Don’t worry, the crew here at JRT is still hard at work with the latest episode, coming out next week. Still, we are multi-class nerds, so we also enjoy a fair share of comics… and when Ryan North made Dinosaur Comics‘ entire corpus available and Brad Friedman conjured a magical algorithm that automatically generates scripts, we couldn’t simply stand idly by.
So, after the break, we have assembled three DC strips out of six of these seemingly random scripts. They might appear a bit scatter-brained, but they are actually transcendently sensible, with high-brow subtext. They are, after all, powered by monkeys. Enjoy!
March, a month known around these parts as “the month of the thousand birthdays”, this year delivers a couple of the most gestated games in history. Spending a lot of time in development isn’t necessarily a good thing and it certainly strains the developer, as seems to be the case with…
It’s been a long time coming, but the video version is finally up: Join the JRT Show as I critique one of the holiday season’s heaviest hitters, Nintendo’s return to its oldest franchise, New Super Mario Bros. Wii for the Nintendo Wii! Featuring dragons, mushrooms and pillow-fights.
Another February, available in 2010 flavour, another JRT episode, available next week and another list of the month’s most promising videogame releases, available right after the break!
Happy New Year everyone!
Wedged between an idyllic 2008 and a promising 2010, 2009 was a pretty mediocre year for videogames, especially since Modern Warfare 2 scared many interesting titles away from the holiday season. It’s finally behind as, and here are the games I’ll be looking forward to the most this first month of 2010!
The warmest of wishes for a miraculous Christmas for you & yours, from the cast & crew of JRT! Christmas is about having a merry ol’ time with those closest to your heart, and in many households, including my own, this always involves a little bit of gaming. It is also a time to strive for a kinder world, whether it’s by simply sporting a smile even when the traffic couldn’t possibly get any more jammed, or by contributing to charity organizations such as Child’s Play.
One of the hottest titles this holiday season and the biggest Shigeru Miyamoto release in a long while, I take a look at Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii for the Nintendo Wii.
Season One of JRT springs to life, as we revisit the timeless free-running lifestyle of vigilantes through a thorough review of Assassin’s Creed II. Featuring vengeance, flashbacks and atrocious accents.
The Assassin’s Creed II video is being encoded, for about the billionth time, as we speak, while all of us here at JRT are already hard at work for the next instalment. Things will hopefully go to plan for once, now that advertising is kicking in and the site actually gets traffic.
Speaking of which, if you are a new visitor, you might want to first check the lighter, more “newcomer-friendly” JRT episodes, Punch-Out!! & Monkey Island SE. Of course, we also have the epic, 5-part, Metal Gear Solid 4 review/playthrough, but its terrifying length & troubling sound means it’s probably best left for last.
Also, under the break follows a list of new releases most likely to help us have a fantastic December!
Break-time is over and we return to reviews of considerable proportions, only fit for Ciao!, with my take on Assassin’s Creed II. If three thousand words feel a bit too much for you, and I can’t possibly blame you, show a little more patience and wait for the video version, already in the editing room!