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10 of My Favorite Comic Book Characters

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    As a kid, I started to get into comic books around the early to mid 90's. A friend of mine had a bunch of comics that I would read and look at whenever I went over to his house. Later on my parents would buy me some from the local convenient store that sold comics because there wasn't a comic book shop in my area at the time. The first comic I ever got into was Todd McFarlane's Spawn, and then I would start to read more Marvel and D.C. stuff. This isn't a top 10 list of the best characters or anything like that. This is just a list of some of my favorite characters and the reasons why they are.   Venom  Artwork by: Todd McFarlane Creators: Todd McFarlane, Mike Zeck, David Michelinie     My first introduction to Venom was from watching the Spider-Man animated series in the mid 90s. He was my favorite character in the show and it made me want to start reading the comics. He started out as a Spider-Man villain and would late...

A Quick Talk About Kirby's Dream Course

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Kirby's Dream Course was a Super Nintendo game and it was a spin-off of the other Kirby games. It was one of the only Kirby games I never played as a kid. I remember always seeing it at the video store but never rented it. It wasn't until recent years that I played it for the first time. I was watching an episode of The Game Grumps where they were playing it and I thought it looked like a fun game. I saw that you can play it in the SNES collection on the Nintendo Switch if you have an online membership.  Recently I had some friends visit from out of town and I showed them the game because I thought it would be fun to play with friends. We really enjoyed it and must have played it for hours. It was first released in Japan on September 21, 1994. It was then released in North America the following year on February 1, 1995. The game is similar to golf and its 1 or 2 players. You want to try to shoot Kirby into the hole with as few strokes as ...

A Quick Talk About Zombies Ate My Neighbors

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In the early to mid 90's after getting some money for my birthday, my mom took me to the local KB Toys at the mall to buy a game. When I saw Zombies Ate My Neighbors, I thought it looked awesome and I had heard it was a lot of fun. I bought it for the Super Nintendo. After we got home, I played it for hours and my parents let me stay up late. I can't remember how far I got that first night, but I had a blast with it. Zombies Ate My Neighbors was released in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis. It was published by Konami and developed by LucasArts. There's a little secret after you turn on the game that's kind of funny. When the LucasArts logo appears, you can hit the L button to hear a person scream or the R button to hear a dog barking. The opening title screen is awesome and has some creepy music. The game has a cartoon look to it and different types of tunes to fit each level that can easily get stuck in your ...