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Midway Gamers' Day
by James Stevenson (Fri 03-05-2004)

At the beautiful Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, Midway presented it's lineup of upcoming games. The theme for Midway is to release fewer titles, but titles that have had more time and money put into them. The quality of the games was evident ...

Midway Sees Double
by News Editor (Mon 02-27-2006)

Double Fusion went public with its first major deal late last week. It's a multiyear, multigame agreement with Midway Games Inc. Midway will incorporate Double Fusion's technology in a selection of upcoming titles likely to include John Woo's STRANGLEHOLD...

Woo & Midway Team for Game
by News Editor (Thu 05-17-2007)

As first announced in May 2005 and then again in February 2006 & November 2006, Midway Games and John Woo's an action game for PlayStation 3, which will include a hi-def copy of Woo's HARD BOILED, will finally be hitting the shelves. The Blu-ray ...


Doom III PC Expansion and Midway!
by James Stevenson (Fri 02-25-2005)

...be great. MIDWAY I had a chance to get an early peek at some of the games Midway has coming up for this year. On the immediate horizon are MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION for the GameCube, AREA 51, NARC and UNREAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2. While AREA 51 and UNREAL CHAM...

Midway to Turn Toons Into Games
by News Editor (Wed 02-16-2005)

Midway Games has signed a multiterritory agreement with Cartoon Network to publish video games based on five of the network's Adult Swim programs: "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," "The Brak Show," "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law," "Sealab 2021" and "Space Ghost...

Midway Gamers' Day -- Fall 2004
by James Stevenson (Mon 08-30-2004)

Last week in sunny San Diego, California, Midway held its fall gamers day to show off the rest of this year's lineup along with a sneak peek at some first quarter 2005 titles. CINESCAPE was there and has the scoop on each of the titles shown.MORTAL KOMBAT...

Midway starts a new league with BLITZ: PLAYMAKERS
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 12-16-2004)

Midway Games has announced development on BLITZ: PLAYMAKERS, a new take on the company's football games. Unlike earlier BLITZ games, PLAYMAKERS is focused on the behind-the-scenes stories of a fictional professional football league. Gamers will be able to...


Midway Lands on EARTH 2160
by News Editor (Wed 08-31-2005)

Midway Games Inc. announced that it has secured the U.S. and Canadian publishing rights for EARTH 2160, the highly-anticipated sequel in the top-selling and critically-acclaimed EARTH series of real-time strategy (RTS) titles. The game is scheduled to be...

E3: Midway Games releases for 2003
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 05-13-2003)

As many other game publishers are doing this week at E3, Midway Games has unveiled its upcoming lineup of games for next generation consoles. There's plenty of diverse games to select from including their newly renovated sports titles, all of which now i...

JUSTICE LEAGUE games
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 04-30-2002)

Midway Games has secured the license from DC Comics and Warner Bros. Consumer Products to publish videogames based on the JUSTICE LEAGUE comic book franchise and animated television series. Midway plans to feature the characters in videogames slated for ...

RED CARD 20-03
by James Stevenson (Wed 04-24-2002)

While Midway is known for its pioneering of the action sports genre of videogames, the company failed to beat Sega to the punch in delivering an over-the-top arcade soccer game. SEGA SOCCER SLAM is a hit with the critics and has set the standard for socce...


Fallen Heroes
by Andrew Osmond (Thu 09-28-2000)

...perishing midway, the shock revelation that after all we’ve been through, Lord Voldemort’s nemesis is in fact someone else, someone we’ve met and liked, perhaps, but never thought hero material. (My vote’s for wimpish Neville.)Such a move would be inte...

Spy Hunter
by Coming Attractions (Mon 08-02-2004)

...ed on the Midway video game franchise Spy Hunter.Premise:Unknown.Scoop Feedback:September 26, 2003... With his latest movie opening in theaters today, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Universal Pictures are thinking past THE RUNDOWN and on a longterm rela...

Inside the Mind of TAO FENG's John Tobias
by Chip Meyers (Wed 04-09-2003)

...r leaving Midway Games a few years ago, Tobias formed Studio Gigante and they have just released their first game for the Xbox, TAO FENG. On the surface TAO FENG might appear to be another fighting game but upon closer inspection you begin to see the ...

SATANIS: THE DEVIL'S MASS / SINTHIA: THE DEVIL'S DOLL
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Fri 09-19-2003)

...istracted midway through, and seven hours later finally mustered up the nerve to swallow the rest of this bitter pill. Sure, there’s nudity, a silver painted goober pretending to be Satan, and that bizarre Steckler tendency to drift off into poor man’s...


THE DEVIL & DANIEL WEBSTER
by Brian Thomas (Mon 11-24-2003)

...sthetics. Midway through, Eder is assisted by Bernard Hermann biographer Stephen C. Smith, who discusses the film’s Oscar-winning score (only Hermann’s second). Hermann’s music is also the subject of an interactive essay by Christopher Husted of the He...

SCOOP: DEEP SPACE NINE trio working on THE 4400
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 01-19-2004)

...dismissal midway through the second season."It's a blast working with Rene and Ira again," Wolfs adds. "And the other writers are terrific, too. Hopefully everyone will have as much fun watching it as we are coming up with stories."THE 4400 follows wha...

NFL STREET
by Troy Roberts (Thu 03-11-2004)

With Midway recently removing its arcade style of NFL BLITZ title from the market, it has left a hole in the arcade style football game genre. Fortunately for us, EA Big has decided that it would fill the hole with its own rendition of an arcade style foo...

THE HONEYMOON KILLERS
by BRIAN THOMAS (Mon 08-04-2003)

...g killing midway through. Tony Lo Bianco is excellent as the crafty lothario, but Shirley Stoler is sensational. Her Martha stalks about through the various seedy apartment and hotel room sets like an angel of Death, often celebrating with a lusty snac...


Six screenshots from SPY HUNTER 2
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 05-09-2003)

Midway Games has opened its website for the SPY HUNTER 2 video game, showing off six screenshots from the sequel. The game is due out sometime in 2004.Midway has also announced new details about the game. SPY HUNTER 2 will feature 16 levels set in 4 dif...

LEGEND
by JEFF BOND (Wed 05-22-2002)

... the fray midway through the movie LEGEND comes to hair-raising life; on the big screen the presence of this villain could almost drive you under your seat.Goldsmith's score is a major asset, painting Scott's gorgeous forest compositions in a wash of b...

Stan Winston Joins AREA 51 Videogame/Movie
by SCOTT COLLURA (Fri 08-02-2002)

Oscar winning make-up artist, creature designer, special effects maestro, and overall Hollywood magician Stan Winston has landed a deal, through his company Stan Winston Studio, along with Midway Games Inc. to develop a videogame tentatively called AREA 5...

