"It's a Video Game!" - Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Well, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla has been released, and reviews seem promising. That being said, I’ll probably wait for the eventual “This Game Is Buggy” patch to be released before I end up playing it. I wish I could say that I’ve reached the end of the AC retrospective, but I have Syndicate to finish off. I’ll probably do that before I hit Valhalla. I’m just not sure yet. Anyway, on to Ancient Greece!

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey was released on October 5^th, 2018. I don’t think I got it until 2019 though. This continued what Assassin’s Creed: Origins did with the RPG-lite mechanics and went even further. Now, we can choose the sex of our protagonist (Kassandra or Alexios). We can also alter the story of these characters a bit during certain sections of the playthrough. Even the skill tree that was introduced in Origins has been spruced up quite a bit. Also, Naval Battle makes its grand return here. It was only used sparingly in Origins.

"It's A Video Game!" - Assassin's Creed: Origins

Well, another Assassin’s Creed game is upon us. At first, I thought I would be torn between Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077. Since 2077’s been pushed back to December (seriously, WTH CDPR), I might end up checking that out first. Then again, if it’s anything like how Assassin’s Creed: Unity was when it first shipped, I might wait. Anywho, it’s time to get back on the trail of AssCreed. By the way, if you’re wondering where Syndicate is, keep wondering because I haven’t finished it yet. I’ll touch on that when I actually get around to it. That’ll be a story!

Assassin’s Creed: Origins was released on October 27^th, 2017. After Syndicate, Ubisoft took a much needed year off to craft this new game. My guess is that they knew that the formula was getting stale because Syndicate wasn’t as well-received in 2015. So, they needed to shake it up and add in something new. One look at some of the gameplay and RPG elements can tell you that they were inspired by RPGs like The Witcher 3, a well-received game and great RPG in my opinion. Does Origins come close, or does it fall?

Favorites - 12 Favorite Opponents from the Godzilla Franchise

I couldn’t just stop at one post about Godzilla, couldn’t I? I also realized that while I like the big monster, I’ve barely talked about him here, so here we go for a bit of a stint. I could say that it’s RANDOM THOUGHTS’ HALLOWEEN GODZILLATHON or something. There is one story I definitely want to cover here (Godzilla: Half-Century War), but I gotta find the dang book. So, here’s something else for y’all.

Godzilla is one monster that sits in an interesting position. He’s been a villain, a hero, and even something in between. The monster’s still gone up against a variety of adversaries. He’s gone up against other giant monsters, aliens, the environment, and humanity itself. So, who are my favorite Godzilla opponents? I have to go with this wording because the G-Man hasn’t always been the hero of the movie. It’s not in particularly any order, but the best ones will be up at top.

Favorites - Scariest Godzilla Movies

I think it’s time to break from superheroes for a bit. Besides, there are a lot of cool stuff out there, and one of them is the kaiju genre. The biggest of them (ha ha) is the G-Man himself: Godzilla. Now, I could do a list of my favorite Godzilla movies, but that seems too easy. Besides, the spooky season is upon us.

I started thinking about something recently: are there any scary Godzilla movies? I mean, Godzilla does kind of fit in the horror genre. Heck, his first film from 1954 was in a lot of ways a horror movie. Now, Godzilla didn’t stay that way after that first introduction. Heck, by the late 1960’s, he was a sometimes goofy friend to humanity. Also, it’s tough to make a guy in a rubber dinosaur suit scary. It wasn’t until the mid-80’s with the Heisei Era where Toho decided to make Godzilla a threat again. These days, he’s all over the place. He’s a god, a protector, an evolving and grotesque behemoth, a danger to all humanity, ghost, and an overall bad mofo.

So, here are what I could consider the scariest movies in the Godzilla franchise. These are ones where I kinda got a little creeped out. While most of these don’t creep me out as an adult, some movies are just weird enough to do it. It’s not in order from best to worst. In fact, I might as well handle this chronologically. So, let’s start with the legitimate horror that is Gojira.

Tales from the 50 Cent Bin! - Superman: The Death of Clark Kent

Well, it took a few days to get to this, but I’m usually a late bloomer. September was pretty busy in general. It’s 2020, I’m dating again, there was a family emergency, and there’s still a lot of housework to do, so the blog and some comic reading needed a break. Sometimes, you need a break from certain things. Still, I wanted to get back and finish what I started.

The 90’s was a big time for Superman since He got married, he died, and he grew long hair (NOT A MULLET!). He also had a crapton of stories where stuff would go wrong. “The Death of Clark Kent” is definitely such a story. Before I get to that, I need to touch on a newer character that showed up after Zero Hour: Kenny Braverman, aka Conduit. Kenny was basically a rival to Clark back in high school and even beyond. He was imbued with Kryptonian radiation as a child (he was born the night Kal-El landed in Kansas) which left him sickly sometimes. As an adult, he got with the government and had a suit created to channel that energy. He also had a mad hatred for Clark Kent since he always felt inferior to him. When he found out that Clark Kent was also Superman, his hate went into overdrive.

“The Death of Clark Kent” spun through the four Superman books in 1995. 

• Superman #100-101
• Adventures of Superman #523-524
• Action Comics #710-711
• Superman: Man of Steel #46-46
  

While it ended with Man of Steel #46, it truly came to an end in Adventures of Superman #525. I covered that a couple of years ago as well as Conduit’s first issue in Man of Steel #0. I’ll list the creative teams below since it got to be quite a lot. We also had a few changes around this time. Dan Jurgens draws his last issue with Superman #100, and Gil Kane takes over afterwards. Stuart Immonen had already replaced Tom Grummett a few issues before this. So, what does happen when a jilted jock decides kill his rival’s family and friends?