Movie: Comedy
“The Hangover”
“Land of the Lost”
“Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”
“Paul Blart: Mall Cop”  
“Yes Man”  

Choice Movie: Horror/Thriller
“Drag Me to Hell”
“Friday the 13th”
“The Haunting of Molly Hartley”
“Quarantine”
“The Uninvited”  

Choice Movie: Music/Dance
“Hannah Montana: The Movie”
“High School Musical 3: Senior Year”
“Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience”
“Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist”
“Steppin: The Movie”  

Choice Movie Actor: Drama
Hugh Jackman, “Australia”
Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Robert Pattinson, “Twilight”
Twilight, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Channing Tatum, “Fighting”  

Choice Movie Actress: Drama
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Nicole Kidman, “Australia”
Beyoncé Knowles, “Obsessed”
Freida Pinto, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Kristen Stewart, “Twilight”  

Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure
Christian Bale, “Terminator Salvation”
Hugh Jackman, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
Dwayne Johnson, “Race to Witch Mountain”
Shia LaBeouf, “Eagle Eye”
Paul Walker, “Fast & Furious”  

Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure
Malin Akerman, “Watchmen”
Jordana Brewster, “Fast And Furious”
Bryce Dallas Howard, “Terminator Salvation”
Mila Kunis, “Max Payne”
Zoe Saldana, “Star Trek”  

Choice Movie Actor: Comedy
Jim Carrey, “Yes Man”
Zac Efron, “17 Again”
Will Ferrell, “Land of the Lost”
Seth Rogen, “Observe & Report” / “Pineapple Express”
Ben Stiller, “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” / “Tropic Thunder”  

Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
Amy Adams, “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”
Jennifer Aniston, “Marley & Me” / “He’s Just Not That Into You”
Isla Fisher, “Confessions of a Shopaholic”
Anne Hathaway, “Bride Wars”
Kate Hudson, “Bride Wars”  

Choice Movie Actress: Music/Dance
Miley Cyrus, “Hannah Montana: The Movie”
Kat Dennings, “Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist”
Vanessa Hudgens, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”
Amy Smart, “Love N’ Dancing”
Ashley Tisdale, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”  

Choice Movie Actor: Music/Dance
Corbin Bleu, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”
Michael Cera, “Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist”
Jason Earles, “Hannah Montana: The Movie”
Zac Efron, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”
Lucas Till, “Hannah Montana: The Movie”  

Choice Movie: Villain
Hank Azaria, “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”
Eric Bana, “Star Trek”
Cam Gigandet, “Twilight”
Ken Jeong, “The Hangover”
Liev Schreiber, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”  

Choice Movie: Fresh Face Female
Lynn Collins, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
Ashley Greene, “Twilight”
Emily Osment, “Hannah Montana: The Movie”
Freida Pinto, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Nikki Reed, “Twilight”  

Choice Movie: Fresh Face Male
Taylor Kitsch, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
Taylor Lautner, “Twilight”
Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Chris Pine, “Star Trek”
Sam Worthington, “Terminator Salvation”   

Choice Movie: Liplock
Miley Cyrus and Lucas Till, “Hannah Montana: The Movie”
Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, “Twilight”
Owen Wilson and Marley, “Marley & Me”  

Choice Movie: Rumble
Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson, “Bride Wars”
Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber vs. Weapon XI, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
Beyonce Knowles vs. Ali Larter, “Obsessed”
Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet, “Twilight”
Chris Pine vs. Zachary Quinto, “Star Trek”  

Choice Movie: Rockstar Moment
Jim Carrey, “Yes Man”
Zac Efron, “17 Again”
Anne Hathaway, “Bride Wars”
Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, “I Love You, Man”
Mike Tyson, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis, “The Hangover”  

TELEVISION

Choice TV Show: Drama
“90210”
“Gossip Girl”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“House”
“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”  

Choice TV Show: Action Adventure
“24”
“Heroes”
“Lost”
“Smallville”
“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”  

Choice TV Show: Comedy
“Hannah Montana”
“How I Met Your Mother”
“iCarly”
“The Office”
“Ugly Betty”  

Choice TV: Animated Show
“American Dad”
“Family Guy”
“The Simpsons”
“South Park”
“SpongeBob SquarePants”  

Choice TV: Reality
“The Hills”
“Jon & Kate Plus 8”
“Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List”
“Keeping Up with the Kardashians”
“Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory”  