Midway's SUFFERING
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 04-16-2003)

Midway Games has announced that they are in development on THE SUFFERING, a new action/survival horror video game intended for release this fall. Set inside the haunted walls of a penitentiary besieged by ghosts, you play as a convinced murderer known as...


Dark Crystals and Spice Planets
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-08-2003)

...ntroduced midway into "Summon the Worms," and immediately defines the score as heroic, bold, epic, and adventurous. It is in moments intricate, spellbinding, tender and lyrical, urgently dissonant, but always compelling and driving, as if Tyler is echo...

Pre-order PSI-OPS, get MORTAL KOMBAT free
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 04-02-2004)

Midway Games is trying to tempt gamers into pre-ordering their upcoming third-person action adventure title PSI-OPS by giving away another game free of charge. The company has announced that anyone that decides to pre-order a copy of PSI-OPS will receive ...

MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION arrives
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 10-04-2004)

...might in. Midway is also releasing five unique MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION limited edition sets featuring distinctive packaging, 40 minutes of bonus DVD video content, a set of serialized Kollector's Kards and an arcade perfect playable version of the ori...

Incredible Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 11-25-2004)

...ving, yet midway through the strings darken and an element of ominousness intrudes effectively upon the bright mood initiated earlier in the track. On CD, the score retains enough diversity and texture, not to mention musical excitement, to make for an...


A League by Any Other Name
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 12-13-2004)

...s and no. Midway through season three, JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED may not be the fine beast that its predecessor was, but that's not all a bad thing.First off, it's just plain cool seeing that many lesser-known DC heroes onscreen. Everyone from the Crims...

Cheap Games
by James Stevenson (Fri 01-14-2005)

This week Midway announced that it would release its new drug/crime drama game NARC at the price point of $19.95. This was a surprise to many, and follows on the footsteps of Sega and Take-Two's twenty dollar line of ESPN Sports games. This marks an inter...

Walker treks across ANTARCTICA
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 01-25-2005)

...asteland. Midway through their journey the pair have to give up their quest and head back, faced with no choice but to leave their sled dogs behind. Walker's character is a National Geographic reporter that, with the help of a rescue party, leads the w...

The Mummy's Wrap-sody Part Two
by John Thonen (Sun 06-02-2002)

...terrupted midway through and the results are a vampire, werewolf, Frankenstein monster and yes, a mummy, standing about three foot tall. The film saw "flat" release on home video, but Band hopes a new demand for 3-D films will follow the advent of high...


KING ARTHUR
by Abbie Bernstein (Wed 07-07-2004)

...about the midway point is truly memorable it is big, suspenseful, unusual and visually very distinctive.The acting is also notable. It's hard to credibly play an unironic hero, but Owen truly makes us believe in his Arthur as a man of both conscience ...

From Dracula to Sauron to Heavy Metal
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-29-2004)

... provided midway into this cue through a quiet violin soliloquy, but it too is overwhelmed by the pounding Monster Motif, swelling hugely for orchestra, which in turn are met by the trumpet motif as it also rises, but then falls quiet to the echo of di...

What's Hot
by James Stevenson and Troy Roberts (Fri 04-30-2004)

...RACY from Midway. It's a combination of stealth, action and mind-powers. Very cool game to play. I'm A screenshot from RED DEAD REVOLVER. © Rockstar Games also into SUDEKI right now, and I've been playing some of SHREK 2 (which is more fun...

Online stadium opened for MLB SLUGFEST: LOADED
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 05-20-2004)

The official website for Midway's upcoming baseball game MLB SLUGFEST: LOADED has gone live. Officially licensed by the MLB and MLB Players Association, MLB SLUGFEST: LOADED is the company's latest version of the ultimate baseball experience for console g...


THE STEPFORD WIVES (2004)
by Rachel Reitsleff (Tue 06-15-2004)

...l blunder midway through for a laugh we are shown something physical about the Stepford wives that the movie later contradicts totally; it looks as though the film not only has a new ending, but that it wasn't edited to really accommodate the changes....

MLB Slugfest Loaded
by James Stevenson (Tue 04-27-2004)

...oxCompany:Midway SportsStatus:Currently in developmentLatest Info:After it went through that long quiet period Midway came back guns ablazin' with its NHL HITZ and MLB SLUGFEST franchises. Those who didn't want to deal with the finer intricacies of the...

FARSCAPE's D'Argo: Anthony Simcoe
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 06-19-2000)

...m sort of midway through episode four of season one. Then we tried them again in season two, and lost them again. I didn’t like them. I didn’t like wearing them, and I didn’t like what they do. You read a lot of emotion through the change in size o...

Red Garden Vol. #1
by Dani Moure (Tue 11-27-2007)

...y hit the midway point, though I really hope that doesn’t happen with this show as it’s so promising from the evidence here. In Summary: Red Garden is an interesting prospect, and provided it doesn’t fall into some traps that so man...


Berserk Vol.#03
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Thu 08-19-2004)

... off, but midway through this volume things start to look a lot sharper and more similar to his current designs. Puck is looking over weight and just comical; Guts is looking pretty young here even though this is a bit after the events that happened th...

Peigenz Vol.#05
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Mon 06-27-2005)

...haracters midway into the last volume, some more are introduced in this one. Moreover, when I thought Jay would finally be the lead, with Pailong out of the picture, Monk takes the spotlight. Peigenz: never finish a plotline even if you have an opport...

Day of Revolution Vol.#01
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Thu 02-01-2007)

...es styles midway. The pacing is stop and go. And most importantly at its core, this story is not original. No real revolution despite the potential for something special.

School Rumble Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 11-09-2007)

...up to the midway point in the series and continues to play havoc with the lives of stupid people. Very stupid people. People stupid enough to realize they\'re stupid and be thankful for it since it gets them where they want. In most series, the stupid ...


Slayers Season 2 Set
by Ben Leary (Mon 04-07-2008)

...about the midway point in Slayers NEXT, I had a thoroughly reasoned and cleverly worded sentence all worked out about how the abscence of so-and-so from the first season was having such-and-such an effect of the dynamic of the story, only to have the c...

Zipang Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 11-20-2006)

...Battle of Midway, where the Japanese fleet was dealt a crippling blow. But when an overzealous Kadomatsu rescues one of the battle\'s victims, Kusaka, from a sinking Zero Fighter, the Mirai\'s fate is sealed. They are forced to fight a U.S. submarine ...

