Critical Hits & Misses #162

• Bioware’s next installment in their Mass Effect franchise, Andromeda, finally came out - and io9’s Evan Narcisse, Beth Elderkin and James Whitbrook reminisce about the original trilogy, picking moments that made them fall in love with it.


• Do you ever get tired of Superhero comics? Me either. But if you do, SyFy Wire has a pretty handy list of 8 genre comics that you might want to check out, whether or not you are sick of superheroes! 

For today's musical hit, Gorillaz just dropped some new tunes! We thought "Andromeda" seemed particularly pertinent today. Enjoy this art track!

Today's critical rolls: Happy Friday! What are some of your favorite non-superhero comic books?


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Critical Hits and Misses #12: August 23rd, 2016

• Peter David squelches the rumors about Young Justice Season 3 on Netflix—and Greg Weisman reminds us there’s still a battle to be fought! (Adrian)
• Enjoying No Man’s Sky but would like to stop wasting time with resources and crafting? Here’s a guide from Richard Scott-Jones, on Rock, Paper, Shotgun. (Dominik)
• An excellent article on why even reviews of bad movies need to avoid spoiling them. (Aranwe)
• The Irish Times wonders if superheroes have the power to combat misogyny. (Ivonne)

• Critical Hits & Misses Question of The Day #1a: Best DC Super-Heroine?
• Critical Hits & Misses Question of The Day #1b: Best Marvel Super-Heroine?
• Critical Hits & Misses Question of The Day #2: Name a Fictional Character that would be a better president than Donald Trump.
• Critical Hits & Misses Question of The Day #3: What is your favorite non-humanoid alien design?

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