BSR’s resident Ghostbusters nerd (yours truly) received an e-mail from ZOMBIEcarrol about IDW’s Ghostbusters: The Other Side. Newsarama has a sneak preview of the first 5 pages. Go check it out!

Egon Spengler! Ray Stantz! Winston Zeddemore! Peter Venkman! The original Ghostbusters return in an all-new, four-part Ghostbusters story from IDW! Writer Keith Champagne (Green Lantern Corp, The Flash) is joined by artist Tom Nguyen in this new Ghostbusters saga. When the Ghostbusters capture a group of ghostly crooks, they unknowingly run afoul of a gang comprised of the spirits of some of America’s most legendary gangsters. Dead or alive, the mafia knows exactly how to deal with a problem like the Ghostbusters: rub ‘em out!

These are some new game play photos of the upcoming Resident Evil 5, which I have to say looks really good.

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Here are some of the photos of today’s new expansion to Mega Man 9. The Proto Man pack.

And Finally the Cover art for Street Fighter 4!!!!!!!!

Street Fighter IV, I don’t want to just play it, I want to, you know……*wink wink!-Slugtron

Each week, Marvel is kind enough to provide us with a pile of comics for early preview and review. Every week we bring you previews of a few select comics from what Marvel sends us. Enjoy this weeks Marvel previews!

Dead Pool #3 Dead Pool reveals his insane plan as the Skrulls prepare to release the latest wave of Super Skrulls! Will it actually work? Don’t miss this latest installment of this robot’s favorite new series!

Ender’s Game #1 The Ender’s Game series is my favorite series of books of all time. However, I am not the most thrilled about it coming the comic format I am going to give it a fair chance. Check it out as Ender starts his journey through battle school!

Invincible Iron Man #6 Has Tony Stark finally met his match in Ezekial Stane? How will he handle the hordes of suicide bombers? The conclusion of this ark promises to devastate Stark’s world!

The Stand: Captain Trips #2 The critically acclaimed new series from Stephen King roles on this month! As the super-flu rages across America the government takes interest in the only person who seems to be immune to it, and they will find out why whether he likes it or not!

That’s it for this week! Enjoy!

No, unfortunately I did not get to play a demo of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, the latest Spidey game to hit the market. SHH! however did have a demo shown to them and they have written up a pretty extensive and detailed review/preview of the game (pretty much spoiler-free) that you can check out here. Here’s a small excerpt:

Professional gamers guided us through an Xbox demo of the new game and we were stunned at the level of action and detail that’s been rendered in “Web of Shadows.” Not only does Spidey move through the game with all the speed, strength and agility as the real deal certainly would, it also cleverly uses his Spider-sense to ID and target threats and enemies, and gives him startling and dynamic levels of wall-crawling and web-slinging skills in an enormous playing field that makes the player feel like they’re smack in the middle of the New York cityscape where the action can literally go anywhere. It’s as if the player has been dropped in the middle of the most enormous action scene any of Sam Raimi’s movies could come up with. And throughout the relentless battles, Spider-Man retains that classic Peter Parker sense of humor, spouting a running series of quips and one-liners conceived by comic book writer Brian Reed.

Few game announcements have given this robot a preemptive robo-boner by only trailers, screen shots, and game descriptions, but next to Ghostbusters, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows has done just that. This may be the Spider-Man game we have all been waiting for and what Spider-Man 3 probably should have been; or it could be a massive disappointment.

Pass judgement when the game drops on October 21!

Marvel was nice enough to drop this kick ass preview into our inbox:

The X-Men have found a new home in the sunny city of San Francisco, but that doesn’t mean everything’s fine for Wolverine!  The past catches up with everyone’s favorite Canadian Canucklehead once again in Wolverine: Manifest Destiny #1 (of 4), from acclaimed writer Jason Aaron (Wolverine, Ghost Rider) along with rising-star artist Stephen Segovia (Wolverine: Origins), as a bounty is put out on Wolverine’s head! Logan’s ex now leads the Triads, gathering four mystical warriors with the power to kill Wolverine—guess he should’ve stayed in New York! The snikt is about to hit the fan!

The feel good comic book preview of the year! -Slugtron

Each week, Marvel is kind enough to provide us with a pile of comics for early preview and review. Every Friday we bring you previews of a few select comics from what Marvel sends us. Enjoy this weeks Marvel previews!

Cable #7 Bishop travels back to the present in search of information that will help him track down Cable and the mutant baby, only, he runs into a little road block known as X-Force! Cyclops wants him alive, but Bishop just might have one more trick up his sleeve…

Civil War: House of M #2 The chronicle of Magneto’s rise to power continues in Civil War: House of M #2. Along with others who have joined his ranks, Charles Xavier has aided in Magneto’s cause! Will their differences make them enemies as it did in our universe, or will it form an unstoppable alliance?

Punisher War Journal #24 With the earth’s mightiest heroes occupied by Secret Invasion Rampage decides it’s time to make his move. He’s seeking revenge on Tony Stark, S.H.E.I.L.D., and anyone else who has ever crossed him… Including Frank Castle.

Sub Mariner: The Depths #2 Don’t miss the latest offering from the Marvel Knights line! As a legendary sea explorer goes in search of a missing expedition in the Marianes Trench he finds someone… something that has been waiting for him: The vengeful Namor!

