Comments on: Brandwatch: Civil War, 52, Countdown, and the future of “shared universe” comics http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:10:58 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Re:Retro Top 100 Games Of All Time, No. 68: Crazy Name, Crazy Game http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-329703 The Re:Retro Top 100 Games Of All Time, No. 68: Crazy Name, Crazy Game Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:13:28 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-329703 [...] Sonic The Comic is probably most notable for honing the career of one Mark Millar, recently seen putting his scottish stamp on the Marvel Universe as a whole and turning it into a far more ‘realistic’ place, both in terms of increased grimness, grit and politicisation and also in terms of internal coherence. Rather than all the Marvel Superheroes concentrated totally in New York and running around destroying buildings willy-nilly, they’re now heavily regulated, with a team of heroes assigned to every state of the union, as well as various government-run training programs, black ops units and of course outlaws who refuse to toe the line. And the X-Men, who are too complicated for the US Government to bother with and thus get a free pardon. What does all this rigmarole achieve for Marvel’s various franchises? Well, replace ’states of the union’ with ’servers’ and… voila. [...] [...] Sonic The Comic is probably most notable for honing the career of one Mark Millar, recently seen putting his scottish stamp on the Marvel Universe as a whole and turning it into a far more ‘realistic’ place, both in terms of increased grimness, grit and politicisation and also in terms of internal coherence. Rather than all the Marvel Superheroes concentrated totally in New York and running around destroying buildings willy-nilly, they’re now heavily regulated, with a team of heroes assigned to every state of the union, as well as various government-run training programs, black ops units and of course outlaws who refuse to toe the line. And the X-Men, who are too complicated for the US Government to bother with and thus get a free pardon. What does all this rigmarole achieve for Marvel’s various franchises? Well, replace ’states of the union’ with ’servers’ and… voila. [...]

]]> By: Admin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-253010 Admin Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:11:46 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-253010 Marvel's 1st press release on their MMO development http://rustmonster.net/2007/04/02/marvel-universe-mmorpg-coming/ Marvel’s 1st press release on their MMO development http://rustmonster.net/2007/04/02/marvel-universe-mmorpg-coming/

]]> By: miss bum bum http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-246864 miss bum bum Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:59:46 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-246864 giuguu8tiibigjnjhuyuhihkn this is fukin dinamite!!!!! people r wankers and cunts giuguu8tiibigjnjhuyuhihkn this is fukin dinamite!!!!! people r wankers and cunts

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225572 Tom Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:52:48 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225572 Yeah the DC bit is much more of a reach I freely admit! Yeah the DC bit is much more of a reach I freely admit!

]]> By: Seb Patrick http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225568 Seb Patrick Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:38:23 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225568 That's completely and totally insane... but you might just have something. Or, at least, you might just have something when it comes to Marvel (I've struggled to try and find some reason for why they're dumping themselves in the current status quo, which seems to me to be more problem-causing than problem-solving); I'm not sure how much it ties in with what DC are doing, since I don't know if they even KNOW what they're doing (despite how excellent <i>52</i> has, on the whole, been, I question the wisdom of their just launching into another mass crossover straight after it rather than letting the individual titles/characters breathe on their own for a while). But it makes a lot of sense when you apply it to the Marvel setup; and also when you consider the success and plaudits that <i>Ultimate Alliance</i> has so far garnered (and that there would therefore surely be some sort of desire to shift that success into the online field). That’s completely and totally insane… but you might just have something.

Or, at least, you might just have something when it comes to Marvel (I’ve struggled to try and find some reason for why they’re dumping themselves in the current status quo, which seems to me to be more problem-causing than problem-solving); I’m not sure how much it ties in with what DC are doing, since I don’t know if they even KNOW what they’re doing (despite how excellent 52 has, on the whole, been, I question the wisdom of their just launching into another mass crossover straight after it rather than letting the individual titles/characters breathe on their own for a while). But it makes a lot of sense when you apply it to the Marvel setup; and also when you consider the success and plaudits that Ultimate Alliance has so far garnered (and that there would therefore surely be some sort of desire to shift that success into the online field).

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225212 Tom Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:57:47 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225212 There's a post from earlier this week, or end of last, with a link to a discussion of SL audience figures. How many people play City Of Heroes? There’s a post from earlier this week, or end of last, with a link to a discussion of SL audience figures.

How many people play City Of Heroes?

]]> By: Andrew Farrell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225204 Andrew Farrell Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:51:06 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225204 The maximum audience for an MMORPG is already playing World of Warcraft, which is very good at keeping its players hooked. I was talking to Tracer about Second Life the other day, when he claimed that the vast majority (around 80%? I might have just made up that figure) of its billions and billions of users don't stay around for longer than 40 days. The maximum audience for an MMORPG is already playing World of Warcraft, which is very good at keeping its players hooked. I was talking to Tracer about Second Life the other day, when he claimed that the vast majority (around 80%? I might have just made up that figure) of its billions and billions of users don’t stay around for longer than 40 days.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225190 Tom Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:19:26 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225190 My TOTALLY AWFUL work PC makes it really really hard to insert pics for some reason (also links but I am competent and non-lazy enough to work the html for them). If you have edit privs feel free to put GURNING CAP FACES in. My TOTALLY AWFUL work PC makes it really really hard to insert pics for some reason (also links but I am competent and non-lazy enough to work the html for them). If you have edit privs feel free to put GURNING CAP FACES in.

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225187 Pete Baran Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:12:27 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/02/brandwatch-civil-war-52-countdown-and-the-future-of-shared-universe-comics/#comment-225187 How can you do an article on comics and not have any pictures. For shame! This is one of those fabulous pieces of writing you do occasionally Tom where the scales fall from my eyes and suddenly all becomes clear. What is great about it is that EVEN IF IT ISN'T TRUE, by writing it, it probably will happen! Hits are a-coming this way I don't doubt. How can you do an article on comics and not have any pictures. For shame!

This is one of those fabulous pieces of writing you do occasionally Tom where the scales fall from my eyes and suddenly all becomes clear. What is great about it is that EVEN IF IT ISN’T TRUE, by writing it, it probably will happen!

Hits are a-coming this way I don’t doubt.

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