Media manipulation, morally ambiguous celebrities, and white-hot death: when Brit Peter Milligan, who first followed Alan Moore on UK's Marvel Man, and later wrote challenging comics like Shade, The Changing Man, teamed up with day-glo retro indie artists Mike and Laura Allred to create a new X-Force title, they merged marketing cynicism into a story about a group of media-approved superheroes. I reviewed this on Goodreads, after devouring nearly the entire forty issue run in two days. Funny follow-up to Shakespearean plays, but obviously, I enjoyed it. If you would like to try a book like this but don't know X-Men continuity up to that point, all the better. It contains some of the tough decisions that mark that storied franchise, but X-Statix reverses the role from the persecuted to the celebrities- who are hated and feared in their own ways. With a super-rich mogul, not adverse to blackmail and murder plots, as the team's benefactor- or as he puts it, 'own...

You and your rock trio face sinister madness. What is Allautou, and whom does the demon possess? Stop her- risk possession- or run for your life? Nearly two hours' game play, and even more when you compare twenty-four different endings. You can reach them all with a Choice click. With dark humor, paths containing differing motivations for the characters, creepy secrets and hidden powers, danger with explanations reserved for those who survive, alone...it's you, Lue Cypher, and (in some threads, playable character) Kane Z, versus the curse.... This is the First Select Your Excitement interactive game from Integr8d Soul Productions Versus the Curse of Allautou! Welcome. You are the player character, a musician who's joined a band for a party gig. Things started off pretty sweet. Then, a decidedly anti-social vibe starts as a ripple... Versus the Curse of Allautou by Lyron1 The story? You're a bass guitar player, hired to play in a ...