Venom: Dark Origin #3 “Amid the chaos, there comes a costume!” Eddie continues to free fall to his own darkness and Spider-Man shows up with a new, mysterious black costume from the Secret Wars! Check out this mini-series I have been enjoying and check back on Sunday for a review of the latest installment!

And that wraps up this weeks Marvel previews! Of course, all titles listed here will be hitting the shelves at your local comic shop on Wednesday! Enjoy!

Marvel Comics has given us a preview of Stephen Colbert’s Cameo in Amazing Spider-Man #573!

Marvel was kind enough to put all the info about the issue together in this nice little package:

Marvel is proud to reveal that Spider-Man and acclaimed television personality Stephen Colbert will join forces in an all new eight-page story featured in the extra-sized Amazing Spider-Man #573! Acclaimed writer Mark Waid and fan favorite artist Patrick Olliffe present Stephen Colbert, a candidate for the US Presidency in the Marvel Universe, teaming up with Marvel’s most iconic crime fighter. What could bring these two together? And what will it mean for both their futures? This issue also features a special Colbert variant by Marvel EiC and industry superstar Joe Quesada! Plus, don’t miss the stunning conclusion to the sold out “New Ways To Die” from the dream team of Dan Slott & John Romita Jr!

And I have to say, “New Ways To Die” has been really, really cool.  I would advise checking this out, for sure.

Set for release on September 30th from the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, The Alcoholic chronicles Jonathan Ames’ semi-autobiographical descent into writing and alcoholism with a backdrop of his family life, relationships and various misadventures.

Illustrated by Dean Haspiel (who illustrated Michael Chabon’s Escapist), The Alcoholic is alternately poignant and hilarious, walking the reader through the life of the fictional version of Ames (named aptly “Jonathan A.”). Reminiscent of Craig Thompson’s Blankets in quality, tone, look and color (except the hero is struggling through sex, drugs and alcoholism instead of the coming of age conflicts of reality versus religion), this graphic novel is a must read for any fan of the growing literary wing of comic books.

The Alcoholic starts his drunken stupor to “feel cool” and lose the “nerd part” of himself, but continues his plunge into drugs and alcohol because it seems that that’s simply what writers do. Jonathan A. goes through a Hemingway stage where he gets into brawls, travels the road during his Kerouac phase, all the while descending further and further into despair. But as we watch this decline, we sympathize because Ames and Haspiel make it seem so reasonable and natural that we simply can’t help it.

The book grabbed me on a personal level from it’s disorienting opening (which is previewed here on the MTV blog) and involved me so much into the life of Jonathan A., that I almost felt that I was there, even when I didn’t want to be.

The graphic novel boils to a point after the events of September 11, 2001 and Jonathan A., looking for answers on the streets of New York, runs into Bill Clinton who offers him sage-like advice in the wake of the tragedy. After picking up the pieces of the lives of himself and those around him affected by the attacks, he runs into Monica Lewinsky at a book reading. It’s fine at first, but quickly turns awkward and hilarious, but the great thing about this book is that it can switch emotional gears on a dime. Right before these pages you’re almost ready to cry and then Ames hits you with this scene that DC Comics and Vertigo have graciously given The Huffington Post an exclusive look at:

When I saw that, I knew I had to share it with the readers of Huffington Post. It was funny and more than a little sad all at the same time.

Long story short, this is a graphic novel of a literary caliber and tells a very sad, sweet story of a writer finding himself. Whether any of this stuff actually happened or not, it’s an engaging ride and represents the future of a significant portion of the medium.

(This originally appeared here at The Huffington Post)

Each week, Marvel is kind enough to provide us with a pile of comics for early preview and review. Every Friday we bring you previews of a few select comics from what Marvel sends us (except when this robot gets a nasty virus that shuts him down for 48 hours). Enjoy this weeks Marvel previews!

Captain America #42 The epic “Death of Captain America” saga comes to it’s dramatic conclusion as the New Captain America, Sharon Carter, The Falcon, and Black Widow have their final showdown with the Red Skull!

Daredevil #111 This is it, Lady Bullseye is finally here! But who is she? What does she want with Matt? Where did she come from? Marvel is saying this is a GREAT jumping on point for anyone wanting to get back in to Daredevil, and trust me, you do. Watch for a review right here on Sunday!

Deadpool #2 You all need to be reading the Merc with a Mouth’s new ongoing series! He’s crazier and more bad ass than ever and he might just be the only man able to save all of humankind from Secret Invasion… but what, exactly, does his plan entail?

New Avengers #45 Supposedly the Skrulls have been infiltrating the Marvel U for years, so wouldn’t that mean they were around for the infamous House of M? Find out what part the Skrulls played in this important piece of Marvel history!

That’s it for Marvel Previews this week! Be sure to check back right here on BSR! for some kick ass reviews tomorrow!

Greetings all! My apologies but there will be no Marvel Preview this week. Due to a lack of selection and a virus getting into my main systems leading to me having to recharge my power cells for longer than usual I will be unable to get them up this week.

However, fear not readers! I am sure we will have some good REVIEWS (including DD #111) up for you this Sunday, so be sure to check back then!

Arse-Bot out!

UPDATE: It appears we have our Marvel titles in at last! I will try to get some previews up for you all by tomorrow!

Also, it has been brought to my attention that apparently that tool Ryan Seacrest uses a similar sign-off as me (or, I guess I inadvertently used his). While I am still wondering how some of my fellow bots knew this bit of information, I will cease to use this “sign-off” none-the-less.