Choice TV: Reality Competition
“America’s Best Dance Crew”
“America’s Next Top Model”
“American Idol”
“The Bachelor”
“Dancing With The Stars”  

Choice TV Actor: Drama
Penn Badgley, “Gossip Girl”
Ken Baumann, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”
Chace Crawford, “Gossip Girl”
Joshua Jackson, “Fringe”
Dustin Milligan, “90210”  

Choice TV Actress: Drama
Minka Kelly, “Friday Night Lights”
Blake Lively, “Gossip Girl”
Leighton Meester, “Gossip Girl”
Olivia Wilde, “House”
Shailene Woodley, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”  

Choice TV Actor: Action Adventure
Thomas Dekker, “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”
Matthew Fox, “Lost”
Josh Holloway, “Lost”
Milo Ventimiglia, “Heroes”
Tom Welling, “Smallville”  

Choice TV Actress: Action Adventure
Kristen Bell, “Heroes”
Summer Glau, “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”
Kristen Kreuk, “Smallville”
Ali Larter, “Heroes”
Hayden Panettiere, “Heroes”  

Choice TV Actor: Comedy
Steve Carell, “The Office”
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
Jonas Brothers, “JONAS”
Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men”
Jerry Trainor, “iCarly”  

Choice TV Actress: Comedy
Miranda Cosgrove, “iCarly”
Miley Cyrus, “Hannah Montana”
America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”
Jenna Fisher, “The Office”
Eva Longoria Parker, “Desperate Housewives”  

Choice TV: Personality
Tyra Banks, “America’s Next Top Model”
Simon Cowell, “American Idol”
Lil Mama, “America’s Best Dance Crew”
Mario Lopez, “America’s Best Dance Crew”
Ryan Seacrest, “American Idol” / “E! News”   

Choice TV: Breakout Show
“90210”
“Fringe”
“Glee”
“JONAS”
“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”  

Choice TV: Breakout Star Female
Demi Lovato, “Sonny with a Chance”
AnnaLynne McCord, “90210”
Lea Michele, “Glee”
Chelsea Staub, “JONAS”
Anna Torv, “Fringe”  

Choice TV: Breakout Star Male
Frankie Jonas, “JONAS”
Daren Kagasoff, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”
Danny McBride, “Eastbound And Down”
Cory Monteith, “Glee”
Tristan Wilds, “90210”  

Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star
Kris Allen, “American Idol”
Rob Dyrdek, “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory”
Brody Jenner, “Bromance”
Adam Lambert, “American Idol”
Ryan Sheckler, “Life of Ryan”  

Choice TV: Female Reality/Variety Star
Teyona Anderson, “America’s Next Top Model”
Lauren Conrad, “The Hills”
Paris Hilton, “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF”
Shawn Johnson, “Dancing With The Stars”
Kim Kardashian, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”  

Choice TV: Villain
Spencer Pratt, “The Hills”
Zachary Quinto, “Heroes”
Michael Rosenbaum, “Smallville”
Ed Westwick, “Gossip Girl”
Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty”  

Choice TV: Fab-u-lous
Perez Hilton Carson Kressley, “How to Look Good Naked”
Rex Lee as Lloyd, “Entourage”
Miss Jay, “America’s Next Top Model”
Michael Urie as Marc St. James, “Ugly Betty”  

Choice TV: Sidekick
Jake T. Austin, “Wizards of Waverly Place”
Allison Mack, “Smallville”
Jennette McCurdy, “iCarly”
Emily Osment, “Hannah Montana”
Michael Urie, “Ugly Betty”  

Choice TV: Late Night Show
“Chelsea Lately”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
“The Late Show with David Letterman”
“The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien”  

Choice TV: Parental Unit
Billy Ray Cyrus, “Hannah Montana”
Rob Estes and Lori Loughlin, “90210”
Tony Plana, “Ugly Betty”
Molly Ringwald and Mark Derwin, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”
Matthew Settle, “Gossip Girl”  

MUSIC

Choice Music: Single
“My Life Would Suck Without You,” Kelly Clarkson
“The Climb,” Miley Cyrus
“Poker Face,” Lady Gaga
“Hot N Cold,” Katy Perry
“Circus,” Britney Spears  