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Vol. #05
by Luis Cruz (Tue 12-05-2006)

...aches the midway point, things seem to be heating back up and regaining the personal touch lost in the previous volume. This volume features more manipulation by Chairman Durandal, insights into the character's personalities, and a few revelations abo...

My-Hime Vol. #7 (also w/special edition premium art box)
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 04-05-2007)

...corrected midway and the end result is a solid one. With luck, we\'ll see an upgraded version of those early volumes in the future in some form. My-Hime has ended on a much more promising note than it started. These last episodes are quite enjoyable ev...


Utawarerumono Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 05-09-2007)

...rough the midway point of the series with this volume and begins to unravel some of the mysteries that have been here since the beginning. The plotlines from the previous volume continue on nicely here as Hakuoro deals with his rise to power while tryi...

Bride of the Water God Vol.#01
by Sakura Eries (Fri 04-18-2008)

... centered midway down the back cover and is followed by a story synopsis and a blurb about the manhwa artist in plain black text. Interestingly, this manhwa does not include an age rating on the cover. This manhwa is printed in the larger A5 size. T...

Year in Review: AnimEigo in 2003
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 01-17-2004)

...g it done midway through the year allowed for numerous other projects to start going forward in the second half. Of these, several older titles that have been long awaited finally came out, such as Arcadia of My Youth and one of the Rupan movies. Thou...

THE SIXTH DAY
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 11-16-2000)

...ned until midway through the film, by which time (presumably) the audience will have forgotten to ask the question. However, if you grant the film this suspension of disbelief, then you should find yourself reasonably entertained. The premise is genuin...


THE ADVENTURES OF BARRY WEEN VOL. 3 #3
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 07-04-2001)

...now we're midway through his third go-round. Thankfully, time has not diminished the sharp writing or raucous comedy, and this series is as reliably witty and crude (in language, if not in design) as all those that came before.For those not in the know...

INDEPENDENCE DAY Revisited
by Scott Collura (Fri 07-04-2003)

...r appears midway through the picture as Dr. Brakish Okun, the keeper of the torch at the highly guarded and secretive Area 51 base where it turns out that, yes, the United States government has been hiding alien bodies for the past fifty years. But the...

Gabba Gabba Hey It's the Ramones
by Anthony C. Ferrante (Wed 10-03-2001)

...clocks in midway through this disc with "I Wanna Be Sedated." Funny, disturbing and catchy as hell, the song is an anthem the band would live by in the years to come. The bonus tracks are once again numerous, particularly with the inclusion of a Ramone...

Multi-Million Dollar Examples of the Cruel Laws of Filmmaking
by John Thonen (Tue 08-22-2000)

...Wood died midway through production. The film was completed, but somehow lost its heart along with its star. The final result is an often tantalizing, then disappointing, promise of what might have been. While hardly in the league as either of the abov...


Stardate 00007.14: The Mists of Voyager
by Michelle Erica Green (Fri 07-14-2000)

...illed off midway through the final season, but that doesn’t seem any worse than Mulgrew suggesting Janeway go out in a coffin last year so the actress could have more private time than her expensive contract allowed. If anything, it’s more comforting t...

Book Buzz: Star Wars: Back to Animation
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-21-2008)

...of Exile: Midway through Voyager's journey across the galaxy, Captain Kathryn Janeway and Commander Chakotay must choose whether to brave a deadly war zone or abandon their quest for home. But an attack by Species 8472 cripples the ship, and the strand...

Stardate 0101.01: The Love Boat Promises Something For Everyone
by Michelle Erica Green (Mon 01-01-2001)

...the show. Midway through the fifth season, when I reached my personal nadir as a Star Trek fan, I realized that I had to forget `Resolutions` and the Voyager I had expected in its wake if I had any hope of learning to like the show again. And I thought...

EXORCIST 25th Anniversary Special Edition Disc: Still Scary After All These Years
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 03-14-2000)

...tests end midway through Chapter 28 on the disc, during Kinderman`s question of Chris MacNeil, or in other words just about at the point that McCambridge’s voice will take over in the actual film. The second audio track drops out at this point, leaving...


Four Birthday Wishes
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 06-13-2005)

... the dirt midway. Let's hope that, several years down the line, these shows are more 24 (reinventing itself as needed to stay fresh and engaging) than ALIAS (reinventing itself in a desperate big for ratings, only to wind up even further from what m...

NHL HITZ 20-02
by Troy Roberts (Mon 01-07-2002)

...eal life. Midway takes the best of hockey, throws in the best features of no-rules games like NFL BLITZ, NBA JAM and WAYNE GRETZKY HOCKEY, and comes up with NHL HITZ 20-02.I've had more fun with NHL HITZ 20-02 than with most games I've played in a long...

The Wasteland Awards 2005-06
by Jason Davis (Mon 06-05-2006)

...the Devil midway through series two and I must say that last week's installment might have dethroned "The Empty Child" for creepy moments.THE 4400: UNLOCKING THE SECRETS (7 PM PST, USA) Initially broadcast on the Internet and at odd hours throughout th...

Zipang Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 03-19-2007)

...battle of Midway having come and gone, the next main focus is that of Guadalcanal. An important location for both sides during the war, a large event is about to occur there where the Allied forces will be dropping in with about 18,000 marines. With Ts...


UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 2 Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 01-09-2007)

...rough the midway point of the short series. What it does do is continue on in a way that will please most fans while still bringing in a bit more of an overall plot that\'s likely to be more important in the next final volume of this season. The more I...

Ergo Proxy Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 03-20-2007)

... hits the midway mark with this volume and it provides quite a few changes. What\'s most striking however is that the further we get into the show, the more it seems to become Vincent\'s show. When the series first started, it seemed like he was an int...

Solty Rei Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 05-11-2007)

...rough the midway point with this volume, it focuses rather heavily on Rose for part of it but it ties into a larger storyline that runs through all four episodes that was surprisingly enjoyable. While there is plenty of angst in how some of the charac...

Zipang Vol. #1 (also w/box)
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 09-06-2006)

...Battle of Midway, where the Japanese fleet was dealt a crippling blow. But when an overzealous Kadomatsu rescues one of the battle\'s victims, Kusaka, from a sinking Zero Fighter, the Mirai\'s fate is sealed. They are forced to fight a U.S. submarine ...


Angelic Layer Box Set (Thinpak)
by Bryce Coulter (Fri 10-13-2006)

...sthesis. Midway through the project, the research funding is cut, thus threatening Shuuko's dream of walking again. Shuuko, along with Icchan, began devising a plan for funding the research, thus Angelic Layer is created. The revenue developed from ...

Pretear
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 04-10-2002)

...efore the midway point of the series that we get introduced to the Disaster Queen fully and her plans of acquiring the Leafe so she can become even more powerful. And it’s here we learn some rather surprising secrets about her own past with the L...

