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'...while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.' - Terry Pratchett, 'Feet of Clay'

Also the trajectory of Rocksteady is such a perfect tragic arc for the industry. Create a surprise hit, iterate to make a great sequel, overstretch the concept on the third and then forced into a live service game.

You’d never get that today, I’d imagine. For a start, both superheroes and video games are in a hugely different space than in 2007, but can you imagine being handed the keys to Batman for your sophomore effort??

One of the things that fascinating about the primal Arkham game is that Rocksteady has shipped exactly one game before starting on this, an FPS that I’d never heard of before. And then they made a modern classic.

#27 Batman: Arkham Asylum Almost two decades old, still incredibly fun to play. Excellent characters, great world to explore that grows in the gradual Metroidvania style and the combat still shines. Played on Hard, forgot it turns off the counter prompts. Died a bunch.

I’d read Batman: Prince of Robins for sure

Batman also probably wouldn’t stop to ask for directions, but the Batboat probably has better GPS to be fair.

Yes, but he’s also the only one with the strength to throw it properly, so he IS the rightful king or something.

I reckon Batman as Moses could have facilitated at least a couple of those plagues. Maybe not the killing the firstborn sons. Not his style.

Definitely wouldn’t have taken Odysseus twenty years to get home if he’d been throwing Batarangs at everything, I’ll tell you that much.

While we're talking about The Odyssey, can we take a second to appreciate one of the greatest exchanges of dialogue in the history of superhero fiction?

Dr. Doom

What if you were distracted by Shaheed checking if you got what you need?

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Arkham Asylum is seventeen years old next month, which feels both utterly believable and completely unbelievable all at once.

Arkham Asylum has the most 2009 way of confirming you’ve made your health bar a little bigger.

#26 Detective Grimoire Shocking I’ve never played this, it’s a brilliant little whodunnit with such great presentation, especially in music and voice. Whole thing has Curse of Monkey Island vibes.

Deniz and Javier can do whatever they want after Absolute Martian Manhunter, I’ll be there for it.

Its only outrageous if you think the Palestinian people aren't people.

I mean fair play to them. If you’re doing a series in this world, then why not push the world forward and do something different? Swing for the fences.