Dark Horse Comics is joining in on the May the 4th festivities with a very exclusive limited offer to their digital comics readers.

They’re offering two May the 4th MegaBundles! One MegaBundle is for devout comics readers, and the other is for the younger Star Wars fans (or young at heart).

The comic collection places over three thousand pages of Star Wars comics goodness right at your fingertips. It includes some of our most popular Star Wars series, such as Knights of the Old Republic, Blood Ties, Empire, and Dark Times, as well as some of our newest series, such as Dawn of the Jedi, Agent of the Empire, and our smash-hit series simply titled Star Wars, written by comics legend Brian Wood.

The kids’ collection provides over one thousand pages of Star Wars Adventures and The Clone Wars. Hours of summer entertainment for your little Star Wars fan!

Each MegaBundle comes with an exclusive two-page digital preview of the highly anticipated comics adaptation of The Star Wars, George Lucas’s original-draft screenplay. Written three years before the 1977 film, this first vision of the galaxy far, far away introduces us to Jedi Annakin Starkiller and General Luke Skywalker, as well as a six-foot alien named Han Solo. It’s a tale of fantastic adventures, daring escapes, “laser swords,” and monsters, and is sure to read like no Star Wars you’ve known before!

Over 60 percent off the regular listed price for these digital comics? Why, yes! These are the MegaBundles you’re looking for.

Dark Horse Digital is available through all web browsers and as an app in both the Android and iTunes stores.

Stop by Dark Horse Digital and get all the Star Wars comics you want!

*Volunteer Positions* While evaluating the state of the Gaming Journalism scene, I noticed that we at Real Otaku Gamer has a unique approach when covering geek/otaku culture. As the site gets restructured and we go into our 3rd year, we are looking to create opportunities that will help the site become more robust and varied with coverage. Real Otaku Gamer has a global vision, we accept writers from all over the world.

These new job positions are going to help Real Otaku Gamer become more organized and develop a bigger community so we can grow as a brand. These positions are volunteer only as we are a small site. As we grow so will the sponsors and hopefully revenue.

IF HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POSITIONS, Email us at feedback@realotakugamer.com

These New Positions are as follows:

1. Community Manager: You will be taking care of the daily running of the site. You will work along side the Editor in Chief and other Admins on the site with promoting the site and helping build a brand. You must have good communication skills.

2.Marketing and PR: You will be responsible for all Public Relations with companies and the community. You must have good communication skills and be able to relate to people of a number of levels. You will also run contests and giveaways.

3.Managing Editor: You will work closely with all staff to make sure the posts we produce, are up to our standards.

4.Social Media Manager: You will be in charge of growing our social networking presence. You will be working close to the senior staff.

5. Assistant to Editor in Chief: You will assist the E.I.C. in the daily running of the site.

6.Advertising and Promotion: contact us for more details.

7.Art Director: contact us for more details.

8.Podcast Producer/Editor: contact us for more details.

9.Video Producer/Editor :contact us for more details.

Now, the next few positions are for the Real Otaku Gamer Specialists. These positions are dedicated for people who want to cover a specific genre/category. This is where your inner Otaku can really shine.

1. PC

2. Mobile/Tablet

3. Tech

4. Anime

5. Manga

6. Comics

7. Nintendo

8. Sony

9. Microsoft

10. Movies/Television

11. Asian Cinema

12.Indie Games

13.Toys/models and Merchandise

14.Convention Coverage

15.Cosplay and Cosplay Culture

To apply for these positions, you must first submit a writing sample and once the sample is approved, submit an small essay telling us why we should pick you for the job you are interested in. An essay is not necessary for all positions. Deadline to have the samples submitted is May 20th, 2013. We must have all essays in my May 17th. Send the Essays and Samples to feedback@realotakugamer.com.

If you have any questions about any of the positions and their responsibilities, just email us at feedback@realotakugamer.com or go to the Twitter and Facebook pages. Thanks you for your time.