Tenchi Muyo: Pretty Sammy/Mihoshi Special
by Chris Beveridge (Sun 10-20-2002)

...ial, done midway through the OVA series release, is one of those time honored traditions of storytelling. Take your existing cast and place them into another situation and tell the tale. This tale is told through the mind of Mihoshi, so it’s surp...

Sailor Moon Season 2 Box Set
by Paul Grisham (Sat 06-12-2004)

...t appears midway through is simply gorgeous and is one of the most imaginative anime openings I\'ve ever seen. ADV\'s presentation of this second season is comparable to the first season. Once again, the episodes are labeled as uncut, but like all do...


Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai Vol. #4 (Thu 06-30-2005)

...p to this midway point, but things don't stay in the same old grind for long. Since summer vacation started early, what better to do than head to the ocean? It's not all fun and games, as everyone is put to work in the beachfront restaurant owned by ...

Initial D Season 2 Box Set
by Bryce Coulter (Wed 03-26-2008)

...lation X. Midway through the race, the black Evo 3 slips by in very calculated and well executed maneuver. Kyoichi, confident in the execution of his technique, believes that he has the race in the bag, but Ryosuke discovers a weakness. Ryosuke expos...

Spiral Box Set (Viridian Collection)
by Paul Gaudette (Fri 01-18-2008)

...t? About midway through the series, a new set of villains start appearing and they feel much more threatening. Unfortunately, it’s entirely possible that some viewers could become bored and apathetic by then and just stop watching. The show wo...

Planetes Vol.#02
by Jarred Pine (Tue 10-04-2005)

...so a poem midway through on a chapter page that was not translated. Despite these issues, they are some great choices made as well. Tanabe uses the honorific “senpai” when referring to Hachimaki, which is very important. I also like how ...


Yurara Vol.#02
by Ben Leary (Tue 01-08-2008)

...out about midway through the book the material is the best we\'ve seen yet, at least as far as the serious content goes. Best of all, the super little insert comics are still there, as funny as ever. When all\'s said and done, I think I\'d rank this ...

ADV Films January 10th Release Details (Tue 12-13-2005)

...akes Fans Midway Through Fifth and Final Season ADV Films is pleased to announce a January 10 street date for Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda Season 5 Collection 3, collecting episodes eleven through fourteen of the award winning sci-fi series’ ...

Mania Manifesto: Top 7 Video Games at E3
by Damon Brown (Tue 07-22-2008)

...h roller. Midway spent more than three years recreating the strip, though the names have been changed to allow more creative storytelling. WHY IS THIS ON THE LIST?: From Gulf War sims to true crime street violence a la Grand Theft Auto, everyone seems...

Fullmetal Alchemist (novels) Vol.#02
by Jarred Pine (Fri 03-17-2006)

... surprise midway through that comes when the story feels like it is relaxing, providing a nice little twist even though I never really felt like characters were in danger. Let's face it, when it is alchemy up against plain old guns, how worried can we...


Those Who Hunt Elves Vol.#05
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Tue 12-21-2004)

...zzled off midway into this volume. Yagami appeared to be rushing to get back to elf stripping. While he was able to work on most of the new characters individually, he never gave much time to work on Dawn or how the gang was finally able to capture h...

Naruto Box Set 08 (also w/special edition)
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 06-19-2008)

...to a show midway to see how accessible it is for newer viewers, since a show must continually bring in more people or stagnate. Or even worse, lose viewers and thus lose steam. Naruto was surprisingly easy to get into even with some ninety odd episodes...

Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:4
by Jared Wietbrock (Sun 03-24-2002)

... pilots. Midway through the episode the next Angel shows up, and I have to say it is one of the stupider ones in the series. A giant eye that is on a suicide mission to drop on Tokyo-3 and destroy it in the impact. The battle (if it can even be call...

Planet Blood Vol.#01
by Jarred Pine (Mon 03-07-2005)

...g battles midway through the volume which was frustrating. Text/SFX: SFX are left untouched and are not translated. I found myself numerous times wishing I knew what the sound was since it was supposed to be a sound away from the action. The adapta...


NOW Vol.#06
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Wed 12-20-2006)

... the cast midway through this volume. And right before that occurred, Infinity placed a couple color plates almost as a primer to help readers through that transition. Some of the subplots were touched upon very early in this book as well. But what m...

Gatchaman (-)

... credits, midway through the episode, and before the end credits. As for Gatchaman itself, speaking as someone who has never actually SEEN the Japanese version, I found this to be an enormous treat. I liked the Battle of the Planets US version as a ki...

Tenchi in Tokyo Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 04-20-1999)

...to change midway through the series is kind of strange. The menu. What\'s in the menu? Something people have been asking for, and receive in spades this time: scene access menus! Each episode gets its own page, and has more chapter selections than we...

Dead Man's Chest and Tokyo Drift
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-06-2006)

...soliloquy midway through. "Wheel of Fortune" and "You Look Good Jack" provides more of what we've already heard in "The Kraken" and "A Family Affair," suggesting that this score isn't quite as varied or innovative as the original and that much of the ...


Countdown - August 20-26, 2006
by CAPTAIN GORDON EDWARD (Wed 08-30-2006)

...hough, as Midway has done their own thing with the Blitz series. I hope to see it continue into great things. I will give Madden NFL 07 my nod for the game of the week though, since it is the only game released across all the consoles. Moving one... Si...

Annual Recap: Best Film Score Licks of 2006
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-04-2007)

... emerges midway through “The Water Recedes” for an excellent example of the expressiveness that Powell has brought to these animated antics.   Destroy All Humans! 2/Garry Schyman (Lakeshore) Garry Schyman’s score for the 20...

Microsoft Party
by CAPTAIN GORDON EDWARD (Sat 01-27-2007)

...stations: Midway (X-Box 360 - PC) – In this all out war game, you will have the ability to take the massive fleets to the air, sea, or even under the sea. I cannot promise that you can play in an octopuses garden. With planes, boats and subs,...

Legend of the Mystical Ninja Complete Collection
by Luis Cruz (Mon 04-16-2007)

...ppukumaru midway through the series, but the formula remains intact. What gives the series a bit of charm is seeing Goemon and his friends try to understand modern day Earth. In one of the more amusing sequences, Goemon comes across a piece of modern...


IT WAITS
by Brian Thomas (Fri 05-19-2006)

... to leave midway to audition for a role on HOUSE. Some of this material is repeated in "Blood on the Pines", a 20-minute Making-Of documentary featurette, but you also get to hear producer Stephen J. Cannell's thoughts on the project, as well as see wh...

