Sunday, February 27, 2011

Marvel Masterworks






For several years now Marvel Comics has been releasing color compilations of their older comics in hardcover called Marvel Masterworks. The high cost of these hardcovers ($50 each) makes them quite expensive to collect if all you want to do is read the stories. Fortunately, they've finally  wised up and are also releasing the Marvel Masterworks line in trade paperback form at a much more reasonable price point. Out of the 153 hardcover volumes they've released so far, 25 are available in paperback, with a new one being released every month. The titles are links to the respective amazon.com page for each volume.


Vol
TITLE                                       ISSUES


     
                                                       Release Date
1
The Amazing Spider-Man: Vol. 1 Amazing Fantasy #15, The Amazing Spider-Man #1-10




2009-02-04
2
The Fantastic Four: Vol. 1 The Fantastic Four #1-10




2009-02-25
3
The X-Men: Vol. 1 The X-Men #1-10




2009-04-22
4
The Avengers: Vol. 1 The Avengers #1-10




2009-05-27
5
The Amazing Spider-Man: Vol. 2 The Amazing Spider-Man #11-19, Annual #1




2009-06-24
6
The Fantastic Four: Vol. 2 The Fantastic Four #11-20, Annual #1




2009-07-22
7
The X-Men: Vol. 2 The X-Men #11-21




2009-08-26
8
The Incredible Hulk: Vol. 1 The Incredible Hulk #1-6




2009-09-23
9
The Avengers: Vol. 2 The Avengers #11-20




2009-10-28
10
The Amazing Spider-Man: Vol. 3 The Amazing Spider-Man #20-30, Annual #2




2009-11-25
11
The Uncanny X-Men: Vol. 1 Giant-Size X-Men #1, The X-Men #94-100




2009-12-23
12
The Uncanny X-Men: Vol. 2 The X-Men #101-110




2010-01-20
13
The Fantastic Four: Vol. 3 The Fantastic Four #21-30




2010-02-24
14
Captain America: Vol. 1 Tales of Suspense #59-81




2010-03-24
15
The Silver Surfer: Vol. 1 The Silver Surfer #1-6, The Fantastic Four Annual #5




2010-05-26
16
The Amazing Spider-Man: Vol. 4 The Amazing Spider-Man #31-40, Annual #3




2010-06-23
17
Daredevil: Vol. 1 Daredevil #1-11




2010-07-28
18
The Mighty Thor: Vol. 1 Journey Into Mystery #83-100




2010-08-25
19
The Silver Surfer: Vol. 2 The Silver Surfer #7-18




2010-09-22
20
The Invincible Iron Man: Vol. 1 Tales of Suspense #39-50




2010-04-21
21
The Fantastic Four: Vol. 4 The Fantastic Four #31-40, Annual #2




2010-10
22
The Amazing Spider-Man: Vol. 5 The Amazing Spider-Man #41-50, Annual #3




2010-11
23
Doctor Strange: Vol. 1 Strange Tales #110-111, 114-141




2010-12
24
The Uncanny X-Men: Vol. 3 The X-Men #111-121 (First printing omitted issue 121.)





2011-01
25
The Fantastic Four: Vol. 5 The Fantastic Four #41-50, Annual #3




2011-02
26
The Mighty Thor: Vol. 2 Journey Into Mystery #101-110




2011-03-09
27
The Avengers: Vol. 3 The Avengers #21-30




2011-04-06
28
The Fantastic Four: Vol. 6 The Fantastic Four #51-60, Annual #4




2011-05
29
Daredevil: Vol. 2 Daredevil #12-21




2011-06
30
The Mighty Thor: Vol. 3 Journey Into Mystery #111-120, Annual #1




2011-07
31
The X-Men: Vol. 3 The X-Men #22-31




2011-08


















































Thursday, February 24, 2011

Free Game - King's Quest III: To Heir is Human Redux



AGD Interactive has done it again. After releasing upgraded remakes of both King's Quest I and King's Quest II, they've now released an upgraded remake of King's Quest III! Help Gwydion, a young boy raised by the evil wizard Manannan escape from his clutches and find out his true heritage in "King's Quest III: To Heir is Human Redux". Go here to download it. It's available for both PC/Windows and Apple Macintosh. Enjoy!

Monday, February 21, 2011

Checkin' in with Goofy



Disney Cruise Lines has a new animated commercial that mimics the classic "How to" goofy theatrical shorts from the forties and fifties. While I personally don't like cruises, I felt like sharing this as I really enjoy the old goofy cartoons and they did a really good job emulating them. Enjoy!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Free Game - The Silver Lining Episode 3

I've mentioned "The Silver Lining" before, but "The Silver Lining Episode 3: My only Love From My Only Hate" is now available for free download. This licensed sequel to the King's Quest franchise has been getting rave reviews.  There are three episodes available for free download, with more on the way. Go here to download them.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Turkish Delight Recipe






If you've ever read or seen "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis, they you will remember the scene where Edmund first meets the White Witch and she asks him what he would like to eat and he says he would like Turkish Delight. As a child, I had no idea what Turkish Delight was, it not being a very common type of candy where I grew up. When I purchased the DVD set of the BBC adaptation of "The Chronicles of Narnia" it included a recipe for Turkish Delight. I've scanned both sides of the recipe card in and you can find them above. Click on the images to make them larger. If anybody makes a batch, please let me know how it turns out. Enjoy!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Crystalis

One of my favorite games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (N.E.S.) was the action role-playing game "Crystalis". It was similar to "The Legend of Zelda" but with experience points. 


The music in the game was amazing. It had a cool science fiction/fantasy plot. The controls were also really good. My original copy was either misplaced or stolen as I haven't seen it in over 15 years. So when I found a copy at a used video game store for $5.99 I had to pick it up. Even after all these years it's still a fun game. If you get a chance, give it a try and maybe you'll like it too.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Dan McDougall and the Bulldozer

I picked up this cool book at a thrift store, "Dan McDougall and the Bulldozer" by Lydia Pender with pictures by Gerald Rose. It's the story of a man who lives in the Australian Outback and wants to visit the city by the sea and decides to drive his bulldozer all the way there.




















The story is really good, but the quality of the illustrations really bring the book up a couple of notches. I'm really glad I picked it up.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Superman Classic



Animator Robb Pratt produced this fun little animated film showcasing his retro take on "The Man of Steel".

Friday, February 4, 2011

Free MP3 - A pirate I was meant to be

Lucasarts classic adventure game "Curse of Monkey Island" has a funny song sung by the ships crew called "A pirate I was meant to be".   An MP3 of this song is available for download on the World of Monkey Island web site. Go here to check out the lyrics, download the MP3 and sing along!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Costume Quest

After ending up with an X-Box 360 (you can read about that here), I decided to try some of the neat downloadable titles available for it. One of the first games I purchased and downloaded was Double Fine's amazingly fun "Costume Quest". It's an exploration and adventure game with mild role-playing features. After I beat the game, I liked it so much I also downloaded the additional chapter they have available as downloadable content (DLC). "Grubbins on Ice" is the name of the additional chapter and it was just as fun as the main game. Now let's hope they release more chapters or a "Costume Quest 2" in the future.