Andre Tipton

Founder/Editor in Chief

First appeared on Nerdy But Flirty

Amala’s Blade: Kicking Assassin is the newest mini-series written by Steve Horton and illustrated by Michael Dialynas. Look at how well-clothed Amala is! That’s such a refreshing thing to see. In a nutshell: female protagonist, assassins, pirates, ghosts, and steam punk. What more do you need? Issue #0 is available for $2.99 from Dark Horse Comics already, so check it out. You can also find it at your local comic book store.

One of the hottest games available at the moment is League of Legends. It’s fan base is at an international level and has millions of people logging onto their computers to play it everyday. So understandably, there will be several companies looking to ride the coat tails of their success. This brings us to Infinite Crisis.

Infinite Crisis is an upcoming Free To Play MOBA (Massive Online Battle Arena) game from Turbine and WB Games. The realm of this game features characters from the DC Universe. It appears that you will be able to play as your favorite superheroes and villains from several different worlds or earths per-say. The main story aspect is straight from the series known as Crisis on Infinite Earths. This give players the opportunity to interact with your favorites such as Batman, Superman and The Flash. Battle/team up with characters that are similar but different depending on which earth they come from.

If you seem to be remotely interested, luckily they are holding a closed beta which you can sign-up for by going to infinitecrisis.com. Once there, just register to gain access to the beta. Based on lotto, players will be randomly selected to participate in the beta. The game is scheduled for release sometime in 2013, so be patient and get excited.

When I saw that there was a new DBZ movie in the works and it was being written and directed by series creator Akira Toriyama for 2013 I lost my mind. The movie is entitled Battle of the Gods and it will be released on March 30 2013 in Japan only with Toei Company Ltd and 20th Century Fox, the US release has yet to be announced and the plot is as follows.

“The events of Battle of Gods takes place several years after the titanic battle with Majin Buu, which determined the fate of the entire universe. Bills, the God of Destruction who is tasked with maintaining some sort of balance in the universe, awakens from a long slumber. Hearing rumors that a Saiyan defeated Frieza, Bills tracks down this warrior: Goku. Ecstatic over the new challenge, Goku ignores King Kai’s advice and battles Bills, but he is overwhelmed and defeated. Bills leaves, but his eerie remark of “Is there nobody on Earth more worthy to destroy…?” lingers on. Goku and his allies must aim to stop the God of Destruction before all is lost. A mysterious character named Wiss also appears in the film”

Visit the films website here

Konami has heard the outcry from the fans to balance the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game for all, which is now the world’s most popular and highest selling card game worldwide as of 2012. So that means new sets and new special products. These will give duelists the chance to get some the rarest and most expensive cards in this current format of the game before the September ban-list. Konami has many new releases for both The Trading Card Game or TCG in America and EU; as well as the OCG or Original Card Game in Japan, and all other territories not out side of the the USA/EU. There are so many new products that we cannot put it all in one post. This will be part one of our Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG and OCG news coverage for the remainder of 2012 and into 2013.

Last Week Konami Released Yu-Gi-Oh! Hidden Arsenal 6 Omega XYZ which brought fourth the remaining Vylon Monsters (Light Machine type Monsters) that had yet to be released in America as well as more support for Laval, Gem-Knight, Steelswarm, Gishki, and Gusto monsters.

Next week on August 14th, the first wave of the 2012 tins will be released and will come with 4 promo cards, the featured card of the tin, three packs of the Photon Shockwave booster packs, and two Galactic Overload booster packs.

Heroic Champion – Excalibur Collectible Tin

Heroic Champion – Excalibur (Secret Rare)
Blizzard Princess (Super Rare)
Evolzar Laggia (Super Rare)
Wind-Up Rabbit (Super Rare)
Wind-Up Zenmaines (Super Rare)

Evolzar Dolkka Collectible Tin[

Evolzar Dolkka (Secret Rare)
Genex Neutron (Super Rare)
Scrap Dragon (Super Rare)
Dark Highlander (Super Rare)
Wind-Up Zenmaines (Super Rare)

The second wave of the Yu-Gi-Oh! collector tins release October 30, 2012 with one pack of Photon Shockwave, two packs of Order of Chaos, and two packs of Galactic Overlord.  The four promo cards will be revealed at a later date.
Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis Collectible Tin

Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo Collectible Tin

This newly announced tin for the Spell-caster Monster called the Prophecy Destroyer took everyone in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG circuit by storm, as this is a separate tin from Konami’s usual four tins per year line up. It will feature the card along with 1 Photon Shockwave booster Pack. two Order of Chaos boosters, one Photon Shockwave booster, and two Galactic Overlord boosters, however little is known about the monster as of yet.  There will also be the four promos that will accompany him in this tin.

