Ready for "The Boys" ?

Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, two names every comic fan should know.
The writer of the great "Preacher" series and the artist of Warren Ellis' "Transmetropolitan" teamed up and created a new comic book series called "The Boys".



Alan Moore once asked the question: "Who watches the Watchmen?". And now Garth Ennis answers with "The Boys".

A secret CIA-sponsored group of not-so-normal people take care of the superhuman-threat. Butcher, Wee-Hugie, The Female, Mother's Milk and The Frenchman are "The Boys". They live in a world, were 200,000 super-powered humans are unleashed. The job is simple: Give the superheroes a spank or, if necessary, end their career - forever!

Garth Ennis gives us what we expect: violence, sex and lots of irish humor. The artwork of Darick Robertson is as brillante as his work on "Transmetropolitan".

Tradepaperback Number One "The Name Of The Game" is out now. Go and get it!

The Bald Guy plays City of Heroes/ Villains...

...so do I.

City of Heroes/ Villains is a MMPORPG.



It is about super-heroes in a big city called "Paragon City" and super-villains, who live in a district called "Rouge Isles".
I collect comics and graphic novels since many years, so this game was the perfect choise for me.

At the beginning you choose a class for your character, there are the typical classes like close combat fighter and distant shooter. Then you choose the origins of your character's super-powers, i.e. sience, mutation, magic, training or technology. After you get your first super-powers, the real fun starts: creating you appearence!



There are so many combinations that you won't find one outfit twice. You can choose between almost everything: monster heads and robot claws, cigars and bionic eyes, zombie hands and insect wings, capes and shades and masks of course!



The gaming is based on action. Most of the missions are "Kill this guy" or "Destroy that maschine".

The character development is about getting more super-powers and equip them with so-called improvements, i.e. damage +20%. There are no character points like in other MMORPGs like strength or intelligence. It's all about choosing the right power sets and right improvements. I really like the game because of it's simplicity.



The game is based on team play. Leveling up your character on your own is almost impossible, depending on the profession you chose for your char. Some of them make you a sole team play character, like healer or illusionist.
It's more fun to play in a team anyway, meaning more opponents and more action!



In espacially created "warzones" it is even possible to have Player-versus-Player fights. There heroes and villains meet each other on the battlefield.

The support from NCsoft is really good. They update the game on a regular bases. The updates are called "Issues". Right now we play Issue number 10. With every issue NCsoft brings us a new event. At the moment Paragon City and Rouge Isles are under attack of alien invaders.

Check out the City of Heroes / City of Villians homepages and maybe we will meet at the streets of Paragon City!

And finally the new football game from 2K Sports

We all have waited for a long time.
The best football game for Playstation 2 is ESPN's NFL 2K5. After EA bought all the rights, there was no 2K Football anymore.

Until now....
Finally 2K Sports developed a brand new game for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
ALL-PRO FOOTBALL 2K8.



No offical team, no current players, no NFL, only pure football!

You can choose from 240 NFL legends and build your own team. Everything can be customized: team names and colors, jerseys, helmets, celebrations and so on.
2K Sports also changed the rating system - players are not ranked by numbers anymore. There are just 3 categories the legendary players are sorted into - bronze, silver and gold star players. Players that are on the same level are equally strong. It's neither possible to improve your players. If he's ranked bronze he stays bronze.
You build your team by choosing 2 gold star, 4 silver star and 6 bronze star players.

The gameplay is based on 2K5, but they improved the AI of the players. The defense players react better to the offense and the offense line blocks much better. The motions and animations are really smooth. The new "reach tackles" are great, if your player is blocked, you can still tackle by hittin the right stick. The player will reach out and grab the ballcarrier.




This is the best football game since NFL 2K5.


For more informations visit 2K sports