MTV Films is SUFFERING
by News Editor (Thu 09-08-2005)

MTV Films has picked up the rights to Midway Games' video game THE SUFFERING.The story is set in the maximum-security prison Abbott State Penitentiary, where in a thick-sideburned tough guy named Torque is led to his new cell on death row. He has been con...

Kong of Kongs, Lord of Rings
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-15-2005)

...e emerges midway through "A Fateful Meeting," lending an almost mischievous or playful attitude to the piece, eventually becoming sultry jazz, enhancing the comedy of the early scenes in the ship. The motif appears again in "Two Grand," almost sounding...

Diesel Climbs in Behind the WHEEL
by News Editor (Wed 02-22-2006)

MTV Films and Paramount Pictures have set Vin Diesel to produce and star in THE WHEELMAN based on Midway Games'videogame.The action-adventurestory centers on an expert driver who comes out of retirement to protect a woman from his past. Rich Wilkes will ...


DeCoding Zimmer
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-04-2006)

...at emeges midway through "The Water Recedes" for an excellent example of the expressiveness that Powell has brought to these animated antics. www.varesesarabande.com   FILM MUSIC NEWS For the past couple weeks, composer John Ottman has been busy r...

Remember The Time
by Damon Brown (Thu 02-08-2007)

...ts Atari, Midway and Namco weren’t churning out arcade compilations as they do today.  There were numerous arcade hits collections on the home systems, beginning, perhaps, with the original Playstation. They didn’t really take off,...

"Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar" looking for beta testers
by Karl Schneider (Thu 02-22-2007)

Midway is looking for beta testers for it's upcoming MMOG, Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.  The beta test will begin tomorrow (Friday) and end on Monday.If you have some extra time this weekend, head on over to their website and sign up....

In Hoc Signo Vinces
by Stella Maris (Sat 03-22-2008)

...nated the midway point of the copper track bisecting the transept. Absorbed by the curious rainbow refractions dancing around us while we spun dizzyingly between the rose windows marked “P” and “S”, as per the instructions in t...


Toy Maniac: Marvel Legends Action Figures Q&A
by Robert T. Trate (Thu 07-10-2008)

...I by Midway Entertainment (Xbox 360)   PC   Age Of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties by Destineer Inc (Mac OS X, Mac OS X Intel)   Devil May Cry 4 by Capcom USA (Windows)   The Immortals of Terra: A Perry Rhoda...

Akira (Regular edition) (Tue 07-24-2001)

...g a movie midway though the story arc. To a lot of people the story makes little sense because we are nearly half way through the story when the movie begins, and are at the half way point when this movie ends. They should have started at the beginning...

Armored Trooper Votoms Vol. #07 (Tue 07-17-2001)

...reach the midway point in it, I’m definitely interested in seeing just where it takes us. Votoms is another mecha show that I’ll have to put on my \"worth seeing\" list. Roman J. Martel Tell me what you think! E-mail me at... roman@animeon...

RANT: Rivet Counting
by Stephen Lackey, Columnist (Mon 02-11-2008)

...10PM EST) MIDWAY Teal'c (Christopher Judge) goes to Atlantis to mentor Ronon ahead of an IOA review to determine his suitability for the Stargate program. Meanwhile, the Wraith kick-start a plot against the Midway station. Saturday FINAL DESTINATI...


MORTAL KOMBAT is Not a Sequel
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 02-08-2008)

...eators at midway so this latest version borrows heavily from that pioneering spirit and must be thought out and executed at the highest level in order for it succeed in today's market place. This is no overnight task."Though the IMDB has Christoph...

"The Reaping"
by Brian Thomas (Sat 04-07-2007)

...poor Ben, midway through we get to hear how he became a true believer after a tough ghetto childhood, so we know he probably won’t make it to the end credits.    The film’s main strength is in its special effects, which outside ...

Moore on GALACTICA End
by News Editor (Tue 06-05-2007)

Ronald D. Moore told the Hollywood Reporter he and co-executive producer David Eick began thinking about  BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's end midway through the second season.  Moore said, "We thought, if we don't start paying this off and really ...

Summer Darkness
by Captain Gordon Edward (Sat 06-23-2007)

... on where Midway has taken the game. The demo played quite nicely, so I at least recommend the download.   Driver Parallel Lines (Wii) - The fourth edition of the genre-defining action/driving game by Reflections Interactive, this new edition is...


Drizzt Do’Urden Is Back?
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 09-24-2007)

...gamble at Midway had backfired? Ten leading military historians ask these and other questions in this fascinating book. The war with Japan was rife with difficult choices and battles that could have gone either way. These fact-based alternate scenarios...

Of Memories and Might
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-18-2005)

...appearing midway through is a persuasively reflective melody, as melancholy and brooding as any recent score I've heard. The other score cues, "Interlude I," Interlude II," and "Lost," "Long Journey," and "Polonaise" are beautiful but disconsolate mel...

New This Week (Sun 05-04-2008)

With the steam picking up lst week with releases, this week goes all out after the doldrums of April with some ending series, some midway series and one of the bigger titles of the season: Release Date Title Name Studio Run Ti...

STAR TREK: VOYAGER - Kate Mulgrew and Ken Biller Interview
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 11-27-2000)

The cast of Star Trek: Voyager is midway through filming the show’s seventh and last season, and is currently working on `Prophecy,` an episode featuring hundreds of Klingons. Pulling herself away from her hectic shooting schedule for a few minutes, a ver...


SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 06-08-2001)

...ter All`: midway through, Cartman sings, `Around the world, it might go a little bit something like this,` prompting snippets in China, France, Holland, and Africa. Amidst the hysterical obscenities and rude lyrics, one has to acknowledge that Parker r...

TOMB RAIDER
by Anthony C. Ferrante (Fri 06-15-2001)

...omparison midway through during a raid in a Cambodia tomb, it all seems rather laughable...and dare I say boring?Though Jolie does her best to make sure millions of Croft fans will be drooling at the cineplex with her curvy posing, LARA CROFT: TOMB RAI...

JOY RIDE
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 10-05-2001)

...t mistake midway through pays off in the finale. JOY RIDE has a coherent story, a plausible outer framework, engaging characters and a sense of dread that blossoms into genuinely terrifying set pieces. In short, the film's ambitions are contained, but ...

STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE ULTIMATE EDITION on Compact Disc
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 11-18-2000)

...s emerges midway into 'High Council Meeting,' as Qui-Gon pleads his case for Anakin before the Jedi Council.Aside from the energetic action material, the score's most interesting musical material is that for the villains. Low intonations of choir intro...


