Best Comic and other stuff
Nova came out of War of Kings with a great wrap-up issue. Guardians of the Galaxy suddenly got too serious, however. What is it with creative people and the urge to make everything darker?
Batman and Robin was also neat, because it's Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely and the weird force that makes everything they do together twice as good as if they did it apart. The new storyline is very dark, but, since it started out that way, it's ok. I just don't like books that I buy for the humor at the beginning turn into murderfests (I'm lookin' at you, Invincible!).
This has been the Dark Summer though, hasn't it? With Blackest Night and Dark Reign sucking the light (and lives) from the guttering, feeble candle of hope and humor from the big two, one wonders how there will ever be a happy comic ever again.
Prince of Persia remains an interesting game to study. The gamespace is divided into 4 realms. The first of these realms I defeated was the "Concubine" realm. In this realm, the overarching theme was "love and illusion" and the story developed the relationship between the two main characters. The next area I went to was the "Warrior King" realm, and it concentrated on "belief and honor" as a theme. Interesting, but all the character development I experienced working through "Concubine" vanished when I went to the new realm, and the relationship between the two characters was back to square one. The lesson? Non-linear stories are hard.
Batman and Robin was also neat, because it's Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely and the weird force that makes everything they do together twice as good as if they did it apart. The new storyline is very dark, but, since it started out that way, it's ok. I just don't like books that I buy for the humor at the beginning turn into murderfests (I'm lookin' at you, Invincible!).
This has been the Dark Summer though, hasn't it? With Blackest Night and Dark Reign sucking the light (and lives) from the guttering, feeble candle of hope and humor from the big two, one wonders how there will ever be a happy comic ever again.
Prince of Persia remains an interesting game to study. The gamespace is divided into 4 realms. The first of these realms I defeated was the "Concubine" realm. In this realm, the overarching theme was "love and illusion" and the story developed the relationship between the two main characters. The next area I went to was the "Warrior King" realm, and it concentrated on "belief and honor" as a theme. Interesting, but all the character development I experienced working through "Concubine" vanished when I went to the new realm, and the relationship between the two characters was back to square one. The lesson? Non-linear stories are hard.
