Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez This time around Wendy hit up Alpha Comics to catch up on some of the comics piling up since my last visit. I'll have to check to make sure I'm not missing an issue from the MegaMan X series. Special thanks to Wendy for scooping these up while running errands. Darkstalkers X Street Fighter- Queen's Shadow # 1- The Lords of the Makai saga continues. I do wonder exactly how long this crossover is going to last. Saturday Morning Adventures TMNT # 38- Casey Jones needs some help from the Turtles and Hun has arrived in the series. To top of it, he's also mutated and stronger than ever. Spider-Man Long Way Home # 1- This one might tie in with the recent Avengers Armageddon story.  Megaman X # 4- The story continues. My only problem is, I'm not sure if I have number 2 or not. I'll have to go through my recent purchases. Spider-Man Brand New Day # 2- Now the Punisher is getting involved. He's been messing with the Spider-people a lot lately. ...

 By Mark Rodriguez For those that don't know, EVO is an annual fighting game tournament hosting several games, held in Las Vegas during the summer. Lately being featured at Evo has become a make-or-break for a game's popularity. Some examples were Capcom rushing Street Fighter 5 out in a bare-bones state just so it would be available in time for that year's EVO, or Marvel VS Capcom Infinite getting the snub by the fans as EVO excluded it from the line-up (and also cause the game was downgrade from MVC3).  Aside from the gaming, the show also has trailers of upcoming games or new DLC characters for existing games. This time around we got DLC reveals for new characters being added to Guilty Gear Strive (Robo-Ky) and Tekken 8 (Bob), and Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star finally became available for Fatal Fury City of the Wolves right after the Finals for that game ended. The most surprising thing this time around were trailers for new DLC characters.... being added to old g...

 By Mark Rodriguez So Dead or Alive 6 Last Round is finally out! And they did what they should have led with from the start. The first all-new character has been announced!  For those that missed out, Dead or Alive 6 has returned with a Last Round upgrade. However the new version barely has anything new if you compare how DOA5 Last Round was an upgrade to DOA5 Ultimate. Everything is mostly the same except for the new OBORO system that improves the lighting and details for the Lost Paradise stage with it being included in later stages down the line, and a new camera system. Kasumi, Ayane, Honoka, Marie Rose and NiCo will be getting a new costume each and there is a pre-order bonus costume for Marie Rose.     The main downside is the cost of Koei Tecmo having to pay for the SNK license to use Mai and Kula a second time. As a result, those two are not available in the base Last Round game and have to be paid for a second time. Luckily the other DLC characters, Nyotengu...

 By Mark Rodriguez This time around things we didn't have that huge of a haul or any other books that came in the mail. We hit up Third Eye after giving the shop a break for a while and here are the picks that we got. There is at least one comic I'm going to have to grab from Hipcomic though. Avengers Armageddon # 1- Red Hulk wants to rule the world in an event that Marvel hints is so huge, there will be a before and after to this. Let's see if any changes actually stick... Black Cat # 11- Now The Punisher is getting involved.  DC X Sonic the Hedgehog- Metal Legion # 2- Dr. Eggman joins the Legion of Doom!! Captain Marvel Dark Past # 3- Captain Marvel and Spider-Woman face off against Desecrator!!  Batman # 10- Batman's adventures continue as he watched over Gotham.  Batgirl # 20- Batgirl is out to solve a murder she never forgot. Barbara Gordon Breakout # 2- Barbara starts to her breakout from prison, but things get complicated! While I heard that there was a ...