Choice Music: Hook Up
Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake, “Love Sex Magic”
Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis, “Just Dance”
Jason Mraz feat. Colbie Caillat, “Lucky”
Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em feat. Sammie, “Kiss Me Thru The Phone”
T.I. / Rihanna, “Live Your Life”  

Choice Music: Male Artist
Lil Wayne
Jason Mraz
Ne-Yo
Soulja Boy
Tell ‘Em
Kanye West
 
Choice Music: Female Artist
Miley Cyrus
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
Britney Spears
Taylor Swift
 
Choice Music: Rap Artist
Bow Wow
Lil Wayne
Pitbull
Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em Kanye West
 
Choice Music: RAndB Artist
Beyoncé
Jamie Foxx
Jennifer Hudson
Ne-Yo
T-Pain
 
Choice Music: Rock Group
All-American Rejects
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
Paramore
 
Choice Music: Breakout Artist
David Archuleta
David Cook
Kid Cudi
Lady Gaga
Asher Roth
 
Choice Music: Love Song
“Crush,” David Archuleta
“Halo,” Beyoncé
“Lovebug,” Jonas Brothers
“How Do You Sleep,” Jesse McCartney
“Love Story,” Taylor Swift  

Choice Music: R&B Track
“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It),” Beyoncé
“If This Isn’t Love,” Jennifer Hudson
“Mad,” Ne-Yo
“Kiss Me Thru The Phone,” Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em feat. Sammie
“Love Lockdown,” Kanye West  

Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Track
“Boom Boom Pow,” The Black Eyed Peas
“Right Round,” Flo Rida
“I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho),” Pitbull
“I Love College,” Asher Roth
“Heartless,” Kanye West  

Choice Music: Rock Track
“Gives You Hell,” All-American Rejects
“You Found Me,” The Fray
“Know Your Enemy,” Green Day
“Decode,” Paramore
“Sink Into Me,” Taking Back Sunday  

Choice Music: Album (Male Artist)
“David Cook,” David Cook
“Relapse,” Eminem
“Tha Carter III,” Lil Wayne
“We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things,” Jason Mraz
“808s and Heartbreak,” Kanye West  

Choice Music: Album (Female Artist)
“I Am…Sasha Fierce,” Beyoncé
“The Fame,” Lady Gaga
“One of the Boys,” Katy Perry
“Fearless,” Taylor Swift
“Carnival Ride,” Carrie Underwood  

Choice Music: Album (Group)
“When the World Comes Down,” All-American Rejects
“The E.N.D.,” The Black Eyed Peas
“21st Century Breakdown,” Green Day
“Lines, Vines and Trying Times,” Jonas Brothers
“Only by the Night,” Kings of Leon  

Choice Music: Soundtrack
“Gossip Girl”
“Hannah Montana: The Movie”
“High School Musical 3: Senior Year”
“Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience”
“Twilight”  

Choice Music: Tour
American Idol
Jonas Brothers
Demi Lovato / David Archuleta
Britney Spears
Taylor Swift
 
SPORTS

Choice Athlete: Male
David Beckham
Kobe Bryant
Roger Federer
Michael Phelps
Tiger Woods
 
Choice Athlete: Female
Shawn Johnson
Nastia Liukin
Danica Patrick
Kerri Walsh and Misty May Treanor
Serena Williams
 
Choice Action Sports Athlete: Male
Paul Rodriguez (Skateboarding)
Ryan Sheckler (Skateboarding)
Kelly Slater (Surfing)
James Stewart (Motocross)
Shaun White (Snowboarding)
 
Choice Action Sports Athlete: Female
Gretchen Bleiler (Snowboarding)
Torah Bright (Snowboarding)
Stephanie Gilmore (Surfing)
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins (Skateboarding)
Carissa Moore (Surfing)
 
OTHER

Choice Male Hottie
Chace Crawford
Zac Efron
Jonas Brothers
Taylor Kitsch
Robert Pattinson
 
Choice Female Hottie
Miley Cyrus
Megan Fox
Vanessa Hudgens
Beyoncé Knowles
Blake Lively
 
Choice Web Star
Will Ferrell
Fred
Perez Hilton
Ashton Kutcher
Andy Samberg
 
Choice Red Carpet Icon: Male
Zac Efron
Jonas Brothers
Adam Lambert
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West
 
