Comic Book Reviews for December 30, 2015
The final week of 2015 was a relatively quiet one for the comics industry, but there was still a healthy lineup of books on tap. DC dropped several big guns, between Injustice: Year Four Annual #1, Justice League #47 and Superman Annual #3. Marvel delivered new issues of books like Squadron Supreme, All-New Wolverine and Drax. And with new issues of Jughead, East of West and Ringside rounding out this assortment, it was a pretty solid week all around.
A couple of notes about this week's reviews. As with last week, we're doing a lighter load because of the holidays, but we'll be back in full force next week. Also, despite Diamond's shipping list indicating otherwise, books like Amazing Spider-Man #6 and Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin #1 aren't coming out this week. Certain stores may have received copies of those books, but they won't be officially released in print or digitally until next Wednesday, hence why they aren't reviewed here.
Xbox Elite Controller Supply Limited Until March 2016
If you’re in the market for an Xbox Elite Wireless Controller, you might have to wait until early next year to pick one up.
According to Tech Insider, Microsoft has confirmed it expects supply for the controller to be limited through March 2016.
The premium-priced controller was released in October for $150 USD and sold out quickly. Microsoft hoped to have stock replenished by December but they’re in high demand and Microsoft is struggling to keep stores stocked.
Mike Colter Talks “Musicality” in Luke Cage
In a interview with the Los Angeles Times, Mike Colter, Marvel's Luke Cage, talked about what fans can expect from his upcoming Netflix series and how its musical "soul" will set it apart from its predecessors.
"It defines itself through sound that you can feel when you're watching the scenes, whether it's something that's actually a song that they're playing or actually just the pulse of the music that they choose thematically," Colter said. "'Luke Cage' is going to define itself in that way, and it's going to define itself in the locations that we're doing."
George Lucas: I Sold Star Wars to ‘White Slavers’
In an interview on the Charlie Rose Show, Star Wars creator George Lucas referred to the franchise's new owners at Disney as "white slavers."
When discussing the difficulty of breaking apart from his career-defining series, Lucas said, "these are my kids. I loved them, I created them, I"m very intimately involved with them and I sold them to the white slavers that take these things..." before realizing he'd made a poor analogy and laughing it off.
(Said poor analogy begins around 50 minutes into the below video.)
Next Suicide Squad Trailer Will Debut on The CW
A new trailer for Suicide Squad will debut on January 19 on The CW.
The footage will premiere during the network's new half-hour special, DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League, when it airs at 9:30pm ET/PT.
In addition to a new Suicide Squad trailer, the upcoming special will offer a "sneak peak" at the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, as well as new details on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and interviews with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot and director Zack Snyder.
Immediately prior at 9pm ET/PT, The CW will air another half-hour special. It's titled DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Their Time is Now and will provide an "in-depth look at the origin stories of the heroes and villains" of DC's Legends of Tomorrow ahead of its January 21 premiere.
Next Suicide Squad Trailer Will Debut on The CW
A new trailer for Suicide Squad will debut on January 19 on The CW.
The footage will premiere during the network's new half-hour special, DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League, when it airs at 9:30pm ET/PT.
In addition to a new Suicide Squad trailer, the upcoming special will offer a "sneak peak" at the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, as well as new details on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and interviews with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot and director Zack Snyder.
Immediately prior at 9pm ET/PT, The CW will air another half-hour special. It's titled DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Their Time is Now and will provide an "in-depth look at the origin stories of the heroes and villains" of DC's Legends of Tomorrow ahead of its January 21 premiere.
Next Suicide Squad Trailer Will Debut on The CW
A new trailer for Suicide Squad will debut on January 19 on The CW.
The footage will premiere during the network's new half-hour special, DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League, when it airs at 9:30pm ET/PT.
In addition to a new Suicide Squad trailer, the upcoming special will offer a "sneak peak" at the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, as well as new details on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and interviews with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot and director Zack Snyder.
Immediately prior at 9pm ET/PT, The CW will air another half-hour special. It's titled DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Their Time is Now and will provide an "in-depth look at the origin stories of the heroes and villains" of DC's Legends of Tomorrow ahead of its January 21 premiere.
Valve Releases Statement on Christmas Day Problems
Valve has finally issued a statement on the problems that plagued Steam on Christmas day. On December 25, the company says, "a configuration error resulted in some users seeing Steam store pages generated for other users."
The issues were caused by a denial-of-service attack that increased traffic to the Steam store by 2000% more than average during Steam sales. Valve enabled caching rules "managed by a Steam web caching partner" to decrease the impact of the attack and "route legitimate user traffic." In the second wave of the attack, "a second caching configuration was deployed that incorrectly cached web traffic for authenticated users."
Valve Releases Statement on Christmas Day Problems
Valve has finally issued a statement on the problems that plagued Steam on Christmas day. On December 25, the company says, "a configuration error resulted in some users seeing Steam store pages generated for other users."
The issues were caused by a denial-of-service attack that increased traffic to the Steam store by 2000% more than average during Steam sales. Valve enabled caching rules "managed by a Steam web caching partner" to decrease the impact of the attack and "route legitimate user traffic." In the second wave of the attack, "a second caching configuration was deployed that incorrectly cached web traffic for authenticated users."
Platformer Lucky’s Tale to be Bundled with Every Oculus Rift
Virtual reality platformer Lucky's Tale will come bundled for free with every Oculus Rift, Oculus VR announced today.
Lucky's Tale developer Playful Corp. has been invested in VR since the beginning. The company's founder and CEO, Paul Bettner, backed the headset's original Kickstarter campaign and visited the Oculus headquarters in 2012. Since then, the Playful team has created a bunch of game prototypes for the system.
Playful is the original creator of Words with Friends, and Oculus VR saw a lot of potential in the company and its games as well. Palmer Luckey, the inventor of Oculus Rift, has said that Lucky's Tale was one of the "defining experiences in VR" for him.