Archive for July, 2008

Survive the League of Nastiness board meetings

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Look I’m not going to lie to you, those meetings are killers.  I can’t think of anything more boring, you have Dr Doom with his whole blah blah and Lex with the ohhh my nemesis is so much more important than yours attitude.  The meetings can go on for a long time, and if you [...]

Fighting Superheroes: The giant horseshoe magnet

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

If we all wanted to partake in fisticuffs with costumed do-gooders then the subtle art form that is super villainy would die a very quick death.  You don’t see Dr Doom or the Scarecrow engaging in plain fist fights as their first line of defence (or offence depending on the situation).
No there is a toolbox [...]

So you got yourself a lousy henchman

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

It does happen, occasionally you will attract the wrong kind of henchman into your gang.  They fire before ordered, they destroy cash when stealing it and they can’t make a decent cup of tea.
What do you do if you are stuck with a henchman zero?
Well it depends on your organisation’s structure, if you are well [...]

Choosing your super villain name: the obvious

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

You’re standing amongst the ruins of the First National bank with millions of dollars at your feet, the police tremble, the SWAT hide and Captain Bloody Marvellous has arrived on the scene.  Mountains shake with your raw evil power (depending upon your power obviously) and Captain Bloody Marvellous demands to know who you are!
You can’t [...]

Who is the Ice Master?

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Pfft.
As if you didn’t already know, the greatest criminal mastermind that our generation has seen… retired.

You see being evil has been pretty good to me over the years, big house, nice car, cool phones and I’d be lying to you if I said that I haven’t considered taking my hardly earned loot and disappear to [...]