Choice Red Carpet Icon: Female
Rachel Bilson
Miley Cyrus
Selena Gomez
Demi Lovato
Eva Longoria Parker
 
Choice Comedian
Dane Cook
Kathy Griffin
George Lopez
Amy Poehler
Andy Samberg
 
Choice Celebrity Activist
Leonardo DiCaprio
Angelina Jolie
Hayden Panettiere
Brad Pitt
Natalie Portman
 
Choice Celebrity Pet
Bo (The Obamas’ Portuguese Water Dog)
Kitty Purry (Katy Perry’s Cat)
Matzo Ball (Adam Sandler’s Bulldog)
Shadow (Vanessa Hudgens’ Poodle)
Vida Blue (Ashton Kutcher’s Chihuahua)  

Choice Video Game
“Grand Theft Auto IV”
“Guitar Hero: Metallica”
“Madden NFL ‘09”
“Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe”
“Rock Band 2”  

Choice Celebrity Baby
Harlow (Parents: Nicole Richie and Joel Madden)
Honor Marie (Parents: Jessica Alba and Cash Warren)
Seraphina (Parents: Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck)
Sunny (Parents: Adam and Jackie Sandler)
Zuma (Parents: Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale)

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This week, we got a one-two punch special;  we will discuss/debate/bicker over the Best, the Worst, and the Weirdest Fathers and Fatherly figures of comic books. You’ll find out why we think Uncle Ben is unquestionably great  while Magneto and General Ross are just plain abysmal. But wait, there’s more! We top off the show with Deadpool Appreciation Week, where we will (individually) review 3 different perspectives of the famous “Merc with a Mouth”. Is your favorite Deadpool comic/trade being reviewed? We don’t know! You’ll have to tune in and find out!

Plus, a special message to Liu Kang of “Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe,” Alex’s new favorite writer, the most perfect thing ever said in a Green Goblin voice, and a special mission for all you wonderful listeners! We’ve got all of that and more on this week’s episode!

Download Here – Episode #9:  Super Happy Father’s Day/Deadpool Smorgasbord!!

We at the Mild Mannered Podcast wanted to get a special Father’s Day edition of the podcast out to you today, but sadly it was not to be for various reasons. But we’ve got something different for you today to tickle your fancy: a rundown of comics’ best and worst dads!

Good Comicbook Dads:

Rick Grimes

Jim Gordon

Pa Kent

Uncle Ben Parker

It doesn’t get more endearingly paternal than Uncle Ben…His famous quote “With great power comes great responsibility” is the line ol’ Web-head lives and dies by. If there is a single reason Spidey remained Spidey for so long, it’s most likely the fact he wants to make his Uncle proud (and get some kind of closure for not being able to save him).

Apollo & The Midnighter

Bad Comicbook Dads:

Norman Osborn

Magneto

Magneto drafted his kids into a war with all humanity, soiling everything good they could ever do for the rest of their lives. He didn’t even raise them,since he scared off their mom by slaughtering a whole posse of homo sapiens for meddling in his affairs…Seriously, have you seen how messed up his kids have become? House of M should be enough of a clue. (SPOILER!)

General Thaddeus E. “Thunderbolt” Ross

The General has a sole purpose during his existence in Marvel Comics, destroy the Hulk! The issue with that (aside from his countless defeats at the hands of Hulk) is that he happens to be his daughter’s love. You think he cares? Nope, not really. Although the  General will do anything in his power to protect his Betty (over-protective much?) from the harms of the world, he is generally uncaring about her feelings for poor Bruce Banner. He can make (and lose) as many “Hulkbusters” as he wants, but big guns will never mend the damage he’s done to his only child.

Best/Worst Comicbook Dads:

The Pride

Omni-Man

Reed Richards

Morpheus (***SPOILER ALERT!!!***)

Yes, he is the Lord of the Dream Realm and bears eternal knowledge, but that doe not make him a Lord of Fatherhood. The relationship he has with his son (Orpheus) is odd, he  will give him advice freely, but disowns him at the first sign of defiance. Of course, he does make amends for it, but not for a very, very, VERY long time (and AFTER his son has spend more than a lifetime as a severed head).

