Morning Discussion

by Alice O'Connor, Jan 04, 2011 5:00am PST

Oh, hello there. I didn't hear you knock, Internet. Sit, sit. I've been on holiday since Crimble, getting high on life and a mysterious elixir I found in a bucket round the back of Tesco in Tooting. Tingly! Now, it's back down the video games mine to pry gleaming chunks of glee from the gameface for your delight, education and amusement.

Is geek culture mainstream and what does that mean for geeks? A chap by the name of Patton Oswalt has written for Wired that geek culture must be destroyed to save it. I might suggest that what he seeks still exists, unknown to him, and would argue that geek culture must be destroyed to save us all but I'm like that. Still, I found it an interesting read, especially as I had only known Oswalt for 'King of Queens.'

I'm home, you wonderful little darlings.

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By: NastyJack x Show Full Post

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I'm surprised no one on shacknews even once mentioned how awesome Arkham Asylum is. I'm about 30% done and there hasn't been a single thing about this game that I don't like except maybe Batman's voice acting. And holy smokes Hamill is good as the Joker.

Are they making a sequel? Because I already want one bad.

Jan 04, 2011 8:27am PST

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I'm surprised no one on shacknews even once mentioned how awesome Arkham Asylum is. I'm about 30% done an... : NastyJack
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  Whaaaa.... this game used to be all the rage on the shack. You still hear about it every now and again, ... : TEXIT
  - This ^. It was ALL OVER the shack when it came out last summer - I played maybe 15 minutes of it but wasn... : coraldayton
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkham_City late 2011 : dirge23
- Please nuke : EricZBA
- I just bought this, along with Mafia 2 and Alan Wake used at Gamstop. Lots of good gaming in my future. : jvox
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  wtf242 feigned ignorance post : Dravenport
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    You got it in one! : NastyJack
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      it's probably my least favourite wtf242 personality traits : