

It all began with Batman: Arkham Asylum, a universally ballyhooed, third person perspective action-adventure for the PS3 and Xbox 360 (and Microsoft Windows, if you’re a weirdo) developed by Rocksteady Studios together with Warner Bros.
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Batman was featured as the lead in the best superhero video game series to date. If you’re that guy, feel free to take a hike. His nature emphasizes complex psychology and psychoses. He’s got the world’s best and most recognizable rogues gallery. Batman has had several movies made about his mythos. He’s been reiterated countless times, perpetuated for new generations while hundreds of American icons have fallen into obscurity (kids these days have no idea who John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, Rosie the Riveter, Cash or Hemingway or Yosemite Sam are). He’s been a part of pop culture for over 75 years. He’s an icon and archetype that helped found his genre. Well, I can’t say anything about Arkham Knight until I get a chance to get my grubby little sausage links all over it and complete the dang thing.īatman is without a doubt the world’s most famous superhero. In case you thought I was just a Superman fan, you can think again. Rejoice, all you die hard Dark Knight fans out there. In honor of the upcoming flagship feature film showcasing a new Batman played by Ben Affleck (the world doesn’t seem ready for forget about Bale), I plan to review what is for many the definitive take on the Caped Crusader: the Arkham quadrilogy. I’ve never wanted to see a staring contest so badly. Is it just hype? Is it just snooty “high” journalism? We’ll see. Initial buzz was through the roof, followed by a series of disdaining critiques. In less than a week, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the first motion picture to put DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, together on the silver screen will drop into theaters everywhere and blow the collective minds of humanity away. Grant Morrison, Batman: Arkham Asylum – A Serious House on Serious Earth Arkham is a looking glass… and we are you.” We’re inside a huge head that dreams us all into being. “Sometimes… sometimes I think the Asylum is a head.