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I’m sure many of you have experienced or seen the Most Ridiculous Crossover in Recent Years [I won't say 'Of All Time' because you and I both know that won't be true in a year's time], Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Being the highly critical person that I am, I thought I’d take this blogging opportunity to pick their picks to pieces. I’ll address the Mortal Kombatants first, because I’m happy with their choices, by and large. EXCEPT

1. Jax is quite possibly the most ill-conceived Mortal Kombat character ever devised. Not only does he reek of ‘token black guy’, his one and only claim to fame is a couple of bionic arms. As if one wasn’t enough. The man has no personality! Just put Wesley Snipes in and be done with it.
2. Where’s Goro? Where’s Motaro? Any four-armed freak of a creature will do. Here’s a mathematical equation to illustrate: MK + 1 four-armed-felon = MK + 10 cools, therefore 1 four-armed-felon = 10 cools.

10 cools. It’s science.

Here’s the rest, for those that are interested:

Scorpion
Sub-Zero
Sonya
Shang Tsung
Liu Kang
Raiden
Kitana
Kano
Baraka
Shao Kahn

Now, as a comic book nerd and DC fan, the solemn duty of criticising the crap out of the rest of the character selections has fallen to me. And what a heavy burden it is – but somebody’s gotta do it:

Batman
Batman suits well enough, aside from the ‘no killing clause’ that most DC superheroes subscribe to. From what I’ve seen, though, he looks too ‘blue’. It’s certainly the dominant depiction these days, but I think they should have opted for the ‘black’ Batman – you know, the one who is so damn shadowy you can only see his pointed shape with some eyeballs painted on…

Superman
I know he’s DC’s flagship character and everything, but there’s no justifying Big Blue’s involvement in a Mortal Kombat game. He’s just too squeaky clean for this kind of thing. Perhaps if Brainiac was in the game, or some other colossal cosmic threat, it might give his presence a bit of context [then again, preaching context to a developer that's putting MK and DC characters in the same game is probably an exercise in futility].

Catwoman
Now, this one makes sense. I can’t help but feel that they slutted her up too much for this, though. How can you fight and do backflips when your boobs are falling out? I suppose nobody cares so long as they do fall out.

Speaks volumes.

Green Lantern
Green Lantern’s powers are a little too fantastic for a gritty, oatmeal-textured fighting game like Mortal Kombat. The ring constructs just aren’t hands-on enough for this type of thing, though we know the hot-headed Hal Jordan isn’t averse to throwing a punch or three when the situation calls for it. Again, without context, he runs the risk of Fish-out-of-water Syndrome.

The Joker
I’m starting to think that they should have done a Mortal Kombat vs. Batman game instead. Another great choice – I just hope they go with a Ledger/Grant Morrison-style interpretation of the character, smiling from ear to ear.

Shazam
Captain Marvel is even more out of place in a Mortal Kombat game than Superman. He’s a young boy that transforms into a magical superhero with a magic word for crying out loud! If Supes is squeaky clean, then Shazam is polished, buffed and lacquered.

[Having said that, I would've taken this if it meant the presence of Black Adam, but sadly it doesn't.]

Say cheese!

The Flash
How does super-speed work in a fighting game? Handling Sonic in SSBB was hard enough – imagine controlling the Scarlet Speedster, who’s faster than the speed of light. Technically, he should be able to round up the entire cast in a few seconds, but that doesn’t make for good gaming now, does it? This may not be reality, but a comic or videogame needs to follow its own logic. Between the super-speed and the gaudy costume, the Flash just doesn’t fit here.

Wonder Woman: Warrior Princess.

Wonder Woman
Diana Prince, on the other hand, fits surprisingly well as the Amazonian Warrior Princess. If they emphasise her battle armour and weapon skills, Boon & Co. might just pull it off.

Deathstroke
I have to admit, I didn’t see this one coming at all. While Deathstroke is seemingly obscure compared to the likes of Lex and the Joker, his presence in a Mortal Kombat game makes a lot more sense. Deadly assassin? Check. Physical deformity? Check. Cool get-up? Check. A freakin’ samurai sword? Check, check and check.
Protip: Deathstroke once had his own series in 1991 called Deathstroke the Terminator. He was referred to exclusively as the Terminator for a good four years until Arnie hit the scene. Now he’s just called ‘Deathstroke’.

Lex Luthor
Love Lex as I do, I fail to see where he fits in the fighting game space. He’s essentially a bald scientist/tycoon in a suit, and while he’s not bad with the fisticuffs, he’s no match for the Scorpions, the Raidens, or even his most familiar foe in a fist-fight.

