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A Rock Band "Revolution": Beatles join video game world
MTV Games and Harmonix, through an exclusive partnership with Apple Corps Ltd., will develop a new, stand-alone interactive music video game. Specifics of the game play were painfully sparse, but it will be compatible with existing Rock Band peripherals.
Video Game Preview: Fallout 3 early release event
Bethesda Softworks and Best Buy helped celebrate the post-apocalyptic role-playing game Fallout 3 with a late-night event in Rockville for fans to buy the game and meet the developers.
Bennett's Best for the week of October 19
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its Warren Ellis' Aetheric Mechanics, Avatar Press and Heavy Liquid from DC Comics (Vertigo).
Video game preview: Kai Huang on Guitar Hero World Tour
Joseph Szadkowski met with Kai Huang, president and co-founder of RedOctane, at the Activision offices in Santa Monica, Calif., to talk about Guitar Hero World Tour, which will be available for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii on Oct. 26.
Bennett's Best for the week of October 12
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its Scalped Volume 3: Dead Mothers from DC Comics (Vertigo) and After 9/11: America's War on Terror from Hill and Wang.
Bennett's Best for the week of October 5
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its DC Comics Goes Ape from DC Comics and Charley's War, Volume 5: Return to the Front from Titan Books.
Bennett's Best for the week of September 28
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its The Alcoholic from DC Comics (Vertigo) and TOP 10 Season Two from DC Comics (Wildstorm).
Bennett's Best for the week of September 21
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its Tezuka's Black Jack, Volume 1 from Vertical and Tamara Drewe from Mariner Books.
Extra Credit: X-Force review
The latest incarnation of X-Force delivers a heavy-handed, stifling experience for readers as the current line-up of misfits respond to humanity's intolerance of the mutant population with incredible, unapologetic violence.
Bennett's Best for the week of September 14
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its DC Universe: Decisions, No. 1 from DC Comics and Abyss, Volume 1 from Red 5 Comics.
Extra Credit: Star Wars, The Force Unleashed for the Wii
A player controls Darth Vader's apprentice Galen Marek in the video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Zadzooks reviews the Wii version of the game that is not only worth playing but surprisingly rivals the more powerful entertainment console versions in the area of pure fun.
Bennett's Best for the week of September 7
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its Gotham Central Vol.1: In the Line of Duty from DC Comics and Omega the Unknown from Marvel Publishing.
Bennett's Best for the week of August 31
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its Love and Rockets: New Stories, No. 1 from Fantagraphics Books and Dororo, Volume 3 from Vertical.
Extra Credit: Star Wars: The Clone Wars AT-TE
UPDATED: Here's a case of great news turning to terrible news turning back to promising news when discussing Hasbro's All-Terrain Tactical Enforcer, the AT-TE. The AT-TE has a light-up cannon on top of it, a rear hatch with three doors that magically unfold with the push of a button, a cockpit, six missile turrets (projectiles included) and working side doors.
Bennett's Best for the week of August 24
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its Astounding Wolf-Man: Volume 1 from Image Comics and Final Crisis: Superman Beyond, No. 1 from DC Comics.