THE GOBLIN COLLECTION 1975-1989
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 10-28-2000)

...he melody midway through. This is a good track, hard to find outside of Italy, that fans will appreciate having for the first time.FROM PATRICK (1979)8. Patrick – M32 bis (previously unreleased, 2:57): No, I don’t know what `bis` means—this is not the ...

THE COMPLETE SUPERMAN COLLECTION: DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY EDITION
by Jason Bovberg (Tue 09-19-2000)

...or on the Midway` gives him any trouble. Of the later efforts, I enjoyed `Jungle Drums` for its campy depiction of Germans as overlords to drum-beating savages, and for its final shot of Hitler hanging his miserable head. I also liked `Secret Agent,` t...

The Voice of Godzilla: The Movie Music of Akira Ifukube
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 09-30-2000)

...gan added midway through, the music breathes life into the miniature models and gives the scene an enhanced exhilaration. Earlier, the March is counter-pointed against the frenzied chant of the Skull Islanders—a bizarre meeting of Max Steiner and Akir...

ESCAFLOWNE: Visions of Wonder
by Andrew Osmond (Tue 10-03-2000)

...ng, we`re midway through Part 9 of the original. The Japanese serial was 26 parts; how long the dub will run is one of life`s unanswered questions. Please note: all references to the `dub` relate to the version on Fox Kids. It appears the uncut dub out...


BLESS THE CHILD
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 10-07-2000)

...f violin. Midway through, a tremendously dissonant chase music, with the choir whispering like scuttling masses of insects, barrels forth like a terrible train through an unending tunnel, before closing out the cue with an xylophone-tinged flavor of go...

DOCTOR WHO: PRIMEVAL
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 12-14-2001)

...somewhere midway in her TARDIS travels)? Writer Lance Parkin furnishes the answer, and it's a pleasantly surprising one that takes us back to where it all began for Nyssa and her association with the Doctor- her home planet, Traken.What, I hear some W...

THUNDERBIRDS: SET 2
by BRIAN THOMAS (Thu 12-27-2001)

... entrance midway through this episode, leaving it up to Parker to pick the lock on the supposedly hi-tech vault with a hairpin!The "Supermarionation" style always offers bizarre visual treats, one of which is when real body parts take the place of the ...

Peter Jackson Straddles THE TWO TOWERS Part Two
by SCOTT COLLURA (Wed 12-18-2002)

...sort of a midway point in the film to have a negative kind of reversal, and then we liked it after that because it gave us the opportunity to have like a surreal moment with Arwen where she connects with him as he is lying unconscious on the river."Wit...


Scribes found for SPY HUNTER
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 03-28-2003)

... to drive Midway's classic video game franchise onto the silver screen.WWE wrestler-turned-leading man Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is still attached to play the film's hero, a fighter pilot named Alec Sects who is recruited to join the International Espi...

SPY HUNTER 2 finally announced
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 03-31-2003)

Midway Games finally dropped the other shoe this morning and confirmed what most gamers had believed was happening anyway: a sequel to SPY HUNTER is in active development and due for release this fall. The game will be made available for PS2, Xbox and Ga...

It's video game ROADKILL
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 04-18-2003)

Midway Games announced that it is in development on a post-apocalyptic combat driving game titled ROADKILL. The game is slated for a fall 2003 release on the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo Gamecube systems.The mission-based game is set a...

AMC MONSTERFEST 2002
by BRIAN THOMAS (Fri 10-25-2002)

...assed out midway through the first reel.5:00 AM  TENTACLES *Well, I always was a sucker for a giant octopus movie. Shelley Winters, John Huston and Henry Fonda (!) are among those dragged down.7:00 AM ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMYIn this paro...


Playing DEAD
by Scott Collura (Thu 10-17-2002)

...s sort of midway through and [the producers] just kind of yanked it and it went out like that. And I always found it very aggravating because I knew the film had a better edge to it than people were seeing and hearing on the screen."

A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
by JEFF BOND (Thu 03-07-2002)

...“brother” midway through the film, and while it can be argued that David is ultimately granted his “wish” at the film’s end, that conclusion is highly debatable.The DVD presentation lavishes the bulk of its attention on the film’s technical accomplishm...

SEGA SOCCER SLAM
by James Stevenson (Sun 04-14-2002)

Over-the-top arcade action sports. It all started with NBA JAM, a game that most of us couldn’t put down for months… it eventually moved on, infecting the football world in the form of NFL BLITZ and the hockey world with NHL HITZ. While Midway pioneered a...

FIREBLADE
by James Stevenson (Thu 04-18-2002)

After spending the afternoon playing with the preview build of Midway's helicopter arcade shooter, FIREBLADE, set to release this summer, I've found that this relatively unknown game has shown quite a lot of potential.FIREBLADE puts gamers in control of a...


STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES
by Randall D. Larson (Mon 04-22-2002)

... lavishly midway through into a lovely restatement of the “Obi-Wan/Force” theme. Apart from the passionate love theme, Williams also provides a pretty theme for “Anakin and Padmé” which is quiet and tender, for harps and flutes.In “The Homestead,” Will...

FARSCAPE's D'Argo: Anthony Simcoe
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 06-19-2000)

...m sort of midway through episode four of season one. Then we tried them again in season two, and lost them again. I didn’t like them. I didn’t like wearing them, and I didn’t like what they do. You read a lot of emotion through the change in size o...

FREQUENCY
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 04-27-2000)

...g smoking midway through the film (SPOILER ALERT) but not turning up alive in 1999 until much later, because that would spoil the surprise ending. Likewise, John and Frank’s teamwork results in the killer’s identity being revealed in 1969, yet the kill...

Game of the Mid-Year Awards
by James Stevenson and Troy Roberts (Fri 07-16-2004)

...d up from Midway. I was working on a deadline and thought I'd get the review in quick one night. I tossed it in with the lights off, and literally an hour later I was in a cold sweat, my hands clammy from gripping the controller, and afraid of the slig...


Paramount captures AREA 51 rights
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 08-31-2004)

Paramount Pictures has scooped up the film rights to Midway Games' forthcoming action-shooter AREA 51, making it the latest video game property to be placed in development as a feature film. Christine Peters (HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, THE OUT-OF-TOWNE...

Wallflower Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 06-03-2008)

...r amusing midway point in the series. Audio: The bilingual presentation for this release is pretty solid, particularly for the English side of things. The original Japanese stereo mix is done at 192 kbps and comes across well during the show though i...

GOBLIN VOLUME II 1975-1980
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 10-29-2000)

...o). About midway through, this picks up into a more fast-paced rock-and-roll piece, with a nice guitar solo, followed by lots of keyboard work.8. Blind Concert (6:15): This is really the conclusion of `Black Forest` (the two titles were listed as one c...