I suppose the purple-green Apokoliptian battle-suit will be making an appearance, then...

Darkseid
Well, one out of eight ain’t bad, is it? There’s not much I can say that I haven’t already said, but Darkseid currently stands as the most important villain in the DC Universe, and brings the necessary level of cosmic to give Supes and Hal some much-needed context…Brainiac would’ve been nice, though.

Compare that to some of my picks, and you have a chalk-and-cheese situation that dwarfs even the ridiculousness of Soulcalibur IV:

Darkseid
Manhunter
Copperhead
Mongul
Bane
Ra’s Al Ghul
Solomon Grundy
Black Adam

Notable (and disappointing) omissions include the likes of Mongul, Bane, Ra’s, Grundy, and especially Black Adam.

Hopefully DC Universe Online actually turns out to be a good game and balances out the universe.

Secondo quanto riportato da Kotaku, e prima che sia lo stesso proprietario a vendere, il team di sviluppo della serie Mortal Kombat ha intenzione di lasciare Midway e starebbe già cercando altri Publisher concorrenti, per motivi prettamente economici…

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Segundo rumores, a equipe de desenvolvimento de Mortal Kombat estaria conversando com outros estúdios para se separar da Midway. Eles alegam que não receberam a quantia prometida pelo sucesso de vendas de Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

Um representante da Midway confirmou que o pagamento não foi feito. Mas alega que a empresa está impossibilitada de pagar.

‘‘A Midway não está se recusando a pagar os bônus. É o Comitê de Créditos Inseguros que não nos permite pagar. Eles que estão segurando isso.’’

Vale salientar que, caso a equipe saia, Mortal Kombat ainda pertence à Midway. Várias ofertas pela franquia já foram feitas, mas não há notícias sobre uma evolução de negociação.

Tentando não deixar a peteca cair no mundo acirrado da competição entre as marcas de games, a MIDWAY correu como THE FLASH para fechar uma parceria com a DC Comics e lançar este novo game: MORTAL KOMBAT vs DC UNIVERSE.

Pressionados pelo lançamento do Street Fighter IV que já caiu nas graças dos viciados em games de luta, MORTAL KOMBAT lança esta nova empreitada. O que os especialistas em games comentam é que MORTAL KOMBAT vs DC UNIVERSE chegou perto de ser um dos maiores e melhores games de todos os tempos. Gráficos sensacionais, bons efeitos sonoros e excelente jogabilidade não foram o suficiente. A história para a explicação destes dois mundos deixou a desejar. Algumas passagens do jogo ficam um pouco incoerentes para quem conhece o mínimo de ambas as histórias.

Mas como o jogo é para divertir e não para ganhar OSCAR, aí vai um video para vocês irem se preparando.  O jogo está disponível para Xbox 360 e Playstation 3. Então Finish Him!

Mendigo.

Siento ser portavoz de malas noticias, pero esto esto es algo que me afecta mucho, igual que al resto de aficionados a la saga Mortal Kombat.

Al parecer Midway (empresa actualmente en bancarrota) podría estar buscando un acuerdo con otra empresa para vender los derechos de Mortal Kombat, algo que sin duda podría cambiar radicalmente la saga en cuestión. Aunque el acuerdo todavía no ha llegado a ningún puerto y de desconoce por completo la empresa compradora, se piensa en Ubisoft, pues hace poco compró los derechos de otro titulo de Midway llamado The Wheelman y en otras ocasiones, ha colaborado con Midway en determinados proyectos.

En lo personal, es una noticia que me disgusta mucho, Midway siempre ha sido de mis empresas favoritas y esta generación tampoco ha sido la excepción, me ha obsequiado con títulos como Stranglehold y Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, ofreciéndome horas y horas de diversión cosa que no han logrado otras empresas, incluyendo Ubisoft, la cual no me inspira mucha confianza…

These games aren’t going to be the lastest, most of them I was planning on playing when they first came on but I got sidetracked when another game came out or at that time I lost interest. So yea, its going be some old Xbox 360 games listed. Being thats all I play right now until I get my PS3PSP. Oh yea, some haven’t came out yet too. 9/10 when this blog is old I won’t come back and change it cause it wouldn’t even matter. Moving on… and some games for my

Xbox 360 Games:

1. Dead Space
2. F.E.A.R
3. F.E.A.R 2
4. Mass Effect
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Fable II
7. Fallout
8. Fallout II
9. Gears of War
10. Street Fighter IV
11. Skate
12. Skate 2
13. Afro Samurai
14. Devil May Cry 4
15. Far Cry 2
16. Fracture
17. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
18. Need For Speed: Undercover
19. Assassins Creed
20. Bully
21. Burnout Paradise
22. Midnight Club: Los Angeles
23. Condemned
24. Condemned 2: Bloodshot
25. Destroy All Humans
26. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
27. Oblivion
28. Far Cry
29. The Godfather
30. The Godfather II
31. Saints Row
32. Saints Row II
33. Heist
34. Kengo: Legend of the 9
35. Last Remnant
36. Mortal Kombat vs. DC
37. Need for Speed: Prostreet
38. Perfect Dark Zero
39. Prince of Persia
40. Quake 4
41. Red Faction
42. Resident Evil 5
43. Ridge Racer
44. Rock Band
45. Rise of the Argonauts
46. Rock Band Track Pack: Volume 2
47. Spectral Force 3
48. Splatter House
49. Star Ocean: The Last Hope
50. Stormrise
51. This is Vegas
52. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
53. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
54. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction
55. Vampire Rain

Well that’s all of them, for now anyway.

These are the songs I enjoy playing on Xbox LIVE. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock in this list may have some in bold hell most in certain lists will be in bold. Those will be the ones I’ve gotten a perfect on in Expert. The ones especially on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock since I’m trying to get the Enlightened Guitarist Achievement. The ones underlined under the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock list are the ones I’m working on to achieve in getting perfects on.

For some reason on them songs I get down to the last few notes or the last verse and mess it all up for me. It can get annoying most of the time but I’m stubborn and determined and I will get that Xbox 360 Achievement! The ones that italicized under Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock are the ones that I can get most of the notes but some are still tricky or I just so happen to lose my fingering or my fingers get twisted up or lost some how.

Rock Band 2

Tenacious D – Master Exploder
Disturbed – Down with the Sickness
The Donnas – New Kid in School
Guns N’ Roses – Shackler’s Revenge
Interpool – PDA
Lacuna Coil – Our Truth
Paramore – That’s What You Get
Libyans – Welcome to the Neighborhood
Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
The Main Drag – A Jagged Gorgeous Winter
Speck – Conventional Lover
The Sterns – Supreme Girl
Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know
Nirvana – Drain You
The Offspring – Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)
Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl
Alice in Chains – Man in the Box
Presidents of the USA – Lump
Foo Fighters – Everlong
L7 – Pretend We’re Dead
Lit – My Own Worse Enemy
Lush – De-Luxe
The Smashing Pumpkins – Today
Billy Idol – White Wedding Pt 1
Motorhead – Ace of Spades
The Replacements – Alex Chilton
Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot
Joan Jett – Bad Reputation
AC/DC – Let There Be Rock
Cheap Trick – Hello There
Devo – Uncontrollable Urge
Squeeze – Cool for Cats
Steely Dan – Bodhitsattva
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Poison – Talk Dirty to Me
Social Distortion – Story of My Life
The Killers – When You Were Young
AFI – Miss Murder
Priestess – Lay Down
The Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the U.K.
Sonic Youth – Kool Thing
Weezer – My Name is Jonas
Pearl Jam – Even Flow
Scorpions – Rock You Like a Hurricane
ZZ Top – La Grange
Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
Santana – Black Magic Woman
The Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
White Zombie – Black Sunshine
Tenacious D – The Metal
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Pride and Joy
Disturbed – Striken
Muse – Knights of Cydonia
Living Colour – Cult of Personality
Eric Johnson – Cliffs of Dover
Heroes del Silencio – Avalancha
Lacuna Coil – Closer
Hier Kommt Alex – Die Toten Hosen
Scouts of St. Sebastian – In Love
Lions – Metal Heavy Lady
Killswitch Engage – My Curse
Rise Against – Prayer of Refugee
Superbus – Radio Song
Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
The Stone Roses – She Bangs The Drums
The Strokes – Reptilia
Bloc Party – Helicopter
Matchbook Romance – Monsters

