"Powers" Squanders Potential with Uneven Script

This review will contain spoilers for the pilot episode.

Five minutes in to the first episode of "Powers," the Playstation Network adaptation of the comic book by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, you know exactly what type of show this is going to be. After an intriguing and well shot beginning featuring a young girl, a dirty old man, and a mysterious drug overdose, we snap immediately to an Entertainment Tonight feature starring Mario Lopez. The feature is about our main hero, Christian Walker (Sharlto Copley), and covers his entire backstory in the most awkward exposition dumb starring Lopez since an episode of Saved by the Bell.

Assassin's Creed Unity, and the Difficulty of Modern Franchises

Video games have evolved as the art form has demanded. From one off games came franchises that rose and fell. For a franchise to succeed, it has to constantly keep up with current technology, add new features, but still stay true to what makes the franchise work. Some games like Super Mario, Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto, and Legend of Zelda constantly put out high quality games that tend to receive rave reviews. This is rare and difficult to maintain; Bioware has had its struggles with Dragon Age, Activision and its various Call of Duty developers have had troubles of their own, and now it seems that Ubisoft is having trouble with its flagship title Assassin’s Creed.

The Legend of Korra Video Game? Not great...

It is with a heavy heart and great remorse that I am here today to report that the new Legend of Korra video game is a bit of a flop.

Run awaaaaaay

While at work I read that reviews of the game had given it some of their lowest scores of the year. But I mean - come on. Platinum Games doing a Legend of Korra title?  I had to put those articles aside tonight, and I knew I was just going to have to play it myself.

I...don't want to say the reports were mistaken, but they definitely aren't too far off.  This was particularly disappointing, given that the development company—Platinum Games—had released several critically acclaimed games such as Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Vanquish.