NBA BALLERS takes to the streets
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 04-06-2004)

Midway Games has alerted news outlets that their fantasy basketball video game NBA BALLERS has shipped to retailers nationwide. The unique sports game puts gamers in one-on-one gameplay action and focused on a career as a high-ranking superstarstar in the...


SPY HUNTER slated for summer 2005
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 09-26-2003)

...ed on the Midway arcade and console game, and Adrian Askarieh and Chuck Gordon are the film's producers. The Rock will play Alec Sects, an ex-fighter pilot who gets behind the wheel of an ultra-high tech car to fight an international terrorist cabal. M...

SCARY DARK RIDES, by Doug Higley
by Dan Cziraky (Tue 12-28-1999)

Doug Higley (a.k.a. The Phantom of the Midway) is a long-time midway and boardwalk attraction enthusiast who pens columns on outdoor rides for CIRCUS REPORT and SHOW BIZ U.S.A. His previous book was THE LAST MUSEUM. SCARY DARK RIDES is a true labor of lov...

SPY HUNTER
by James Stevenson (Wed 10-17-2001)

If I had my choice, I'd go back to the days of ASTEROIDS, TEMPEST and PAC-MAN any day of the week. These games were the beginning of a long evolution that led to the videogames we know today. Among these games is SPY HUNTER, a classic by all rights. Now, ...

MLB SLUGFEST 20-03
by James Stevenson (Mon 06-24-2002)

Ahh, baseball. America's favorite pastime and a genre of game that hasn't had its best days recently. But while the simulation market is in full blast with Sega's recent release of WORLD SERIES BASEBALL, Midway has gone the alternative route and released ...


MLB SLUGFEST 20-03
by Troy Roberts (Sat 08-31-2002)

...to watch. Midway has a reputation of taking regular sports (football, basketball, and hockey) and turning them into no-rule free-for-alls, which turn out to be really fun. So Midway is now tackling one of the sports they have yet to touch wit...

MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE
by Troy Roberts (Tue 11-26-2002)

...e guys at Midway have been redesigning the game, and have come up with MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE.DEADLY ALLIANCE starts off a little bit differently than the previous MORTAL KOMBAT games, basically because something happens in the introduction. In...

MORTAL KOMBAT: TOURNAMENT EDITION
by Troy Roberts (Tue 09-23-2003)

...people at Midway revamped the series for MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIACE. And where would a sequel be without a Game Boy Advance version? Well, the GBA version was a success last year, so Midway has designed a "sequel" MORTAL KOMBAT: TOURNAMENT EDITION....

PSYCHO (1960)
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 02-28-2000)

...character midway through the story, plus an unguessable twist ending. Screenwriter Joseph Stefano reworked much of the dialogue and characterizations, making Norman Bates more sympathetic and less suspicious, at least in his early scenes. Anthony Perki...


Harlan Ellison: Writer on the Edge of Forever
by Edward Gross (Mon 03-13-2000)

...ove story midway through the second or third act; it should have come in earlier. Absolutely. But with three or four different people telling me what to do and one of them wanting this, one of them wanting that and the network wanting the other thing, ...

Michael Clarke Duncan - Part Two
by Michael O'Connell (Fri 03-24-2000)

...re at the midway point in Armageddon. We were in Orlando, Florida. He told me to go buy the book called The Green Mile. He said, ‘They’re going to start doing a movie about it. You could be the guy named John Coffey, but you must do some research on th...

PERFECT BLUE on Disc
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 04-25-2000)

... sequence midway through, wherein Mima repeatedly goes back and forth between `real` and `reel` life—and then wakes up as if from a dream, leaving us to wonder whether any of what we have seen actually happened. This all leads to a revelation at the en...

Genre Music Scores: The Best of the 1990s
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-10-2000)

... emerging midway in 1995. Always at home in the horror genre, he made SPECIES a fertile embodiment of synths and symphs and choir, creating a relentless mysterioso for unearthly beauty and violent passion. COPYCAT was an exercise in restrained apprehen...


Blitz: The League
by Captain Gordon Edward (Mon 04-30-2007)

Plot: The series known as NFL Blitz pushes on without the NFL license into an all-new realm of dramatic and intense football, as Midway goes behind the scenes to bring you lifestyles, controversy, and the nitty-gritty real world of pro football player...

X-FILES star investigates the secrets of AREA 51
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 08-26-2004)

X-FILES star David Duchovny will lend his voice talents to Midway Games upcoming first person shooter AREA 51. Joining Duchovny will be Powers Boothe (DEADWOOD) and goth rocker Marilyn Manson.Duchovny will voice the character of Specialist Ethan Cole, the...

Paramount making FEAR & RESPECT
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 09-24-2004)

Paramount Pictures is developing a movie based on Midway Games' FEAR & RESPECT, a new PlayStation 2/Xbox video game in development and slated for release in the last quarter of 2005. BOYS N THE HOOD and 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS director John Singleton is working ...

USPS Announces Super Hero Stamps
by News Editor (Tue 12-06-2005)

...rrorizing Midway City. (Editor's note: The Golden Age of Comics took place from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.) Green Lantern #4 Jan./Feb. 1961 Art by Gil Kane & Joe Giella As readers entered the Space Age, so did comics. Ace test pilot Hal Jor...


"Mortal Kombat II" coming to the PS3
by Karl Schneider (Thu 03-01-2007)

According to Sony, the classic Midway arcade game, Mortal Kombat II, will be made available on the PS3 in March for $4.99.The game brings together the original game's roster of a dozen fighters and their respective finishing moves, and is updated with onl...

Wrapping it All Up
by James Stevenson (Thu 06-05-2003)

...mers find Midway showing off their new lineup of realistic but arcadey sports games. Just a bit beyond there was Square Enix with its lineup of RPGs and fantasy games. Behind that booth as the ATI booth, where 3-hour lines waited to see the demo of HAL...

FREESTYLE METAL X
by James Stevenson (Thu 07-10-2003)

...used, and Midway has used this formula without improving on it much in FREESTYLE METAL X.The game is much like many of the others you'll play in the "extreme sports" genre. You'll have to go perform certain tricks, jump gaps, race the clock, and g...

"F.E.A.R."
by CAPTAIN GORDON EDWARD (Sat 11-25-2006)

...fficulty midway through a level, so if things are too difficult, you can always tone them down.  Other mechanics of the game involve guns, and plenty of them. Of course there are some weapons that you can dual wield but for the most part they...


