Spider-Man has some of the most iconic villains around. But what happens when he faces off against someone so sinister that he has to employ the help of one of his firecest foes? Find out as Kyle from The Real Dudes Podcast joins us to talk Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage. Learn such things as: What is the deal with Carnage anyway? How did LJN actually make a good game? Why does Kyle think that Carnage is such an interesting character? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the sho...
Aug 06, 2018•48 min
Epic heroes deserve epic villains, and Spider-Man sure has plenty of them. Scott Niswander of NerdSync joins us for a look at The Amazing Spider-Man vs The Kingpin on Sega Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, and Sega CD. Learn such things as: What Spider-Man villains don’t deserve to be early level bosses? How does the game change between each system? Why don’t developers take a second to think about the characters before making a game? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show plea...
Jul 29, 2018•47 min
We take another look at The Punisher, this time in a much better game. Listen as Joe Bunzerelly of The Bunzerelly Show joins Chris to talk about The Punisher in all of his shooting glory on this Sega Genesis and arcade classic. Learn such things as: What crazy things has Frank Castle gotten himself into? How does this game troll you? As in literally trolling, not because you happen to be bad at at and can’t accept that. Why doesn’t Chris actually own this game? And so much more! If you want to b...
Jul 22, 2018•47 min
Superman Returns (see what I did there) with a game that exists and has a Superman sprite that looks like Superman and, ummmm, I don’t know I’m really stretching here because this game isn’t very good. Listen as Chris is joined by Karrington Martin of the RealDudes Podcast as they break down another Superman game that still can’t quite get the hero right. Learn such things as: What Superman instances does Chris actually like? Why does Superman have such a hard time in games? No, like for real be...
Jul 15, 2018•55 min
The X-Men return with an arcade game that came to home consoles a mere 18 years later based on a cartoon pilot that eventually became our beloved 90s X-Men cartoon. Listen as Chris is joined by John Horsley and Kenric Reagan of Spoiler Country take a look at this gem of the 90s arcade world. Learn such things as: What happens when you base a game on a show that barely exists? (Yeah, I know we said this last time. It still applies.) Which guest had an unfair advantage when it came to arcade playi...
Jul 08, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Swamp Thing never gets a fair shake at fame. From a lousy cartoon to an LJN game, it seems that only die hard comic fans really know how cool he can be. Listen as Chris and Tyler Kirby from Better Than Static take a look at this misunderstood and underappreciated force of nature. Learn such things as: What happens when you base a game on a show that barely exists? Which YouTuber couldn’t beat the game? ( Answer here ) Why haven’t we seen more of Swamp Thing? And so much more! If you want to be a...
Jul 01, 2018•49 min
Wolverine is the X-Man that everyone loved in the 90s so of course he got his own game. But is that nostalgia trip enough to make Chris and Doug Hensley from Gaming & Chill enjoy a run through another LJN released game? Learn such things as: Why can’t Wolverine’s powers ever be right? Where did he come from anyway? Does anyone even know? Why are these other random X-Men just sitting around waiting for Logan instead of, you know, helping him out or something? And so much more! If you want to ...
Jun 24, 2018•43 min
Spider-Man, we just can’t get away from him can we? Not that I’m complaining, he’s a popular character for a reason. This time around joing Chris and Kieran Shiach as they talk about the second Toby McGuire Spider-Man film and the game that came out alongside it. Yeah, we’re cheating a bit and jumping ahead. I think we’ll survive just this once. Learn such things as: What makes this game so amazing? If it’s that good why didn’t Chris play it? Is the movie as good as we remember? And so much more...
Jun 17, 2018•43 min
The Fantastic Four? Yeah, we’re not really there yet. But I think that’s a travesty so we’re going to cheat a little bit and look at something Fantastic Four. Umm, yeah, we’ll go with that. Learn such things as: When is the first Fantastic Four game coming out anyway? What revelation did Chris have while recording? And how does he keep doing this? Did Chris remember that Silver Surfer came from Fantastic Four? Spoiler alert: maybe……….? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show plea...
