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Spider-Man, we just can’t get away from him can we? Not that I’m complaining, he’s a popular character for a reason. This time around joing Chris and Kieran Shiach as they talk about the second Toby McGuire Spider-Man film and the game that came out alongside it. Yeah, we’re cheating a bit and jumping ahead. I think we’ll survive just this once. Learn such things as: What makes this game so amazin...

The Fantastic Four? Yeah, we’re not really there yet. But I think that’s a travesty so we’re going to cheat a little bit and look at something Fantastic Four. Umm, yeah, we’ll go with that. Learn such things as: When is the first Fantastic Four game coming out anyway? What revelation did Chris have while recording? And how does he keep doing this? Did Chris remember that Silver Surfer came from Fa...

Dennis the Menace (the American one at least) is a cultural icon. Anyone who read the comics as a child most likely knows who Dennis is and followed his adventures. But is that enough to save this game from the trash pile? Learn such things as: The shifting sense of who we feel sorry for in this comic. Is Dennis really that bad? What revelation was made while recording that suddenly made this game...

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Spider-Man rears his head again, and it’s still not anywhere near as good as that PS1 classic we all love. This time Issa from Young Free & Coupled takes a swing at the wall crawler as he takes on the Sinister Six in this NES, Master System, and Game Gear title from LJN. Learn such things as: Are we giving up on LJN? Who is in this version of the Sinister Six? Who actually enjoyed this game? A...

Batman: The Animated Series is easily seen as one of the best versions of Batman on the screen. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a game came out for it. Listen in as Karrington from The Real Dudes Podcast joins in on discussing yet another Gameboy game. Learn such things as: Who is the best Joker? How many people can feel sorry for Chris when they learn he hasn’t seen a vital part of their...

Martians! Except they’re from Earth, and blue… so SMURFS! Listen as Chris basically has no idea what’s going on and return guest Kayleigh knows exactly what’s going on as these two discuss The Smurfs in comic, cartoon, and game form. Learn such things as: Where did the Smurf name come from anyway? Where did these guys even come from? How Europe definitely got the better end of this game release Wh...

The Avengers, along with fearless leader Captain America, are a collection of Earth’s mightiest heroes. Together they can conquer anything. But they’ll face their toughest challenge yet when Chris and Matt (graciously on loan from Semi Intellectual Musings) take their shots at this group of heroes. Learn such things as: The four, or two, characters that are actually good enough to let you play as...

Did you see that streak going by? That was probably Chris and Tyler Kirby from Better than Static going on about the newest episode of Play Comics. These two crazy kids looked at some Flash comic history then the Gameboy game that was at least artistically inspired by the 90s Flash TV show. Learn such things as: Flash’s place in the DC heirarchy Cool things he can do with a seemingly lame power Wh...

Who doesn’t like Spider-man? You know, besides JJ Jameson and a hoard of villains and whatever friends he’s blowing off without a good explanation because secret identities need to be protected? Join Chris and special guest Paul Csomo from  Varmints  as they look at The Amazing Spider-Man for the Nintendo Gameboy and some of the comic background for everyone’s favorite wall crawler. Learn such thi...

Silver Surfer. One-time personal assistant to Galactus, now not so much. Join Chris and special guest Josh Bowman of Fait Deficit as they take a look at this wonderfully misunderstood character along with another LJN classic on the NES. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the  Be a A Guest on the Show page  and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support t...

The Punisher is a great character with a rich history. From killing the Marvel Universe to hunting Spider-Man to being as close to a hero as a stone cold killer can get, we’re taking a look at a brief glimpse into the Punisher comic universe and then diving straight into the NES and Gameboy games. Spoiler alert: this is an LJN game for NES. That should raise a bunch of red flags right there. Chang...

Ah, this little hidden gem works on multiple levels. Listen in as Chris and his special guest/wife Kayleigh take a look at the Little Nemo comics, animated movie, and the game for the NES. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the  Be a A Guest on the Show page  and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out  the Play Comics Patreon page...

X-Men is one of the most beloved comic franchises there is, no question about it. So of course they get this LJN steaming pile of shit. Honestly, I want to just go crawl in a hole and cry myself to sleep. Things Covered Jay and Miles are the best and there's so much X-Men history that I'd mess up so just go listen to their show if you're really curious Rotating cast makes it a pretty open world Bu...

We have our first revisit to a franchise, so if you haven't checked out our episode about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles you should probably do that. Things Covered This is so much better than that earlier game The arcade version is beautiful. The NES one isn't too shabby itself The fun of bringing an arcade game to the home consoles Chris finally realizes that we haven't covered a proper Spiderman...

We knew basically nothing about Dick Tracy coming into this. Well, nothing except that he wears yellow and he's a detective. So clean slate for this show! WE GOT REVIEWS! Davis Quinn : "This game is horrible" Sean did research, Chris didn't do as much beyond playing the game Chris suffers through a 1939 Dick Tracy serial The NES and Genesis games are different, and one is objectively better If you...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a game we all know from a comic series we all know exists. Ha, joke's on us because most of the people I know grew up on the cartoons. Turtle origin story Sean's tattoos that he totally had before starting the show Changes between the comics and cartoon Chris refuses to admit that the Michael Bay movies exist Drifting into the land of future show previews The game i...

Ah, Batman. What can you say about someone with such a storied past? Well, Chris and Sean go off on an over sized episode that tries to capture the magic of one of the better games on the NES. New Joker back stories Movie tie in games with actually good game play... ... but characters that have nothing to do with the movie or Batman lore. The nostalgia of the NES classic versus the forgotten fact...

Wow, this one is horrible. Not the episode, it's pretty sweet. But the game itself? It's pretty bad. Things Covered The video we watched because we couldn't handle playing it for long. The insane setting for the mini games Chris definitely loves Peanuts Video game physics Balancing skills and how the NES doesn't really show them off well What makes this game Snoopy anyway? Yeah, it's a bad one. If...

Sean joins Chris and the show goes insane in the best way possible. The language gets more adult though so you might want to be careful about that. We try no to go overboard, but no promises. Things Covered Making a good Superman game is hard The really weird list of powers Superman has/had The level of situational awareness of the citizens of Metropolis General gameplay notes Overall game quality...

Spy vs Spy, and incorrectly Spy vs Spy 2 in this case, are looked at in this episode. Thankfully the sequel doesn't really change much beyond the setting so it's not a big deal. The game was planned and development started for an NES release over here, so it could have happened. Things Covered Super brief history of Spy vs Spy Comic Some characters you don't see in the game Comparing the game to o...

Wow, the games for the Atari 2600 are really crappy. Flash stuff from the early 90s was better. Today's creators could barf up a better game in their sleep. Things Covered Asterix Canada is still part of North America  and how they didn't see Taz Popeye The Smurfs, 1.5 times because a second "game" barely counts Spider-Man Superman Snoopy The general crappyness of the 2600 and why I'm not holding...