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"Superman: Theatrical Serials Collection"
by Brian Thomas (Wed 12-13-2006)

...s, though midway through Atom Man there’s a troublesome splice. Disc 4 contains a good featurette, with Neill, fans Bob Burns, Don Glut and others looking back at the serials. There’s also an abridged version of the promotional TV specia...

"Happy Feet Soundtrack"
by Randall Larson (Fri 12-29-2006)

...texture; midway through the cue morphs into a tender and poignant string bridge, before returning to the dance routine.  Other songs are as progressively diverse as the score tracks.  “Lovelace’s Pile,” for example, begi...

Dragon Ball Z and more!
by CAPTAIN GORDON EDWARD (Thu 11-09-2006)

... the NFL, Midway decided rather than giving up to return to their roots. Blitz is sort of like Madden, but meant to be played by adults. In the game you can play the darker side of football, and cause some major injuries with dirty hits. There are ...


Celestial Synchronization
by Robin Crookshank Hilton (Sat 11-04-2006)

...lly fell midway between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice, was November 1st and, as the Earth slid further into its cyclical seasonal darkness, the eve of October 31st became superstitiously regarded as the night the lord of death was said...

CREEPY COWBOYS
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 04-18-2006)

...ent comes midway through in what has the makings of a fine double cliffhanger. Some viewers have reported a "Chapter 2" title card visible for a frame or two, but there's no sign of it on the print used here. RAWHIDE TERROR was produced by the prolific...

Sinking My Teeth into Action
by Jason Davis (Mon 08-21-2006)

...a vampire midway through. Then, instead of offing her, Blade injects her with his serum and sets her to work as his spy within the mafia-like world of the undead. The show creates an intriguing blend of genres, taking bits from gangster stories, espi...

Saturday Morning Cartoons return!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sat 09-02-2006)

...Battle of Midway. Includes limited edition mousepad. And be sure to check back next weekand every weekfor CINESCAPE's Anime Avalanche! And check in every Tuesday for the latest DVD Shopping List!Anime Avalanche (© 2006 Brian Thomas) is our weekly ani...


The Buffy Files: Chapter 1
by Stephen Lackey (Fri 10-13-2006)

...teresting midway of season two. So, Buffy fans, what are your thoughts from way back to season one? Watch for future installments as I dig through seasons 2 through 7.

"Monster Vol. 7"
by Janet Houck (Fri 04-13-2007)

It’s rather hard to jump into a series midway through, especially with an episodic crime series like Monster. Luckily, the Internet can readily supply a synopsis of the story up to now, so that made reading this volume a lot easier.  This ...

Deluxe Húrin
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-15-2007)

...Battle of Midway with a very different outcome. The Allies are wildly out maneuvered and sent home in disgrace. Back in the States things are looking rather grim as the ultra-secret Manhattan Project runs into snafus that greatly delay the final p...

Gokudo Vol. #2
by Paul Grisham (Sat 04-06-2002)

...tunately, midway through the second episode, I was laughing hysterically again, and didn\'t stop until I was finished with the disc. The first three episodes conclude the Parmetta arc begun on the first volume. As I mentioned before, these episodes a...


Sailor Moon Vol. #08: The Doom Tree Strikes
by Chris Beveridge (Sun 08-18-2002)

...ncing the midway part of the first season for the most part, but without the constant complaints of Queen Beryl over her lackey’s incompetence. That alone is a significant plus. Anne and Allan, the two Negaverse people who’re trying to gai...

Hellsing: Rescript (Mon 05-26-2003)

...about the midway point, it was well worth it just to see Alucard show up, kick some asses, and not even bother taking their names. By the time he was done with them, there wasn\'t enough left to identify. I love Alucard. I really do. And I love Integra...

Texhnolyze Vol. #1 (also w/box)
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 04-16-2004)

...ene about midway through where we see our lead as a young boy standing next to his mother who is awash in tears as they look on at their father, hung out for dead above them. From there, you can read how his life went forward and where it\'s going to g...

Street Fighter II V Vol. #4 (Fri 03-29-2002)

...languages midway either. The music, much like the script seemed to lose it as well. Some of the scenes of characters running up and down stairs was set to a score of a monster ripping the heads off of terrified teens. Hello! It was totally inapprop...


Cowboy Bebop Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 07-04-2000)

...es to its midway point in both discs and content. The episode count drops down by one on this and the rest of the discs to four episodes, which I find to be much more manageable in one sitting. I start nodding off after number four sometimes. As with...

Anderson Set to Helm SPY HUNTER
by News Editor (Fri 06-01-2007)

Universal Pictures has hired Paul W.S. Anderson to write and direct the big-screen adaptation of SPY HUNTER. Based on the Midway video game, the story centers on secret agent behind the wheel of the a transforming supercar called the Interceptor. Dwayne...

A JOUST Movie in Development
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 09-04-2007)

...iginal 82 Midway game centered on knights riding a flying ostrich fighting off other evil knights (Shadowlord being one of them), lava trolls and pterodactyls in a pursuit to score "eggs".   

The Greening of George
by Mary Magdalene Smith (Sat 04-26-2008)

...s exactly midway between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice between Saint George and Archangel Michael, so this time of year is like one great big Herring festival. She says that the Red Cross of Saint George represents the four fixed points of...


Manga Review: HEAVENSHIELD, Volume One
by Nadia Oxford (Sun 06-01-2008)

...rs. About midway, you begin to ask yourself if there's really anything in the plot that's worth slogging over. It's unfortunate, because Heavenshield is not without its good ideas or funny moments, but it's easy to get impatient in between those bits o...

Farther Shores, Awakened Beasts, & Country Ghosts
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-30-2006)

... emphasis midway through. Sharp strands of synths sing in warbling array to an assortment of crosshatched violin strokes in "Hymns of Battlefields." "Soul of the Ultimate Nation," emerging as track 15 (of 20), proffers a progression of broad, melodic m...

Music in the Key of Snow
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-22-2005)

... X-FILES. Midway through 2005, Snow embarked on a project that pulled him both forward and backward at the same time. KOLCHAK, a new ABC TV pilot from X-FILES' Frank Spotnitz, revived the 1970's cult classic, KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER, which was X-FILE...

PSI-OPS ready to blast your mind
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 06-15-2004)

Now arriving in stores is Midway Games latest offering PSI-OPS: THE MINDGATE CONSPIRACY. The third-person PS2 and Xbox console game lets gamers assume the identity of Nick Scryer, an elite special forces soldier that has incredible mind control powers. As...


AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
by Abbie Bernstein (Wed 06-16-2004)

...wl at the midway point. Coogan is simply splendid, with Pythonesque dry timing, a sense of real integrity and convincing regard for his fellows.Special mention should be made of the transitions as our heroes enter each new country, as a CGI shot drops ...