Tag Archive: Batman Arkham City

Mar 13

Top 7 Box Art Styles This Generation

Irrational Games lit quite a spark when it revealed the official box art for BioShock Infinite back in December. The cover was rightfully maligned for boiling a beautiful, unique, and multi-layered adventure down to a generic shot of the protagonist holding a gun in a passive-aggressive stance. The prevalence of this uninspired box art tactic …

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Apr 30

Dual Wielding 67: An All-Star Battle Royale

PlayStation All-Star Battle Royale is the darling of the week, as Sony pulls back the curtain on what is sure to be one of the most talked about games of this year. But that’s not all in this wall to wall news episode, we have discussion on Batman: Arkham City and Uncharted 3 Game of …

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Dec 29

Top 7 Games of 2011 (Jason’s Picks)

Yes, we are doing a Top 7, not 5 or 10 or any other “clean” number. What is the reason for this? Well, there isn’t really one. Often 5 can be not enough and 10 too many, but really we just wanted to do something slightly different. And really, what makes 5 or 10 better …

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Dec 29

Top 7 Games of 2011 (Earl’s Picks)

Sure, we do our own Game of the Year podcast like any other gaming website, but we thought it would be nice to share each individual’s own Top Games of 2011. For the most part, the show will just have us fighting out our number 1 pick to see which wins the overall GoTY (and …

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Oct 25

Review Shooter: Batman Arkham City

Batman has taken on the likes of The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman, Two-Face, Mr. Freeze and so much more. But the only villain to ever hand him defeat after defeat was the infamous licensed video game. Sure, he’s starred in a handful of decent games, but he has also starred in some really painful ones …

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Oct 24

Dual Wielding 48: Night of the Living Bat

After a 2 week hiatus, the global alliance of gamers is back! And with a fury, in whatcha been playing there is discussion of Batman: Arkham City, RAGE, Dead Island, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Super Mario 3D Land and Sonic Generations. In addition to that, share experiences from the Uncharted 3 AMC event this …

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Sep 05

Dual Wielding: Fall Preview ’11 Part 1

The fall gaming season is upon us, and that of course means a barrage of games is about to hit. We help you weather the upcoming storm as we discuss all the major releases of September and October. I still can’t tell the difference between Killzone and Resistance, we discuss the odd hype cycle of …

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Jul 05

Review Shooter: Batman: Arkham City 3

Writer: Paul Dini Artist: Carlos D’anda Sometimes, it is not the destination but the journey that matters. Thus far, that has been the case for Batman: Arkham City mini-series. We all know that the series serves as a bridge between Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City the video game, but thus far the comic …

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May 11

Review Shooter: Batman: Arkham City 1

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Writer: Paul Dini Artist: Carlos D’Anda I’ve always been an advocate of tying in comic books with more accepted mediums (I’m sure some will love that line), but the fact of the matter is some of the biggest comic book icons are big because of their stints OUTSIDE of comic books. One recent example, would …

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