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The other day someone told me that Batman was not a super hero based on the fact that he is only a man, no special powers, just a regular guy. At first I gave my response, a bit angrily I might add, and went on my way. Then I thought to myself, if this person feels this way then surely others do too. Now I wouldn’t be a good Batman fan if I didn’t squash this thought and spread the good word of the Bat. So here it is, my full thoughts on not just why Batman is a super hero but why he is quite possibly the best super hero ever.

Get ready for the long haul on this one folks.

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Even before I saw the trailer for Metal Gear Rising Revegance, I was giddy like a little school girl. Platinum Games developing a Metal Gear game in conjunction with Kojima Productions? Yes please! The trailer only solidified what I felt would be the must have game of 2012. The rest of the night, none of the other announcements at the VGAs matter. Just Metal Sweet Mother of Mercy Gear!

So I was honestly surprised when I saw some of the negative comments about the game. I was very tempted to respond to many. Some I did, while others I simply ignored. But I thought why spend my time making one or two comments to random folks on the internet when I can assemble all my thoughts in one big mega epic article. Hence this monstrosity was born!

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A few weeks ago Brian and I did a Boomzies edition where we started things off with the Mass Effect 3 voting issue over the default version of female Commander Shepard (FemShep as she is known). I didn’t realize at the time that the voting wasn’t over. Apparently there was so much outcry about them choosing a blonde FemShep that the BioWare decided to reopen the polls to vote on her hair color. I guess the first round was only about face and hair structure. This past Saturday BioWare unveiled the new FemShep and I for one was pleasantly surprised.

Find out what the new FemShep looks like after the jump!

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It is a blessed time my children. After months and months of toil and heartache, I have a PS3 and am happily playing Metal Gear Solid 4. I haven’t had much time to play this in the middle of finishing episode 7 and starting episode 8, but slowly and surely I’m getting through this gift from the gods.

So in between work, family, life, and Substance TV, I’ll be spending some quality time with my love Metal Gear. Well, back to the killin’!

Since the last episode covered Strider 2, I thought what more appropriate time to share this little story.

It’s a well known fact that Erik and I enjoy our fair share of video games. But, there’s much more to us then just video games. Well, maybe not much more. Maybe not even a whole lot more, but small bit more.

Ya see, long ago Erik and I met for the first time in a small, cramped, rundown art room. It was our freshman year of college. I’m not sure what art class it was, but it sucked royally. Both of us grew up doodling, drawing, and sketching. Over the years we’ve both done our fair share of it, but we never really collaborated on anything. That is until just a few years ago.

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