Prophecy Destroyer Collectible Tin

Stay Tuned to Real Otaku Gamer for more Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game and Orignal Card Game New in part two our Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG/OCG News Blowout.

I was relieved to find the following magazine scan of  Takara/Hasbro’s latest addition to their Masterpiece Transformers Series. After many versions of Optimus Prime and equally as many of the Seeker Decepticons, fans finally get a new mold. Behold! It is none other then Sideswipe (a.k.a. Lambor in Japan) This smooth looking candy red Lamborghini has always been a fan favorite amongst Transformer fans worldwide, and evidently deserves to be immortalized as a Masterpiece toy.

Even though the prototype has not been colored yet, you can cleary see all the rich detail in this mold, and the streamlined bot with their ‘alt’ modes. This is definitely one bot that needs to stand proud next to my MP 1B Black Convoy. Although it will probably dwarf in Black Convoy’s presence.

The new Lamborghini mold offers a great opportunity to  get some more versions out.  A Sunstreaker would only need a yellow paint job, new head, and boosterpack to look totally different without creating a fully new mold. What I personally really would like to see is a version of Stunticon Breakdown, or even Autobot Red Alert. Let’s just hope Takara/Hasbro’s design team is thinking the same.

I had a great time checking out Long Beach Comic Con, the tiny, tiny little sister of the Comic Con we all know and love. Although the con was small, it had a lot of heart. I met some awesome people, and got free mini-comics. I also saw super cheap comic deals, spectacular geeky cars, folks from shows like Falling Skies and some awesome cosplay! Sadly, I missed out on the Nerdist and the other panels

Diversity

One of my favorite aspects of the con was the beautiful DIVERSITY. There were so many people of color and WOMEN! I was very excited to see the differences in female (comic book) artist styles and also surprised by how realistically a few of the men drew women’s bodies for their comics. There were very few of them, but their work in being realistic instead of pandering to the horny young male brain was much appreciated!

Art

On that topic, the artwork on display was stunning, and I truly regret not budgeting con spending into this week! I saw Avengers and Spiderman Storm Troopers, chibi geek culture characters with sad little phrases on them (Chubaka asks where his medal is for example), natural haired black fairy warriors, the Avengers as children, and more Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy pinups than you could shake a stick at!

Comics

There were too many comics here. I wanted them all, and there were all on sale! T.T

Many comics were only a dollar, and most were at least 25% off. My friend bought three number one issues for $15 total! I refused to let myself go anywhere near them, because I would have gone comic crazy!

Cosplay

Not a lot of people cosplayed, but the ones who did, went all out! I saw an entire Resident Evil themed family, with the boys playing Umbrella Corporation soldiers and the girls playing zombies. I also saw two version of Harley Quinn. One based on Batman: Arkham City (awesome leather-work there) and one in the more traditional outfit. There were also a group of Jedi and Sith running around called the SaberGuild, a She-Ra and a LeeLoo. Oh and some nearly naked turtles, a Dick Tracy and a Gaston. OK there were lots more, and they were all well done!

Panels

The part of the con I most regret missing were the panels! The panels included everything from Cosplay 101 to writing for animation to Womanthology to an anime voice acting workshop with Crispin Freeman! From their descriptions (and the small snippets of conversation I caught from attendees after) these panels sounded super useful and I hope they have similar ones at the next LBCC!

Summary

I can’t wait to attend the next one in November! The Long Beach Comic and Horror Con is November 3rd and 4th so check it out.

For more pictures (and a breakdown of my faves) check out my personal blog, Nerdy but Flirty.

