Monday, June 21, 2010

Hot Damn [Killa Blog Gets Around]



Apparently y'all like all this MvC3 hype. These show the highest visit rates since Killa Blog's birth have been in the last week. Guess I better keep it coming!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Forever Young [Turritopsis Nutricula Jellyfish Life Cycle Revert]

This article on Mother Nature Network makes mention of the rather unique ability of the turritopsis nutricula to revert back to its polyp stage after reaching maturity, which presumably allows the organism to escape the confines of a normal life span.

Immortal is the new 20
I wish it was so easy for the rest of us to start all over again.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Best One Yet [MVC3 Leaked Roster?]

Of all the leaked lists floating around, this is the one I find most likely.

ryu
chun
bison
volnutt (Mega Man Legends)
roll
zero
chris
wesker
dante
trish (also Devil May Cry)
morrigan
felicia
joe (,Viewtiful)
frank (West from Dead Rising)
frankalt_chuck (Dead Rising 2)
mike (Haggar from Final Fight)
arthur (from Ghosts n' Goblins presumably)
wolverine
storm
cyclops
magneto
spider
venom
hulk
iron
ironalt_war
america
thor
doom
skrull (called it)
strange (,Doctor)
dormammu
deadpool
marvel (,Miss presumably)


This list just makes a lot of sense. Both sides have seventeen (or really sixteen plus a clone) making the just above 30 number Capcom has tossed around.

The more I think about SF's Seth being in, let's say that's actually Dr. Strange... or Dormammu...

Mystery [Thor MvC3 Ryota Niitsuma Destructoid E3 Interview]

Nice t-shirt you have there, producer and director of Marvel Vs Capcom 3.


And here is a link to the interview video queued to the last request to see the Ryota Niitsuma's Thor t-shirt.

Thor makes a lot of sense for inclusion in MvC3 as Marvel Studios will start pushing him pretty hard for his own film and The Avengers. This would be his debut as a playable character in the series, as he was only an assist character in Marvel Vs. Capcom 1.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

So Excite [Deadpool MvC3]



^A still from the new trailer.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Funk DeVille [League of Legends Malzahar]


Yeah, I think I've got the hang of Malzahar.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Funk D'Void [League of Legends New Champion Malzahar Review]

I'm up to Level 19 now in LoL and have continued to enjoy the experience completely free of charge. My first champion purchase was Ryze for 1500 Influence Points, and he has carried me pretty damn far. I did dabble with Warwick during his rotation as a freely available hero, but I was still searching for my next focus, as I steadily rebuilt my supply of IP. And, lo and behold, Riot Games announced a brand new champion, Malzahar. I spent nearly all of my saved points on a character I had never even seen in action; 6300 (the price for top shelf champs) well spent if you ask me. Now that I've got a handle on his skills, he's easily as dangerous as my Ryze.

Malzahar is a magic user, like Ryze, which means that much of my rune loadout remains the same (Magic Penetration, Cooldown Reduction, Ability Power). The biggest difference I find between the two is that Mal can act as a strong farmer, easily able to carry the middle lane, something I wasn't very comfortable doing before. Malefic Visions (his E Skill) is a sort of contagious damage-over-time spell that spreads from one target to the next if it is in effect when the target falls. This can make mowing through a squad of creeps and potentially warding off an enemy Champ pretty damn easy. Oh, and each foe farmed by Malefic Visions restores mana to Malzahar, so, yeah, pretty awesome alternative to Ryze's Spell Flux if you ask me.

On top of that, (Q) is an AOE that inflicts silence and (W) is a damage-over-time AOE. His (R) Ultimate is a stun plus damage-over-time and his best offensive weapon. His passive causes a Voidling to spawn after every five spell casts. It's a relatively weak creature that grows over time, attacks your target, and dies when either not engaged for a short period or takes a moderate amount of damage. Very handy for pushing lanes, but unfortunately the Voidling will sometimes chase an enemy champ past an unfriendly turret, causing the turret to target Mal. Not a huge deal, but something you need to be aware of.

I stick with a lot of the gear I use for Ryze, though I find Mejai's Soulstealer more useful, and I normally grab that on my first trip back, after starting with Doran's Ring. Sorcerer's Shoes and the Deathfire Grasp usually, then I focus on bigger ability power or magic penetration items. With Deathfire Grasp and all four abilities ready, Mal can unleash a ton of damage against a single target, but try to avoid multiple enemy champs, or play it safe retreating and silencing with (Q) Call of the Void. I'm still not sure how much I like Tear of the Goddess for Mal... It encourages me to cast spells constantly to build Max MP in addition to producing more Voidlings, but it seems overall Ability Power and Cooldown Reduction are better areas to improve.

So far, Malzahar has been a blast. Oh, and I'm Kil Initial on LoL if you ever want to team up. Word.