Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez Lara Croft and her new assistant Madeline, have come into the possession of a gem called The Eye of Shaharettin which is said to allow the person holding it to see visions into the future. A secret organization called the Midnight Squires have set their eyes on Lara and want their gem back. Along the way a security expert named John Rivers and Chase Carver joined her team. Lara, John and Chase head for the Bayou swamps in search of the one man that escaped from the Midnight Squires and survived. As they try to cross a river, they get sucked into a whirlpool. How will this story conclude?   "Dead Center Part 4" opens with Lara, Chase and John being sucked up in the whirlpool. As everyone is flung around, the gem slips from John's grasp. Lara sees it and tries to grab it. She figures she should let it go and worry more about saving herself... but just not her style. Lara tries her best to hold out, but just as she's about to grab the gem, a man r...

 By Mark Rodriguez It's been quite a year for Wendy and me. Not only did we get married, we also were able to buy a house (after much effort, loans and a mountain of paperwork of course). We got to visit Vegas where I not only got to chill with my bro but we also saw the old VGM gang again.  We got several cool games and interesting movies this year. Lots of cool comics, both new and old. I finally got to complete my Power Girl collection and have set my sights on the Tomb Raider comics. The 80's TMNT continue to go strong in their comic series and we got a DC and Marvel crossover which we thought we'd never see again since the 90's. Doctor Doom ruled the world, and Batman has his on-going series and a rebooted number one series happening at the same time due to Hush 2 delays. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 was a fun movie, Fatal Fury City of the Wolves won Best Fighting Game of the year at the Game Awards and we found out that Chris Evans will be in the upcoming Avenger...

 By Mark Rodriguez The Tournament of Power is on the horizon, a battle royale match between several universes where the losing universes will get erased from existence. Each universe needs a team of 10 to enter. Goku had succeeded in recruiting Krillin, Android 18 and even Android 17. Unfortunately, Majin Buu had fallen under deep hibernation so he's out yet again. The crew considered enlisting Gohan in his place, but even so they still one more member to round out the ten... The other universes are busy recruiting their own teammates as well. What will happen next?   "Chapter 32- The Super Warriors Gather! Part Two" opens on Universe 6, Planet Sadla, as we see Cabba answering a call. Champa had told him to do whatever it takes to gather the best fighters in the universe, regardless of if they're good guys or bad guys. Just then two Saiyans drive past Cabba in a truck.  The passenger tells the driver that they entered Caulifla's turf. The driver says they're m...

 By Mark Rodriguez Shredder and Krang have allied themselves with the Pantheon. Several members of the Pantheon are taking their shot at defeating the Turtles so they can take leadership away from Old Hob... not knowing that he already handed it over to Krang. But never mind that, here's a holiday themed adventure where Raphael and Casey Jones take on the Krampus.    "Christmas with Casey" opens at Myer's Department Store on December 23rd. Santa is listening to the kids list what they want for Christmas and Raphael and Casey stand guard. Casey is grumpy and Raph says he used to hate this time of year as well, but seeing a little bit of goodwill in the city makes it easier to fight the bad guys. Raphael points out how jolly Santa looks and how it's a little contagious. Casey calls Santa a lawbreaker and Raph tells him to dial it down some.    Casey says than breaking and entering, there's something else that makes him distrust him. As a boy, Casey wanted a Goo...

 By Mark Rodriguez Multiverses are everywhere nowadays. While the concept has been around for a while, nowadays the multiverses are more about different versions of long-running franchises running into each other. Where before it might be case of Batman running into an evil Batman or a cyborg Batman, now it would be more like Micheal Keaton Batman meeting Adam West Batman. This time the IDW Turtles enter the Battle Nexus and run into characters from different versions of the TMNT franchise. Let's see what happens!   "Battle Nexus" opens in the Battle Nexus, a floating asteroid located outside of space and time that hosts the most celebrated fighting tournament in all realities. The tournament was once a bloody gladiator contest between warriors plucked from their universes unwillingly. Currently the tournament has become respected and celebrated across the multiverse. Elite champions are recruited by the Dimensional Council which is overseen by Lord Simultaneous from the...

 By Mark Rodriguez The Zenos have announced a huge battle royale tournament for several universes. There can only one winning universe and the rest will be erased from existence. Each universe has to select ten members to take part. Goku started on that right away as he heads out to visit Krillin and Android 18. Elsewhere in Universe 11, the God of Destruction Belmod succeeds in enlisting Jiren since the prize will be whatever wish he wants from the Super Dragonballs. What will happen now?   "Chapter 31: The Super Warriors Gather" opens back to the Cell Game, as Cell is in the middle of a difficult fight. He's surprised the opponent is even stronger than him. The opponent is none other than Mr. Satan who tells him that the world has a superhero. We see Mr. Satan fight Cell as this is part of a talk show re-telling how Satan saved the world. Mr. Satan says it brings back memories since this happened 10 years ago.  The interviewer says that afterwards everyone that was kil...