It’s 3:10 AM, and while all my better sense is telling me to get to sleep, I can’t. Because I must take this moment to record the myriad thoughts flowing through my head. See, I just went to see Avengers. Somewhat spur of the moment, and unexpectedly in 3D. And while I can keep my hold on this rare case of post-midnight lucidity, I must mention a few things- lessons mostly- from watching this movie.

This is not a review. There really is no need for a formal review, because let’s be honest, you already know if you’re going to see this movie. My words will not sway you in any way from that path. Take this, then, as a few things to look out for, or just as the ramblings of an exhausted 30-something lifelong geek late at night.

First, an analogy: Avengers :: Marvel as The Dark Knight :: DC. This pretty much sums up the movie in as few words as possible. Everything we have come to expect from a Marvel movie in the past decade is on display here, at it’s utter best. Don’t try to over-think it, just enjoy it. Dark Knight Rises will be out in a few months for your cerebral pleasure.

Second: The 3D doesn’t suck, but it’s also not necessary. Seriously, just save the money from a 3D surcharge and go see it twice. You will want to.

Third: Forget Iron Man 2 ever happened.

Fourth: You will laugh, cry, cheer and come way from the experience feeling blown away. Last Marvel movie I saw that did that for me was First Class, but I’m a self-admitted X-Men junkie. Hell, I don’t even like or read Avengers comics, and I still had a blast here.

Fifth: Mark Ruffalo is the best Hulk, and is easily the best performance in the film. Downey and Hiddleston come in a very close second, but we’ve seen them both doing this in their own films. Ruffalo came from out of nowhere.

Sixth: Two post-credit scenes. One will mess up your pants. I will not say which.

I guess that’s all I have to say then. Enjoy the movie this weekend!

The time is almost upon us for the release of Yugi’s signature God Card Slifer the Sky Dragon. The Card will join Obelisk The Tormentor and The Winged Dragon of Ra
as tournament legal cards in the TCG, and are signed by series creator Kazuki Takahashi. Read the Description’s for all 3 below

Obelisk the Tormentor
[Divine-Beast/Effect]
You must tribute three monsters to Normal Summon this card (you cannot set this card). The Normal Summon of this card cannot be negated. When this card is “Normal Summoned” cards and effects cannot be activated. This card cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps, Spell/Trap effects, or Effect Monster effects. If this card is Special Summoned it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. You can tribute two monsters to destroy all monsters your opponent controls. This card cannot declare an attack the turn this effect is activated.

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THE WINGED DRAGON of RA
[Divine-Beast/Effect]
Cannot be Special Summoned. You must tribute three monsters to Normal Summon this card (you cannot Set this card). The Normal Summon of this card cannot be negated. When this card is Normal Summoned Spells, Traps, and the effects of other cards cannot be activated. When this card is Normal Summoned: You can pay Life Points so that you only have 100 left; this card gains ATK and DEF equal to the amount of Life Points paid. You can pay 1000 Life Points to target 1 monster on the field; destroy that target.

Slifer the Sky Dragon
[Divine-Beast/Effect]
Requires 3 Tributes to Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set). This card’s Normal Summon cannot be negated. When Normal Summoned, cards and effects cannot be activated. During the End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned: Send it to the Graveyard. This card gains 1000 ATK and DEF for each card in your hand. When a monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned to your opponent’s side of the field in face-up Attack Position: That monster(s) loses 2000 ATK, then if its ATK has been reduced to 0 as a result, destroy it.

Duelist looking to gain the power of this God Card should sign up to Shonen Jump Alpha here, and you will receive this card along with
Number 16: Shock Master and two other cards yet to be announced.
Later this year the card will be joined by a monster that will contain the power of all three of these monsters. The Creator God of Light, Horakhty. It will also be signed by Kazuki Takahashi.

[Divine-Beast/Effect]
Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by Tributing 3 monsters whose original (printed) names are “Obelisk the Tormentor”, “The Winged Dragon of Ra” and “Slifer the Sky Dragon”, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. The Special Summon of this card cannot be negated. The player that Special Summons this card wins the Duel.

Be sure to check out Shonen Jump’s Website and yugioh-card.com for more information