Jun 14, 2018•38 min
Dennis the Menace (the American one at least) is a cultural icon. Anyone who read the comics as a child most likely knows who Dennis is and followed his adventures. But is that enough to save this game from the trash pile? Learn such things as: The shifting sense of who we feel sorry for in this comic. Is Dennis really that bad? What revelation was made while recording that suddenly made this game decent? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest o...
Jun 10, 2018•49 min
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Jun 01, 2018•36 sec
Spider-Man rears his head again, and it’s still not anywhere near as good as that PS1 classic we all love. This time Issa from Young Free & Coupled takes a swing at the wall crawler as he takes on the Sinister Six in this NES, Master System, and Game Gear title from LJN. Learn such things as: Are we giving up on LJN? Who is in this version of the Sinister Six? Who actually enjoyed this game? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show...
May 28, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Batman: The Animated Series is easily seen as one of the best versions of Batman on the screen. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a game came out for it. Listen in as Karrington from The Real Dudes Podcast joins in on discussing yet another Gameboy game. Learn such things as: Who is the best Joker? How many people can feel sorry for Chris when they learn he hasn’t seen a vital part of their childhood? Has Batman The Movie The Game finally been dethroned as the definitive Batman game so far...
May 13, 2018•36 min
Martians! Except they’re from Earth, and blue… so SMURFS! Listen as Chris basically has no idea what’s going on and return guest Kayleigh knows exactly what’s going on as these two discuss The Smurfs in comic, cartoon, and game form. Learn such things as: Where did the Smurf name come from anyway? Where did these guys even come from? How Europe definitely got the better end of this game release What Smurf means exactly (just kidding, nobody knows that!) How Smurfs aren’t your average pixie/chang...
Apr 29, 2018•34 min
The Avengers, along with fearless leader Captain America, are a collection of Earth’s mightiest heroes. Together they can conquer anything. But they’ll face their toughest challenge yet when Chris and Matt (graciously on loan from Semi Intellectual Musings) take their shots at this group of heroes. Learn such things as: The four, or two, characters that are actually good enough to let you play as Some other guys that are kind of here but not really Crazy origins that Matt probably still thinks I...
Apr 16, 2018•52 min
Did you see that streak going by? That was probably Chris and Tyler Kirby from Better than Static going on about the newest episode of Play Comics. These two crazy kids looked at some Flash comic history then the Gameboy game that was at least artistically inspired by the 90s Flash TV show. Learn such things as: Flash’s place in the DC heirarchy Cool things he can do with a seemingly lame power Who some of those other pesky speedsters are If you want to be a guest on the show please check out th...
Apr 09, 2018•41 min
Who doesn’t like Spider-man? You know, besides JJ Jameson and a hoard of villains and whatever friends he’s blowing off without a good explanation because secret identities need to be protected? Join Chris and special guest Paul Csomo from Varmints as they look at The Amazing Spider-Man for the Nintendo Gameboy and some of the comic background for everyone’s favorite wall crawler. Learn such things as: Alternate Spider-Man realities Mechanical vs biological web shooters The twisted secrets behin...
Mar 19, 2018•34 min
Silver Surfer. One-time personal assistant to Galactus, now not so much. Join Chris and special guest Josh Bowman of Fait Deficit as they take a look at this wonderfully misunderstood character along with another LJN classic on the NES. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go anot...
Mar 05, 2018•30 min
The Punisher is a great character with a rich history. From killing the Marvel Universe to hunting Spider-Man to being as close to a hero as a stone cold killer can get, we’re taking a look at a brief glimpse into the Punisher comic universe and then diving straight into the NES and Gameboy games. Spoiler alert: this is an LJN game for NES. That should raise a bunch of red flags right there. Changing Hearts and Minds Change your POV Network US Department of Veterans Affiars National Center for P...