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Cheap Trick – Dream Police
Aerosmith – Make It
Aerosmith – Uncle Salty
Aerosmith – Draw the Line
Aerosmith – No Surprize
Aerosmith – Movin’ Out
Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion
Aerosmith – Livin’ on the Edge
Aerosmith – Rag Doll
Aerosmith – Love in an Elevator
The Cult – She Sells the Sanctuary
Aerosmith – Walk This Way
Aerosmith – Beyond Beautiful
Aerosmith – Dream On
Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever
Stone Temple Pilots – Sex Type Thing
Aerosmith – Mama Kin
Aerosmith – Combination
Aerosmith – Kings and Queens
Aerosmith – Let the Music Do the Talking
Aerosmith – Mercy
Aerosmith – Pandora’s Box
Joe Perry – Guitar Battle

Guitar Hero World Tour

Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
Wings – Band on the Run
Michael Jackson – Beat It [Bass]
311 – Beautiful Disaster
Steely Dan – Do it Again [Bass]
Foo Fighters – Everlong
Korn – Freak on a Leash
Anouk – Good God
Beatsteaks – Hail to the Freaks [Bass]
Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
Eagles – Hotel California
Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer
Paramore – Misery Business
Tokio Hotel – Monsoon
Jane’s Addiction – Mountain Song
Ozzy Osborne – Mr. Crowley
Negramaro – Nuvole E Lenzuola [Bass]
Interpool – Obstacle 1
Motörhead – Overkill
Tool – Parabola
Dream Theater – Pull Me Under
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
Lostprophets – Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
Tool – Schism
No Doubt – Spiderwebs
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
The Smashing Pumpkins – Today
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Up Around the Bend
Tool – Vicarious
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Weapon of Choice
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary
Zakk Wylde – Stillborn

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OTRONICON v.4.0 (2009) – Moments to remember
Part 1: Robots, Simulation, Racing & StormTroopers

OTRONICON is a great event to start the new year with. In its fourth year, the Orlando Science Center and Full Sail University did have new things to show us, even one you may have never heard of before. Have you heard about a Halo-themed wedding before? I’ll talk some more about it later, but for now, let’s see what OTRONICON had to offer us this year.

Orlando Science Center

Many of the interesting exhibits made a comeback this year at OTRONICON. In case you did not know, the Central Florida area is well-known as one of the main places for simulation and training of all types of things. When it’s about dealing with automobiles (à la NASCAR), tanks and everything military, airforce and marines, Central Florida is there. We’ve got the University of Central Florida, NASA, Lockheed Martin and many others here.

For kids and teens interested in engineering, science, tech and math, there were computers that demonstrated how to control a robot before making use of actual ones. Over half a dozen of computers were used by kids and their parents about the simulation of controlling robots. The actual robots at the event were controlled by teens representing FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) who use them in competitions that combine science and sports. Being a member of a FIRST team not only provides advanced knowledge in those subjects, it also provides self-confidence and teamwork. Check out www.usfirst.org for more info.

FIRST - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

Continue reading ‘OTRONICON 2009 – Moments to Remember – Part 1’

Após muitos tropeços e uma intensa luta contra as dívidas a Midway finalmente decreta falência. A decisão apesar de muito difícil, se mostrou necessária.

A base para o processo foi o capítulo 11 das leis de falência norte-americanas. Coube ao juíz do tribunal decidir junto dos acionistas o destino da outrora aclamada produtora.

Para vocês terem uma idéia, a dívida da empresa chegou a somar incríveis 240 milhões de dólares, nem preciso dizer que um perdão para uma dívida tão grande é algo fora de cogitação.

Por enquanto a notícia boa é que essa lei só vale em território americano, as filiais estrangeiras da empresa continuam operando.

O curioso é que nem mesmo as ótimas vendas de Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe conseguiram salvar a produtora. MK vs. DC Universe conseguiu aproximar-se da marca de 2 milhões de cópias vendidas, o que é um número bem satisfatório.

Já estão correndo alguns boatos sobre os jogos da Midway que seriam lançados nos próximos meses estarem nas mãos de outras produtoras agora. Um exemplo é The Wheelman, que é protagonizado por Vin Diesel. Encare isso como um rumor.

Batman – Arkham Asylum for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

This game is hopefully going to be the first really good Batman game. The video at least promises us a lot of interesting gameplay. By the way, here is the proof that also the Batman likes to dabble in his free time.