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Fist of Legend Is A Film-Worthy Comic.

(AfroGamers.com) Every so often you just come across a comic or manga with a story that really catches you. Probably half the time, that comic was either finished or cancelled. In diving through manhwa I hadn’t read yet I came across one such series. Fist of Legend is a short-lived series created by Lee Jongkyu and illustrated by Lee Yun-Gyun. The series is the pair’s first and only work together... [Read more of this review]

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Image Comics and Its Original Big 4.

(AfroGamers.com) When Image Comics launched in 1992, it had probably the most dangerous line-up of writers, pencilers, and inkers of any publisher’s roster at the time. Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Marc Silvestri, Whilce Portacio, Jim Valentino, and Todd McFarlane. Besides their creativity, what made this group of founders so lethal is that they could all either write the stories or handle... [Read more of this review]

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Top 5 Things That I Loved About The 1990s.

(Afrogamers.com) To me, the 1990s had it’s ups like my getting my first ever A-B Honor Roll in 5th Grade and it’s lows like my near death experience when I nearly drowned to death during a field trip in pre-school. But the 1990s were also the peak years for black sitcoms like A Different World & In Living Color, but you also had amazing Saturday Morning cartoon shows from The Original Teenage... [Read more of this review]

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60 Years of Sega: 5 Games You Must Play.

(AfroGamers.com) This year marks Sega’s 60th anniversary. The company entered the video game business in 1973. It was in the 1970s that Sega capitalized on the arcade boom. With news that competitor Nintendo was working on the Famicon or Family Computer, Sega began work on their SG-1000. Both consoles released on July 15, 1983. The Famicon would go on to be a success in Japan and in the West as the... [Read more of this review]

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What Was Awesome About Konami’s Castlevania?

(AfroGamers.com) I remember being at my older cousins’ house in the early 1990s and watching them play Skate or Die 2 on Nintendo at one house and Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis two houses down. When you were the youngest and didn’t have your own console or handheld to play, your chance of getting to play when the older kids were playing—pretty slim. One cousin would play Castlevania... [Read more of this review]

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5 Superheroes Who Deserve Their Own Game.

(AfroGamers.com) When Marvel’s Spider-Man dropped in 2018, it changed storytelling in comic book games. From a gameplay standpoint, it was an open-world game with acrobatics—it’s the same formula from the Spider-Man 2 game as well as the Prototype and inFamous series. However, Insomniac Games really put their back into the storyline, DLC, and world-building for a sequel here. It makes me wonder... [Read more of this review]

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Is PlayStation Now Worth Getting?

(AfroGamers.com) PlayStation Now has been around since 2014 and it has grown in its usefulness and line up of games. Before, PlayStation Now was alright. It had something you’d play but that was either because you really wanted to play it or you’re just going to have to play it. You know, because there’s nothing else there to really choose from. The Selection on PlayStation Now That’s pretty... [Read more of this review]

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Several Main Reasons Why Season 4 Of My Hero Academia Is My Favorite Season.

(AfroGamers.com) My Hero Academia is one of the most popular anime out there today. In fact, they recently reached a milestone by selling more than 25 million copies of the manga and not too many creators can say that they have done that. My Hero Academia is so popular in fact that it’s become the hottest anime in the hood since the days of DBZ during the peak of The OG Toonami Era on Cartoon Network... [Read more of this review]

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Hancock Could’ve Started Comic Book Franchise.

(AfroGamers.com) When I began dating my fiancée, we got into an argument over Hancock. Yes, the 2008 superhero film starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron. Oh, how she claimed I hated Hancock. Meanwhile, I’m wondering if we are actually having this argument. Like was that real argument? Over Hancock? Of all things: Hancock? I enjoyed the movie. Am I fan? Not really and it’s not because it insists... [Read more of this review]

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Solo Leveling Is A Must Read For Gamers.

(AfroGamers.com) There are a few comics/manga/manhua/manhwa/webcomics out there that use gaming as a mechanic. The most common mechanic used is from RPGs and MMORPGs where the main character can read their own stats and those of others. One comic for gamers is Solo Leveling by Chu-gong with Jang Sung-rak handling the art. In the West, it’s called Only I Level Up. Solo Leveling: Setting the Scene Imagine... [Read more of this review]

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An Introduction to RPGs.

(AfroGamers.com) Roleplaying games or RPGs have been around since the late 1960s when it grew out of war gaming. It mixed interactive storytelling and micro management in the trappings of a game that encouraged social interaction. By the 1970s, we were getting our first RPG video games with the 1980s being the hot period for the genre. What’s An RPG? RPGs are roleplaying games where you take control... [Read more of this review]

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Explaining The World of Judge Dredd.

(AfroGamers.com) My favorite series in 2000 A.D is Judge Dredd. Stories tend to run for a few pages in the weekly anthology so the stories tend to be paced extremely well from one part to the next. The titular character was the second thing that caught my attention. Judge Dredd is stoic and somewhat grim who did his job by the book. Bringing him in like this seems boring off the bat but for over 40... [Read more of this review]

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