Mario Party on the Game Boy?? How would Mario Party even work as a one-player game?
Turns out it’s a open-world game where you save Party World by helping owls & penguins pay off their gambling debts!
It’s a strong recommend!
Some of My Friends Read Comics 168 – Edge of Spider-Verse + The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #9
It’s raining Spider-Mans!!!
For today’s episode we read Edge of Spider-Verse, a collection of 5 different Spider-Character introductions that led directly into Spider-Verse itself.
We’ve got Noir, Spider-Gwen, a monstrous Peter Parker, a little girl named Peni Parker, and a guy named Aaron Aikman from Tokyo or maybe Dallas. One of these things was not like the other.
And then we continue The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck #9, in which our Scrooge is now finally rich!
Next Time: We start the Age of Apocalypse with Legion Quest (Uncanny X-Men 320 & 321, X-Men 40 & 41) + X-Men: Alpha #1.
Some of My Friends Read Comics 167 – Hawkeye by Matt Fraction & David Aja + The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #8
Hawkeye is one of those poor characters who also seems to be the butt of jokes for his lack of powers. The Matt Fraction & David Aja series from 2012 is widely regarded as one of Hawkeye’s best, so we thought we’d see what it had to offer.
But wait… Clint Barton and Kate Bishop are BOTH Hawkeye around this time. Is that okay? (It’s fine.)
There’s a bonus Young Avengers story in this volume too, which we read before jumping over to The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck #8, which gave us a taste of that classic DUCK RAGE.
Next Time: Edge of Spider-Verse
That Was a Game – Rayman Arean
Rayman returns in a racing game, which turns out to be a really cool platforming footracer!
Some of My Friends Read Comics 166 – The Eternals (2006) by Neil Gaiman & John Romita, Jr. + The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #7
What is an Eternal?
They got a whole movie but we have no idea. We decided the Neil Gaiman & John Romita, Jr. 6-issue miniseries from 2006 would be a decent place to start. Apparently it was so good they gave it a 7th issue! Wow, good job Eternals.
And of course, we continued our read of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck with issue #7.
The number 7 is all over this episode. Numerology nerds take note.
Next Time – Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction & David Aja (Hawkeye (2012) #1-5 + Young Avengers Presents #6)
Some of My Friends Read Comics 165 – The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 2 + The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #6
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is back after a massive hiatus! What???? Is this real life? Yes, it’s really happening. We read the first 5 issues forever ago and now it’s time to finally read issues #6-8.
At the time of this posting, a 9th issue has also been published.
For real.
Like for real for real.
We’re also officially halfway through The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, with issue 6 to round out his full rogues gallery.
Next Time: The Eternals (2006) by Neil Gaiman & John Romita, Jr.
That Was a Game – Tetris 2
Tetris is one of the greatest game of all time. And Here’s the game that dared to call itself Tetris 2. Is it worthy of the “2”. We also learn that Tetris 2 was called Tetris Flash in Japan, because Japan already had a different Tetris 2!
Some of My Friends Read Comics 164 – Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Vol. 2 + The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #5
Swamp Thing made someone’s heart sing!!! He’s in love! It’s so sweet!
But we have to go through some really creepy horror stuff first like BUGS. Eww, gross.
In Alan Moore’s 2nd volume of Swamp Thing (issues #28-34 & Annual #2), he gave us a little bit of everything, including a fun little trip to hell.
And then we kept reading The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck with Chapter 5. Spoiler alert: Scrooge dies.
Next Time: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #6-8
Some of My Friends Read Comics 163 – Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #7-12 + The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #4
This Jimmy Olsen story has too many characters we’ve never heard of, but now that we’ve read the back half of Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber’s 12-issue Eisner winning maxiseries, we kind of love them all.
We also continued reading through The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck with Chapter 4!
Next Time: We return to Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing (first time since Episode 45 back in January 2017) with Saga of the Swamp Thing #28-34 + Annual #2.
That Was a Game – Spanky’s Quest (Game Boy)
Spanky’s Quest was recently added to the Nintendo Switch Online service. It was heralded as a forgotten gem of the Super Nintendo library, but the real forgotten gem was the Game Boy version of Spanky’s Quest.
Spanky’s Quest (Game Boy) differs quite a bit from its Super Nintendo sequel, and THAT WAS A GAME is here to bring you all the details!
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