DC and Video Games

The holidays so will soon be over and I will be able to get back on schedule. It is a busy time in the comic shop.

So, DC vs Mortal Kombat is out and from what I hear, it is a pretty good game.

Even so, I think DC (and even Marvel!) are missing out when it comes to video games.

Sounds crazy, I know, but bear with me.

I was talking with my coworker about Green Lantern, Blackest Night, and the Sinestro Corps War. We were talking about how we would love to play a video game of the Sinestro Corps War and the upcoming Blackest Night event. That's when it his us. Wouldn't it be great if DC game out with episodic games that coincided with whatever storyline was coming out? Imagine playing the Sinestro Corps sniper being charged with sneaking onto Oa and taking out lanterns? Or being Despotellis and having to choose different disease vector paths to most efficiently decimate a planet? Or what about being a Green Lantern sent to investigate strange occurences throughtout the universe?

It would work to. Just like Sam and Max became a big hit for Gametap, this would work for DC as well. You wouldn't even have to worry about a comic being late pushing back the game if it only told side stories involved in the event. Wouldn't it be awesome to play a cop investigating the disappearance of children during Final Crisis? No matter how late Grant Morrison was, this story could still be told, and be told in a way that actively engages the audience.

Oh well. Here's hoping.

Merry Christmas.