The Death of the Family - Batman Arc

I"m a huge Batman fan... and even moreso, a HUGE Joker fan.

For anyone looking to get into Batman in the New 52, my first recommendation has always been to pick up the main Batman series written by Scott Snyder. His first story arc, The Court of the Owls, was excellent (Night of the Owls Vol 1. and Night of the Owls Vol. 2) and his second big arc has been "Death of the Family"

Those familiar with Bat-History will recognize this as similar to the "A Death in the Family" arc from the late 80s. The throwbacks to bat-history don't stop there. This story arc (the main Batman title is still written by Scott Snyder, but the other tie-in issues are being handled by their respective creative teams - Batgirl, Batman and Robin, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Nightwing, Suicide Squad and Teen Titans) contains a large number of throwbacks to important moments in the history of Batman.

Being a fan of the Joker, my favorites might be the throwbacks to The Killing Joke (my favorite Joker story so far)...

The story is gripping, and as always, the Joker has a "lesson" to teach Batman. As much as they sometimes seem like an attempt to just sucker you into buying more books, the tie-ins from other series to this one are quite excellent and in my opinion, quite important to the story.

I can't say enough good things about this story arc/event, it's been amazing, and as a Joker fan, I've loved every minute of it. It's the first time in a long time I remember eagerly looking forward to each week's comics to get the next part of the story!

Here's the link to the first issue of Batman that's part of this arc (Batman Issue #13)

Hope you enjoy the series as much as I do!

-Zach

Fire Emblem: Awakening

I can't say enough about this game... I've been hooked on it since I got it and I've run my 3DS dead multiple times playing it.

This is the first Fire Emblem game I've played (I haven't really kept up on my Nintendo games as much as other companies/systems) and I must say I've thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm still working my way through the story for the first time, and I'm loving every moment of it.

I've been making sure to take my time and pick up every paralogue that's come up as I've played through, as well as fighting with quite a few people who have popped onto my map via spotpass.

The system of classes, and being able to change/upgrade them via Seals is excellent and I'm really liking the ability to customize my party. I've also just started being able to recruit the kids of some of my characters that got together and got married, and it's an interesting aspect of the game for sure.

The only real complaint I've had so far has been that I kind of locked myself into a team and stuck with them, it's not really a problem with the game, but you do get quite attached to the characters, and I find it hard to let them go and bring someone new in.


Overall, I LOVE this game much more than I thought I would (I do generally like tactics style games like this though, so perhaps it shouldn't have been such a surprise) and I may find myself going back and playing the earlier entries in the series after the great experience playing this one...

If you haven't tried it yet, it's definitely worth the pickup!

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Enjoy!

-Zach

"The Geek in Review"

Welcome to "The Geek in Review"

I'm a huge geek, I love movies, video and board games, comics, books...

This will be a blog about some of my favorite things. I'll be covering geek news, reviewing some of my favorite games (video and board), books, comics and movies...

Hope everyone enjoys!

-Zach