Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez So the preview showed that Minato will be double-dipping this month as she gets a new outfit and catches up on the previous outfits that the rest of the cast has. Nyotengu and Kasumi get new outfits as well. Opinions are mixed leaning very heavily towards the negative side as people were hoping for other characters like Tina and Mila to get new outfits. Let's see if the costumes themselves make up for it.   Week 1- Minato Diner Part-Timer Bundle-  Minato gets a new waitress outfit, and since the outfit is exclusive to her (so far), she might actually be a part-time waitress. Her outfits are called Sunday Rock 'n' Roll, Monday R&B, Wednesday Big Band Jazz and Friday Pop. As we said before it's the same outfit in four different colors. I'll be getting the black one, the Monday edition. If we go strictly by this, I guess we can say she's off Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. I mean she is part-timer after all. Now I wonder if testing out NiC...

 By Mark Rodriguez It feels good to hit the comic shop on a Wednesday. We got a lot cool stuff this time around, as well as one issue I somehow missed last month.    Miles Morales Spider-Man # 2- Somehow missed it the first time around. Things heat up as this time the new enemy is after Miles' father instead of Spider-Man. Miles Morales Spider-Man # 3- The story continues as the villain isn't just deadly, he also affects Miles' powers.  The Amazing Spider-Man Halloween Special- Hallow's Eve is out causing trouble, and Spider-Man gets a new costume? This should be a fun one-shot. Venom # 1- Another re-numbering. After being with MJ for so long, the Venom symbiote is finally back with good ol' Eddie Brock! The Punisher Showdowns: Black Widow - The Punisher has several run-ins with different Marvel characters starting with the Black Widow. How could I not get this one?  Masters of the Universe # 4- The Wings of Fate - How many new MOTU comics is Dark Horse makin...

 By Mark Rodriguez This time around Johnny joined us as we grabbed some comics from both Third Eye and Alpha Comics. We found some very interesting comics this time around. I also got the first issue of that Masters of the Universe comic I missed out on. There's also a cool crossover comic on the horizon.   The biggest haul was over at Third Eye Comics. Johnny took some time to check out the place. Sadly the entire manga section is still missing. Masters of the Universe Legends of Eternia # 1- As luck has it, by the time I found out this series existed, we were on number two. Luckily I was able to back-order it from Third Eye and here it is. Batman # 14- The Bad Seeds story continues as we enter week two. I hope the story makes sense if I just collect the Batman issues. Seems Mr. Freeze is involved. Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze. Why does that sound familiar? Batgirl # 24- It seems Batgirl will also get involved with the Bad Seeds storyline. It's not too often that she deals wi...

 By Mark Rodriguez Portals have opened up in both the Makai world and our world (in the Chicago area). Morrigan relinquished her crown to Lilith as they enlist several Street Fighters to help out. This turns Morrigan feral and it seems she has gotten John Talbain on her side. Meanwhile Lilith is talking to some shadow creature only she can see which is manipulating her. What will happen next? "Queen's Shadow" opens as the fight in Chicago continues, as Cammy and Charlie are overwhelmed by the monsters and demons. One of the monsters on their side tells them they should fall back as this is not a fight they can win. Elsewhere BB Hood is gunning down more monsters. John Talbain is killing everyone in his wake while Morrigan drains the souls from humans and monsters alike. At Castle Aensland, Lilith sits on the throne as Rose explains the history behind England's Magna Carta. Demitri looms overhead, as it seems he has been the shadow creature all along. Rose continues t...

 By Mark Rodriguez Here's the round up for October's DOA6 Last Round DLC road map. It looks like since we get updates every Thursday and October 1st happened to be a Thursday, we only got news of an update starting the following week.    So we see that Minato will get to double-dip. She'll be getting an all new costume. Then she'll be getting a second round of 'debut costumes' to catch her up with the rest of the female cast. So I assume they will be the maid outfits, the high society dresses, the color-changing ninja outfits and whatnot.  Nyotengu also gets to double-dip as she already had a new costume and Kasumi will get yet another outfit, which would be the third if you count the new outfit she already got upon release. Meanwhile Christie, Tina and Mila are still waiting for scraps. So far nobody is happy about this, especially since we have to wait a whole other month to see if Koei Tecmo remembers that other characters exist. The general consensus on the ...

 By Mark Rodriguez Last time, Metalhead went haywire after he hooked himself up to Mondo Gecko's game console. Mondo called the Turtles for help. Michaelangelo used videogame logic and managed to shut Metalhead down. As things wind down, the Turtles and Mondo are suddenly captured by the geese villains that April ran into in a previous adventure.  What will happen next as the comic book series comes to a close? "It's Fowl Over" opens at the sewer lair as April tells Splinter what happened. She says that evil geese from another dimension have kidnapped the Turtles so that she can give them a magic rock in exchange. Splinter says things were easier when all they had to worry about were Krang and the Foot Clan. April explains some time back she was zapped away to another world that resembled World War II era Earth but with anthropomorphic birds instead of humans. The evil geese were looking for a gem called the Heart of K'Avila which could answer any question asked ...

 By Mark Rodriguez  So this time around it seems the series is releasing a 'monthly DLC road map' where one character gets a new costume every week (Thursday) rather than the hundred-dollar season sets they used to give out for the classic DOA 6. I'm guessing if you were add up three month's worth of DLC it would be close to a hundred bucks or over, but at least you don't have to buy everything. I'll try to give the rundown on what each months provides and general thoughts. As you know, the costumes are sold in sets of four, roughly 21 bucks for the set or 8 bucks a piece. Despite each outfit having a different name, they are all the same outfit but in different colors. In this case we also got a new character thrown into the mix.  Lei Fang's Luminous Shadow Bundle- Lei Fang was the first to get a new costume, September 3rd. It's a classy looking outfit which comes in four colors. I didn't pick it up right away, since I was waiting on Minato and Hit...