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A Venomous Preview

February 24, 2006 by Bartoneus

Superherohype has posted the newest preview image from Spiderman 3, which seems like a well concieved attempt to get everyone’s blood rushing.  I certainly hope that it turns out to not be misleading, but the image is definitely not in black and white, which leads to the conclusion that Peter is wearing a black costume […]

Filed Under: Comics, Movies, News

Lifeblood for the PSP

February 22, 2006 by Bartoneus

Sometime last year, an epic battled ravaged gamers everywhere as they heavily debated whether Sony’s PSP or the Nintendo DS would be the handheld to have. Some people got both, some people didn’t get either, but I eventually caved to the PSP’s delicious screen and sumptuous audio aspirations. At this point neither handheld boasted a […]

Filed Under: News, Video Games

Player killed the Videogame Star, Part 2

February 10, 2006 by Bartoneus

With the second installment of my commentary on games and the players that ruin them, I will address board and other tabletop games, continuing from the first part which addressed videogames and how players online can completely hinder an otherwise amazing game. At the tabletop, this becomes a much more personal issue, as you can […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Roleplaying Games, Video Games

Love Triangle of Stickiness

February 3, 2006 by Bartoneus

Every comicbook geek loves to scrutinize and scoff at information involving their favorite book’s adaptation into the realm of cinema, but since Batman Begins the hopes and dreams have become much more rich and hopeful for the future. While X-Men 3 practically dangles on a thread, nightcrawler-less, it seems that another franchise may be taking […]

Filed Under: Comics, Movies, News

World of Warcraft: God View

January 31, 2006 by Bartoneus

Some great intellect has devised a method of utilizing Google’s mapping program to produce a full overhead map of the world of World of Warcraft. Much more detailed then the in game map, this is an actual image of the very terrain that you walk over, including some regions I until recent thought untraversable. While […]

Filed Under: Video Games

Penny Arcade: Attack of the Bacon Robots

January 27, 2006 by Bartoneus

At one point, I may or may not have philosophized that a truly blessed world was one in which a printed collection of Penny Arcade existed. Within this fictional universe, cults of idolaters worshipping the almighty Wang roamed the streets preaching their massive growth potential, while children who played violent videogames were no longer judged […]

Filed Under: Comics, Reviews, Video Games

Katamari Damacy: The Movie?

January 23, 2006 by Bartoneus

Close on the heels of such classics as Super Mario Bros. the movie, Mortal Kombat, and Tomb Raider are the next generation of Video game movie adaptations. It has always been a shady business, that of bringing gamers’ favorite characters and playthings to the live action film screen, but is Hollywood getting better at it?

Filed Under: Comics, Editorial, Movies, News, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games

Please Choose your Race.

January 19, 2006 by Bartoneus

There is a rather humorous image accompanying this article: Racism in WoW This goes along with my article about players killing the spirit of gaming, but this sheds light on both sides of the argument. The largest problem with this article is, however, that most Chinese people play on certain servers where there are larger […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Video Games

Player killed the Videogame Star, Part 1

January 14, 2006 by Bartoneus

There is an odd trend amongst gaming and gaming groups that relates directly to the quality of the players. Game players as a people, often deemed such reverent titles as “nerd” and “dork”, are known for their quirkiness and general lack of a full range of social skills. It’s true. That’s why we spend our […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Roleplaying Games, Video Games

The Ultimate Showdown

January 9, 2006 by Bartoneus

This came to my attention late last week, and I have quickly grown quite fond of recalling it throughout my day. http://www.ultimateshowdown.org/ It is a large shockwave-flash animation, to a song that I can only assume some unknown band made up a year ago that only a select group of the internet elite have ever […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Music, News

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  • Bartoneus

    Danny works professionally as an architectural designer and serves as managing editor here at CH, which means he shares many of the duties of being an editor but without the fame and recognition. He also writes about RPGs, videogames, movies, and TV. He is married to Sucilaria, and has a personal blog at Incorrect Blitz Input. (Email Danny or follow him on Twitter).

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