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But first, a video game print ad from a comic released just this month, Strange #3. It's really Doctor Strange #3 but now Clea is the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, and she's not a doctor like Stephen. The ad is for Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. You don't see vg print ads much these days. 

Finished the second movie's worth of Lego Lord of the Rings the other day. There's an interesting mechanic where you can quickly switch to another set of characters in a totally different location. For instance from Frodo and Sam in Mordor to Aragorn and Legolas in Helms Deep. 

These are the games I played last Tuesday when I was off work. The routine is somewhat different every time I get to play. Like last week I played some Gears of War Judgment in four player co-op. It was fun and I'm going for a hardcore run of the game that way. I didn't get to Gears last Tuesday though. Here's what I got to. 

My copy of Lego Lord of the Rings failed to work the other day, so I installed and started Lego Marvel Super Heroes, which is, so far, very fun. 

I'm almost finished with Lego Batman 2. I've gotten all the achievements that I can get but one. This means I've got a dozen or so gold bricks left, a handful of unlocked characters, and a few other oddities like saving the last few "people in peril". I'm still debating with myself whether it's worth the time and effort to go after them, but I have one achievement left I can get easily and that's getting 10 billion in studs. I'm at 3.5 billion and I have all the stud boosters unlocked so that I make about 3600X. Still, 10 billion is a lot and will require going through all the levels again as that's where a lot of the studs can be found in quantity. 

Getting bargain bin comics is always fun for me. I get to check out a new series without much financial risk and there are usually some old video game ads within. These are from two issues of the comic Terra about a female hero who can control rocks. 

It was last weekend (May 7th) in my area, and I picked up a half dozen or so previews for new or recently released comics. Most of these inside contained excerpts from full comics to come. It got me looking forward to a few. 

I found more interesting video game print ads in old comics I picked up in the bargain bin at my comic shop (Ren and Stimpy and Pirates of Dark Water no. 1).

I'm using May as board game month this year. My theme for the month is the 1950s. I think board games might have been the most popular form of gaming back then. So it's a good excuse to explore them myself this month. First up is Stratego. 

I always download every Games with Gold freebie on Xbox every couple of weeks and give them a try. Sometimes I find something I like and stick with it for a while. MX vs ATV Alive, out originally in 2011, was one of them.