Time of the Month...
As the end of the month draws near, over-eager Police Officers are frantically trying to use up their big stacks of tickets... I was unlucky enough to get busted for driving a measly 9 MPH over the speed limit. While the cop was busy dealing with my "attitude problem", somebody got robbed, somebody else got stabbed, and some poor girl got raped... And he's wasting time giving me a ticket. What a jackass. I'll be seeing him in hell.... And I'm bringing a bat with a nail in it.

Onto the mailbag.... I've been I've been thinking about how James Bond evaded the cops in The Living Daylights... I've also been admiring the blaster cannon that Samus is armed with- I've been thinking about mounting a similar cannon onto the bumper of my car.

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Hi, I was just reading the Samus Strategies (in Super Smash Bros Melee), and being a Samus fan (my 2nd best character, Luigi is my best), I wanted to also point out that she has the fastest item swing out of the 25. Meaning she can swing Swinging items faster than anyone else. Did somebody just say HR Bat? (I mean, OK, against decent SSBM players it won't work that easily, but hey, it's still handy!)

Another thing is that I consider Samus to be one of the best offensive characters, because all her A attacks are moderate to decent, and once you've caused enough damage you simply need to catch the opponent off-guard and fire a fully-charged Beam right in their face. Sounds predictable, but it works on soooooo many people.

Samus is a good swinger, especially with the beam sword. She's a well balanced and powerful fighter, that's for sure. In my opinion, she's among the best all-round combatants, with the others being Mario/Luigi, and Link. They all have a good combination of offensive and defensive abilities.

Hey det. Great site.

I was wondering, being a huge Bond fan, which bond movie do you think would make an awesome game? You can't say any movie that's already been made into a game.

Myself, depending on how its put together, The Living Daylights (Dalton) would be cool. Also, I have a question about The World is Not Enough. What was the whole problem with that compared to Goldeneye? Ive played TWINE, but not Goldeneye, and besides, I think that TWINE had a better story (in the film). What was wrong with the video game?

I'd definitely agree with turning The Living Daylights into a game. Many people hated the film, but I personally think it was pretty cool... Agent 007 narrowly escapes death, only to parachute onto a luxurious yacht which just happens to be where a beautiful girl is sunbathing. After a cool intro, the story immediately shifts to a sniper mission. And it's impossible to forget the crooked! (and hilarious) General Whitaker, who coincidentally played "Jack Wade" years later in GoldenEye. It's a great movie, but it would be quite a challenge to turn The Living Daylights into a successful game.

Another choice might be The Spy Who Loved Me. It involves the typical James Bond plot with an evil villain hell-bent on destroying the world... The daring female Agent Triple X is an awesome rival/partner for 007.

If you haven't played Goldeneye 007, then you're definitely missing out. The release of the TWINE video game was met with disappointment by most of the people who had enjoyed Goldeneye. They were expecting something amazing with TWINE, but the game just didn't quite workout. While TWINE had better graphics, the solo missions and multiplayer weren't nearly as addictive as in Goldeneye...

Goldeneye was made by Rareware, back in the days when they knew what they were doing. After Rareware no longer expressed an interest in continuing the Bond saga, Electronic Arts jumped at the chance. EA was just getting warmed up with TWINE, and have since released more impressive titles with Nightfire and Everything or Nothing. Blog This

Hey Det, I was just curious about the newest mailbag. It said you were going to create some more Dexter Characters like Sgt. Smokes and Cherry Hill. Can you tell me when We'll see them in the comics?

P.S. You rock

The characters are already created... But the progression of the Comics really depends on how much time I have to create the actual episodes... And of course, I'm always thinking of new stuff that I want to include. So to be honest, I'm really not sure when those two characters will appear in the episodes.

I can however shed some light on how they fit into the story... Sgt. Smokes used to be a crooked cop working for the Hellford Police, and Officer Leroy busted him for illegal activities. Leroy always had a grudge against Sgt. Smokes, and took great pride in bringing him down. Now, Sgt. Smokes makes a small fortune by selling goods on the black market. Although he has no plans of returning to the force, he'd love to score some revenge on Officer Leroy.

The increased amount of theft and vandalism has risen to an unacceptable level. Officer Cherry Hill is one of the new recruits in town, hired to combat the town's rising crime levels. Although she's serious and gets right to business, rumor has it that she once led a rather questionable life before becoming a cop.