Also, have a look at this in-depth article on the first part of the game, courtesy of IGN.

Certainly check it out – here are a few things that caught my eye…

“One of the pillars Rocksteady’s building this game on is FreeFlow combat.
As the bad guys come at Bats, he’ll be able to engage up to 15 of them without
breaking too much of a sweat. The face buttons are strikes, grapples, and counters,
and these simple inputs will be your lifeline to throwing dudes across the room and
incapacitating foes. When you knock a standing guy out or pull off a floor takedown
(a kick to the head of a downed foe), you’ll get a health boost and some XP. Yes,
even Batman has experience points these days, and you’ll be collecting them so
that you can unlock moves such as the Hang Attack (I’ll get back to this in a bit)
and power-ups such as an armor upgrade.”

I look forward to seeing all the villains they include. I’ve not read a lot of Batman comics but
I have a rough idea of the badguys. They’re always good fun:

“Although the folks showing the game from Warner Bros. weren’t ready to tell
me all of the characters in the game, they did mention that there’s going to
be a lot of nods to comic book lore in terms of little asides, cameos, and more.
At one point in the game, Batman walked into an abandoned cell that had a few
green question marks scrawled on the walls.”

Finally, the attention to detail sounds very cool:

“Seeing as how this is supposed to be the longest night in Batman’s life, look for the hero to be sporting more and more stubble as the events wear on. As the events of the night unfold, expect Batman’s costume to become damaged and stay damaged — when holes pop up in his cape, you’ll need to account for it when you glide.”

I really love this idea, and hope it’s noticable. Too many games have promised this kind of detail which is missing when the actual product ships, let’s hope this is not the case here. Actually, I’m a little peeved they thought of the beard thing, as I was going to have my own RTB (or real-time beard, as I call it) in my comic the Sandwich Man. I’ll let them off though, at least it looks like they’ll complete the game!

See my earlier post on Arkham Aslyum (more videos here).

Oh, and expect a post on the BAFTAs following tonight’s ceremony (t-minus 11 minutes!).

And now for something completely different…

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You will also notice the bloody big RSS logo over there > so you can subscribe if you like. There’s another over at the Sandwich Man webcomic to subscribe to so you never miss a page.

I’ve watched a few good films lately, including There Will be Blood, Pure, and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. I’ll add some new reviews in the coming weeks. I’ve been in more of a reading phase this past week or two. I’m mainly reading instructional/informative books like The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler as recommended by Silja. It’s a great book if you’re interested in writing screenplays or novels or are just interested in the structure of story telling. I have also bought a book called How to Write and Sell Short Stories by Della Galton but as I’ve been focussing on my “big” story (hopefully my first novel, but let’s play it down for now, eh) I’ll read this at a later date.

New Sandwich Man page coming right up. Have a nice christmas song. Laters!

The Sandwich Man

“A man living on a post-apocalyptic Earth discovers a sandwich man’s van and takes it for his own, posing as the sandwich man and doing the rounds. His idyllic new life is short lived however as his predecessor’s troubled past begins to unravel.”

Features a flourishing new Earth with beautiful settings and also horrifying locations as parts of the world strain to right themselves.

A Sandwich Man concept taken on my crappy phone camera.

Will be a bit like: The Postman, Tank Girl, Mad Max, Twisted Metal Black

More on this exciting development v.soon!