The first Saturday in May marks a very special annual worldwide holiday, Free Comic Book Day! Beginning in 2002 and coordinated by Diamond Comic Distributors, Free Comic Book Day is a single day where participating comic shops across North America, and the world, distribute free comic books to fans that are willing to read:
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Free Comic Book Day!
Posted: May 1, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Comicology - Comic BooksTags: comic books, Date, Free Comic Book Day, May
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Godfire: Rise of Prometheus Brings Greek Mythology Action to iOS/Andriod
Posted: April 24, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Gamenomics - Video Games, Steam, PC, & Indie GamesTags: Android, Gaming, Godfire, iOS, Mobile, PAX East, Rise of Prometheus
Developed by Vivid Games, creators of the award-winning Real Boxing, Godfire: Rise of Prometheus puts players in the armour of Prometheus as he battles through a rich and detailed world to retrieve the Godfire Spark and bring its fantastic powers to humanity. With a fully voiced cast of mythical characters and a story by Steve Ince (writer of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and Broken Sword), the game brings the full triple-A experience to iOS and Android:
SoundSelf Creates A Psychedelic Gaming Adventure
Posted: April 17, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Gamenomics - Video Games, Steam, PC, & Indie GamesTags: Gaming, Indie, Oculus VR, PAX East, SoundSelf
G&C’s Ian Gaudreau Demoing SoundSelf at PAX East 2014
Amidst the wide variety of indie games at PAX East 2014, one of the most unique games we demoed was SoundSelf. “SoundSelf is the collision of centuries old meditation technology with the video-game trance. Turn off the lights, amp up the volume, and use your voice to fall through an odyssey of light and body”:
Evolve Takes Gaming To New Level
Posted: April 14, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Gamenomics - Video Games, Microsoft/Xbox, Sony/PlayStation, Steam, PC, & Indie GamesTags: 2K Games, 4v1, Evolve, EvolveGame, Monster, PAX East, Release, Turtle Rock Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlaPT08Tmxc
Looking back at PAX East 2014, our favorite gaming experience was none other than Evolve, published by 2K Games and Turtle Rock Studios. For those at the convention, you probably saw the impressive demo station with the to-scale Monster towering over the crowds (pictured below). We were happy to see that the setup did not yield a let down, but rather, an original gaming experience that will change online gaming on PS4, XBox One, and PC in Fall 2014.
‘Out There’ Receives 9/10
Posted: April 10, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Gamenomics - Video Games, Steam, PC, & Indie GamesTags: Android, Gaming, iOS, iPhone, Mi-Clos Studio, Mobile Gaming, Out There, Review, Space
You are an astronaut awaking from cryonics not in the solar system, but… out there… in a far and unknown place of the galaxy. In Out There, you will have to survive, patching your ship with what you can gather drifting in the void, and spot garden planets to refill your oxygen supply.
Space is an hostile place ; dangerous and mysterious adventures will mark each step of your travel. You will not only meet intelligent species that won’t care about you, but also deal with ancient powers linked to your destiny and the fate of mankind itself.
Survival and understanding of what is really at stake in the galaxy is the core of what Out There has to offer.
A Panel with Wendee Lee
Posted: April 1, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Anime & Manga, Movies & TelevisionTags: 2014, Anime, Anime Boston, Cowboy Bebop, Faye, Interview, Wendee Lee
Wendee Lee (left) with Ian Gaudreau (right)
At Anime Boston 2014, we had the honor of meeting and attending a panel with Wendee Lee. Wendee Lee holds the record for voicing the most animated characters as an English actor. She is most notorious for her role of Faye in Cowboy Bebop, a paramount anime of our generation:
IDW to launch Dexter’s Laboratory Comic Series
Posted: March 25, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Comicology - Comic Books, IDWTags: Cartoon Network, Dexter's Lab, Dexter's Laboratory, IDW
Photo Credit: IDW
Through a partnership between Cartoon network Enterprises and IDW publishing, we have already seen some of our favorite cartoons reborn in comic book series. Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff GIrls, and Ben 10 have already made appearances, and starting this April, we will also see Dexter’s Laboratory his the shelves at a comic shop near you.
Attending Panels with Josh Grelle and Matthew Mercer
Posted: March 25, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Anime & Manga, Movies & TelevisionTags: Anime Boston, Armin, Attack on Titan, Interview, Josh Grelle, Levi, Thundercats
Josh Grelle (left) & Matthew Mercer (right)
To continue the recap of Game&Comic’s Anime Boston 2014 panel interviews, next up are some words from Josh Grelle and Matthew Mercer. Josh Grelle is most known for his work as Armin (Attack on Titan), Kuranosuke (Princess Jellyfish), and Kyohei (Wallflower) and Matthew Mercer is most known for his work as Levi (Attack on Titan), Tygra (Thundercats), and Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil video game).
A Panel with Attack on Titan Director, Mike McFarland
Posted: March 24, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Anime & Manga, Movies & TelevisionTags: Anime Boston, Attack on Titan, FUNImation, Interview, Mike McFarland, Shingeki no Kyojin
Mike McFarland
We had the absolute pleasure of meeting Mike McFarland at Anime Boston 2014! McFarland is most known for his work on Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, One Piece, and his current work as Director and voice of Jean Kirstein in Attack on Titan.
Keep reading to learn more about the McFarlands work as both director and voice actor:
World Premiere of Attack on Titan English Dub – Eren’s Voice Revealed!
Posted: March 24, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Anime & Manga, Movies & TelevisionTags: Anime Boston, Attack on Titan, Bryce Papenbrook, Dub, English, Eren Jaeger, Shingeki no Kyojin, Trailer
A colossal Attack on Titan announcement was made this weekend at Anime Boston 2014. FUNimation released the world premiere of the Attack on Titan English dub. The first 3 episodes were shown on Saturday accompanied by a panel including Mike McFarland (Director, Jean) , Josh Grelle (Armin), Matthew Mercer (Levi), and Trina Nishimura (Mikasa). An encore 5-episode marathon was then shown on Sunday.
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