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OT: Food for thought: More interested in the wording of this article. Something to think about when they work on the D.D game and other products. IMO

Could ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ Be The Best Comic-Book Video Game Ever?

Published by Tim Kash on Friday, March 13, 2009 at 3:14 pm.
FROM NEWSROOM BLOG: Finally, with “Batman: Arkham Asylum,” it looks like we may have our first-ever really great comic-book video game. And it’s about time!

We all know that the comic-books-to-movies game is a tricky one that is gotten wrong more often than right (”Catwoman,” “Daredevil,” “The Punisher”). Well, an even worse situation is the world of comic-books-to-video-games.

Whenever a comic-book movie hits theaters, the inevitable onslaught of action figures, lunchboxes, clothing, coffee mugs and computer games begins. Comic-book heroes are the perfect candidates to have great quality video-games made about them, and there’s an enormous array of great story lines, characters, weapons, gadgets, fighting styles and love interests to include in what should be awesome video games. But with the rush to get the games out in time to meet the movie release dates, the games are rarely as good as they could be (”Superman 64,” anyone?).{/b}

For more from Tim Kash on the “Batman: Arkham Asylum” video game head over to Newsroom.MTV.com.

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