Feb 17, 2018•14 min
Ah, this little hidden gem works on multiple levels. Listen in as Chris and his special guest/wife Kayleigh take a look at the Little Nemo comics, animated movie, and the game for the NES. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comic...
Jan 14, 2018•23 min
X-Men is one of the most beloved comic franchises there is, no question about it. So of course they get this LJN steaming pile of shit. Honestly, I want to just go crawl in a hole and cry myself to sleep. Things Covered Jay and Miles are the best and there's so much X-Men history that I'd mess up so just go listen to their show if you're really curious Rotating cast makes it a pretty open world But we're only going to see 6 of them here LJN does exactly what you'd expect with an NES game There's...
Dec 31, 2017•14 min
We have our first revisit to a franchise, so if you haven't checked out our episode about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles you should probably do that. Things Covered This is so much better than that earlier game The arcade version is beautiful. The NES one isn't too shabby itself The fun of bringing an arcade game to the home consoles Chris finally realizes that we haven't covered a proper Spiderman game since obviously the Atari games don't count. If you want to be a guest on the show please check...
Nov 07, 2017•34 min
We knew basically nothing about Dick Tracy coming into this. Well, nothing except that he wears yellow and he's a detective. So clean slate for this show! WE GOT REVIEWS! Davis Quinn : "This game is horrible" Sean did research, Chris didn't do as much beyond playing the game Chris suffers through a 1939 Dick Tracy serial The NES and Genesis games are different, and one is objectively better If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know w...
Aug 16, 2017•32 min
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a game we all know from a comic series we all know exists. Ha, joke's on us because most of the people I know grew up on the cartoons. Turtle origin story Sean's tattoos that he totally had before starting the show Changes between the comics and cartoon Chris refuses to admit that the Michael Bay movies exist Drifting into the land of future show previews The game isn't great, but if you liked it before you probably still do If you want to be a guest on the show p...
Jul 30, 2017•44 min
Ah, Batman. What can you say about someone with such a storied past? Well, Chris and Sean go off on an over sized episode that tries to capture the magic of one of the better games on the NES. New Joker back stories Movie tie in games with actually good game play... ... but characters that have nothing to do with the movie or Batman lore. The nostalgia of the NES classic versus the forgotten fact that there's also a Genesis version. Totally off topic ramblings. You know you loved this game as a ...
Jul 08, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Wow, this one is horrible. Not the episode, it's pretty sweet. But the game itself? It's pretty bad. Things Covered The video we watched because we couldn't handle playing it for long. The insane setting for the mini games Chris definitely loves Peanuts Video game physics Balancing skills and how the NES doesn't really show them off well What makes this game Snoopy anyway? Yeah, it's a bad one. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me kn...
May 15, 2017•20 min
Sean joins Chris and the show goes insane in the best way possible. The language gets more adult though so you might want to be careful about that. We try no to go overboard, but no promises. Things Covered Making a good Superman game is hard The really weird list of powers Superman has/had The level of situational awareness of the citizens of Metropolis General gameplay notes Overall game quality notes Unintented previews of future Superman games Chris's flea market habbits A glimpse into futur...
Mar 25, 2017•49 min
Spy vs Spy, and incorrectly Spy vs Spy 2 in this case, are looked at in this episode. Thankfully the sequel doesn't really change much beyond the setting so it's not a big deal. The game was planned and development started for an NES release over here, so it could have happened. Things Covered Super brief history of Spy vs Spy Comic Some characters you don't see in the game Comparing the game to other things Old school dungeon crawling RPGs point and click adventures Portal Conclusion: It's not ...
Feb 19, 2017•7 min
Wow, the games for the Atari 2600 are really crappy. Flash stuff from the early 90s was better. Today's creators could barf up a better game in their sleep. Things Covered Asterix Canada is still part of North America and how they didn't see Taz Popeye The Smurfs, 1.5 times because a second "game" barely counts Spider-Man Superman Snoopy The general crappyness of the 2600 and why I'm not holding it against these games too much If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Gue...
Jan 02, 2017•15 min
