I recently picked up Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. It is a pretty good game. It is very remnant of Batman: Arkham Asylum. There are lots of thugs you can work on getting combos on and has achievements just like the Batman game. It also has Spider sense view which is just like Detective Mode in Batman: Arkham Asylum in both good and bad ways. The Spider Sense view lets you focus on the enemies, objects to pick up and places to go. But just like in the Batman game going into this view it hides all the great colors in the game which is really disappointing. I think the developers put a lot of time into making the game look great and you spend more than 80% of the game not being able to enjoy it. Spider Sense also lets you detect oncoming trouble or where you should break down a wall. A lot of the game is standard stuff. Move through a level collect items that you can use to power up your character.

In the game you play as 4 different Spider-Men. The Amazing Spider-Man is voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.

In the game you play 13 different bosses. I won’t mention them all so as to not spoil it, but I will mention one. Carnage. I love Carnage. I have since he was first introduced in the comics, but he rarely shows up and you usually get Venom instead. Don’t get me wrong I love Venom too, but I guess since Carnage doesn’t show up as often it nice to see him and I enjoy his appearances more. One final cameo I will mention is Spider-Ham. Great to see the developers of this game really throwing in a lot of characters.

One thing I didn’t like about this game, that really a lot of games suffer from, is Spider-Man’s little quips to the enemies can get repetitive really quick, especially if you lose to a boss and have to play him again (not that I did that )

Overall it is a game worth picking it up and I would give it an 8.5.

Netflix has just added lots of Star Trek to it’s streaming line up. The Original Series, The Next Generation, Voyager and Enterprise are all available. All the episodes are available. Deep Space Nine is suppose to be available later this year. I’m not sure about the Animated Series. It looks like they have taken all the movies off streaming except for the J.J. Abrams reboot

Angry Birds newest level is an ode to NASA. Very fitting since the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off today on the final space shuttle mission. The level is available in Angry Birds Seasons in the Summer Pignic Level 1-17. Just like the golden egg level it is very low gravity because well it is on the moon.

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Dear IDW,

I know you enjoy making lots & lots of money, however I have a suggestion that will still make you a pretty good deal of money. Please cancel all GI Joe books except A Real American Hero as written by Larry Hama. Please keep him as the sole writer until the day he dies. This is the comic that fans want the most and by putting all your resources behind Mr. Hama you will be able to make a great product and sell a lot more issues of it. It would also be fantastic if you could get Mr. Hama to crank out make 14-15 issues per year instead of just 12. Don’t push him into doing 2 per every month, but a few times a year if he is on a roll or has lots of ideas flowing support him by giving him the resources to put out those extra issues. I know when the next GI Joe movie comes out Hasbro will probably ask you to make a few prequel comics. I understand this and am okay with it as long as you limit it to no more than 5 issues. You have a great thing going with having Larry Hama back in the GI Joe fold, please don’t mess this up and please stop diluting the product.

Thanks,
A GI Joe Fan

PS 1 – 2 one-shot comics per year are allowed, such as Infestation.