So I got home from work today and I said to myself, I need to write my weekly blog thingie. I sit down at my desk…and promptly forgot all about it. I started reading news and looking at neat t-shirt designs. Then I got hungry so I went to fix myself some supper. I don’t like to eat in front of the computer, so I turned on the TV to watch The Nerdist episode that I DVRed last night. Then it occurred to me…I still hadn’t written my blog! So here I am, blogging.

This weekend featured a lot of Injustice. I picked the Collector’s Edition on Friday and I played the heck out of it. I finished the story mode and I got through the classic mode with all the heroes and a couple of the villains. I tried some online play because there’s a Green Lantern skin that’s only available if you win a ranked online match. I don’t think I’m going to be able to get that skin. First off, when you ask for a ranked match, you just sit there and wait. You have no idea how many people are out there waiting for ranked matches. I tried several times throughout the weekend and only managed to find three opponents (funnily enough they were one right after the other) and then promptly got my butt handed to me. The matches weren’t even close. You can play other online matches with much less difficulty and I did manage one win (out of seven or so) but since it wasn’t ranked, I didn’t get the skin. Apparently I’m not the only one with this problem, so I hope they make ranked matches more appealing so people actually play them…that or they change the requirement to get the skin.

The other disappointment is that there are a number of skins (and achievements, but I care less about those) that can only be unlocked if you play the Injustice iOS game. I’m an Android user so that means no skins for me. I’m going to have to borrow my mom’s iPad at some point.

Those are the only disappointments I’ve had with the game other than I wish they could somehow fit in ALL my favorite DC heroes into it. It really is a sweet fighting game.

With all that gaming, I did manage to get my two strips drawn. The new storyline begins tomorrow. I haven’t figured out how to end it yet. It hasn’t gone the way I thought it would. I’ll talk more about how things changed when we get deeper into the arc.

Well, with that little tease, I’m going to sign off for this week. Enjoy the week’s Funnies!

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good Monday. My Monday was spoiled by the fact that it wasn’t a second Sunday. I could have used a second Sunday to sleep in. Other than not being to sleep in though, my Monday wasn’t bad. I went in to work. The computer network was wonky all day which made it hard to get work done. But what does this intro have to do with Free Comic Book Day 2013, you ask? Nothing really. I’m just telling you how my day went.

Saturday, May 4, 2013, on top of being Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You) was also Free Comic Book Day…at least in North America. A day where you could walk into a participating comic book store and get…free comic books. A number of publishers, big and small offer stores these specially printed comic books at a severely discounted price as a thank you for fans. Ingenious comic book store owners will find a way to make your trip even more worthwhile, like having specials on merchandise (comic books or otherwise), raffles or what have you.

My local comic book store is Zone 51 in Trois Rivieres and they did the specials and raffles thing but on top of that, they set up a Playstation 3 so that people could try out the new Injustice game that came out recently. My take on the game is that it was really sweet. If you like fighting games and DC characters, this is the game for you. There’s a nice selection of characters to choose from and famous locales from the DC universe to fight in. If you don’t like the look of a character, there are alternate looks available as well. The game designers have promised four add-on characters. So far Lobo and Batgirl have been announced. I don’t know if he’s in the story mode, but I can’t see how they could leave out Darkseid. Other acceptable (for me) choices would be Black Canary, Firestorm, Deadshot, Huntress, Captain Cold (I’d say Mr. Freeze, but why not feature some non-Batman villains?)….OOOOOOH! BOOSTER GOLD!!! In short there are a LOT of characters I’d love to see in the game.

Less awesome than Injustice, was Iron Man 3, which I went to go see on Sunday. It was a perfectly serviceable movie, but I didn’t have that feeling of elation when I left the theatre like I do when I go see a movie I really enjoyed. Robert Downey Jr. is great as Tony Stark, it’s just a shame that nobody else is as interesting to watch. There’s a big twist in the movie that I don’t want to spoil (it’s easy enough to read up on if you haven’t seen the movie and really want to know) that just pulled me out of the movie. It involves the main villain. Some are hailing it as a genius move but I thought it was really cheesy. Maybe I’m too much of a purist. The final battle sequence, although it was ambitious, just lacked flash, which is my gripe about all the Iron Man movies so far actually. There are movies where I check my watch because I’m hoping not too much time has passed and that there’s still more awesome to come. Iron Man 3 was not such a movie. Also, I’d heard ahead of time that there was an extra scene after the credits so we stuck it out to see it. I was HOPING for a glimpse into the future of the Marvel movie franchise. Without fully spoiling it, I was disappointed.

Okay, so that’s all for this week. More nonsense to come next Monday. In the meantime, enjoy this week’s comics and extra content (no promises on what I’ll get done).