I got a pocket full of quarters, and I’m headed to the arcade.

With the news that the Daredevil team of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev would be reuniting to produce an ongoing Marvel comic based on the Halo video game franchise, I immediately declared “Thank God! Somebody’s finally heard my prayers and has decided that creators whose previous work I enjoyed would be producing a tie-in for a first-person shooter game that I enjoy only after three or four shots!” That’s when my monkey brain started working. Think of it!

• Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse’s Svetlana-X becomes Samus in a 9-volume Metroid adaptation!

• Grant Morrison and J.H. Williams III’s sure-to-be-Eisner-nominated Donkey Kong Jr, where a vine is much more than it appears!
• Joe Casey and Ashley Wood’s Pac Man, a kinetic, visceral tale of disembodied spirits and pill-popping!
• Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Quake II – sure to please indie fans while finding an audience with hardcore gamers!
• Chynna Clugston creating a sexy, quirky espionage tale based around Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow!
• Andy Runton kicking cuteness to the curb and coming up with a hardcore gangsta epic in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas!

(Yes, Sims, I know there are Street Fighter comics, along with a few others based on Capcom properties. You’re going to remind me and I’m going to have to tell you that you are the only person that buys them. OK, I buy the stuff Corey Lewis draws. Shut up.)