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Gamification has been a buzz word lately as the process where a mundane activity can be treated as a game to impel you to feel more fulfilled doing it.

2012 has been the year of Spies in pop culture, perhaps more than any other. We’ve had the latest James Bond flick SKYFALL, the second season of HOMELAND

Adi Tantimedh writes; You may not have heard of Canadian actor Michael Mando, especially if you don’t play videogames. He plays Vaas Montenegro, one of

  Adi Tantimedh writes; The seventh issue of Martin Eden’s gay superhero team comic SPANDEX has been released this month, marking the end of the

So. HITMAN: ABSOLUTION, a game where you play a bald man in a suit for hire who finds creative and preferably discreet ways of murdering people. I admit

With no spoilers, an argument for Holy Motors and Cloud Atlas being "state of the art" cinema.

Adi Tantimedh has a quick ramble about what everything Comic Con is all about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jnc0c5peF8 As I wandered New York Comicon

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool; NON-WARNER: No spoilers here. Nothing to be afraid of. Read on. It fascinates me that amidst the triumphalist

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool; No, not the real Stan Lee. I don’t want to kill him! Nor should you! He’s a nice man! I mean virtually. Digitally.

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool; WARNING: SPOILERS FOR PROMETHEUS Of course everyone will see PROMETHEUS. It’s Ridley Scott not only returning to

So last week, Square Enix/Eidos released a new trailer for HITMAN: ABSOLUTION and started a minor shitstorm. Basically, the trailer shows a bunch of

No topic to devote a whole column to this week, as I’ve been looking at all sorts of things and thinking about stuff, so I’ll just talk about what caught

I first wrote about the manga series UNTIL DEATH DO US PART in a column back in 2010. Back then, it was only available in Asia and in pirated English

One of the fun things about having this column is I get to talk about anything I want. When Filip Sablik at Top Cow approached us about doing something to

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool; I’ve always had a soft spot for Abel Ferrara’s movies. Apart from the Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese, I felt

WARNING: Do not read if you don’t want to know the ending of MASS EFFECT 3 yet. If you don’t care or want to have a bitter laugh over how a

I wish more comics made the effort to blow readers’ minds on a regular basis. I like to think that’s often the main reason we like to read comics, as well

I’m currently travelling around Southeast Asia, stopping by Bangkok, the Laos border, and Singapore, away from the familiarity of First World Problems in

I’m travelling, so in lieu of a regular column, here is the treatment for a movie adaptation of Arthur Machen’s late 19th Century horror novel THE GREAT

I’m travelling, so in lieu of a regular column, I’m going to run something different. Below is the treatment for a movie adaptation of Arthur Machen’s

The last big video game to be released this year is the MMO STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzdCdRPESps Too bad the actual

  It’s lurking, always lurking. Peeking out from the corner of my attention like a Goth wallflower that knows I’ll notice sooner or later and finally

There was a minor upset in the world of publishing last week: a debut spy novel had to be withdrawn by its publisher for plagiarizing James Bond novels.

In the spirit of Halloween, here’s something a bit different. BLACK LIGHT is a horror novel about Buck Carlsbad, a detective with a particular psychic

Wine! Comics! Wine manga! Two good tastes that taste good together! DROPS OF GOD is what you never knew you always wanted. Knocking around New York

Welcome to part 2 of my reminiscing about writing JLA: AGE OF WONDER. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin some commentary. SPOILER WARNING: You

So DC’s reboot has kicked off with the first batch of first issues, hitting the shops with plenty of promotional hype and media coverage. Just about every

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool In REALITY IS BROKEN: WHY GAMES MAKE US BETTER AND HOW THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, Jane McGonigal proposed that

Having a grand old time playing DEUX EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION this week on the Xbox. It fills my craving for intricate Bladerunner-style Science Fiction

I love the way pop culture has a tendency to coincide with the times in ways so coincidental nobody could possibly foresee. Take this week. We have the