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Month: November 2009

2009 Xbox 360 Video Game Gift Guide

With the mass of video game titles pouring in over the holiday season, it can be hard to wade through the shovel ware and find the treasures hidden among the trash.  We here at ComicsOnline have done all the hard work for you and provided a list of the best Xbox 360 games available to scribble on your Christmas list.  With our help, you’ll spend less time fighting soccer moms for parking spaces and more time with the best games of the season.Top Xbox 360 Games:

2009 Nintendo Wii Video Game Gift Guide

With the mass of video game titles pouring in over the holiday season, it can be hard to wade through the shovel ware and find the treasures hidden among the trash.  We here at ComicsOnline have done all the hard work for you and provided a list of the best Nintendo Wii games available to scribble on your Christmas list.  With our help, you’ll spend less time fighting soccer moms for parking spaces and more time with the best games of the season.
 

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DVD Review: Xavier: Renegade Angel

Adult Swim has had a history of weird shows. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbilies, and Tim and Eric Show: Great Job! to name a few. But none compare to the weirdness of Xavier: Renegade Angel. This show makes little to no sense at times, and even ends with no conclusion. It’s an exercise in confusion for the most part. It seems that watching them back to back helps to make sense of the episodes. Xavier: Renegade Angel is basically about the wanderings of a deformed person trying to enlighten and save the world.

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Manga Review: Bleach Volume 29

Welcome back to the action packed series of Bleach in the 29th Volume.  Ichigo, Uryu and Chad engage in some intense battles as they make their way in Hueco Mundo. Have they met their matches?  Will there be anything left to fight the growing strength of their foes?


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Manga Review: World of Warcraft: Death Knight



In November of 2008, Blizzard introduced the expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, for the World of Warcraft MMORPG and in it players fight against the undead evil that is the Lich King. Some players are even able to help out a renegade Death Knight by the name of Thassarian as he fights against the Lich King’s agents in Northrend. World of Warcraft: Death Knight tells the story of just how Thassarian came to be.
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Manga Review: One Piece: Volume 23, Vivi’s Adventure



Alabasta is in danger. With the Kingdom in a bitter war against the rebels, there is no one in the way to prevent Sir Crocodile Baroque Works from accomplishing their evil plans. As the battle against the soldiers and the rebels rage, Crocodile’s men, Mr. 7 and Ms. Father’s Day, are planning to launch a bomb into the middle of the fighting. That bomb might stop the fighting but it would kill every one, even civilians. The only thing that the Straw Hat Crew can do is stop the bomb, but with the bomb at the top of the clocktower and less than one minute until it goes off, there is almost no hope.

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Manga Review: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure vol 13: D’Arby the Player


 

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure stars Jotaro Kujo or “JoJo”, a young man who comes from a line of heroes.  The Joestar family has been fighting the evil vampire Dio Brando for some time, and Jotaro has to fight the reborn villain. “Stands”, spirits or beings that give strange powers have been awakened in himself and his mother as a result, but his mother’s is killing her. Along with companions he’s picked up along the way (including one weird looking dog), Jotaro must try and end the threat of Dio for good. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is aptly named; the dense artwork is full of peculiar images, and the journey is frequently surreal and filled with unexpected challenges.

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Manga Review: Baby & Me Volume 17

Takuya, being just a fifth grader, has an enormous task thrust upon him. His mother dies in a car accident and he moves into his father's home with his baby brother, Minoru. Takuya's father is often busy with work or out drinking after work and this puts the burden of taking care of his 2 year old brother squarely on Takuya. The series of events that follow them around are often funny and rather disturbing, but still provide for an active relationship full of action and humor.

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Manga Review: Monkey High Volume 8

High School.  A boy (Masaru). A Girl (Haruna).  And everyone trying to get in their way. This love story comes to an end. With university exams, the high school festival and all the other stresses that come with being in love and about to head out into the world, these two must find their way to each other.

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Monkey High is the story of two who have been together through all of their high school years. The final chapters are full of love and strife. The opening chapter is the physical love that is discovered at this age. The awkwardness is revealed along with the sentimentality that often follows.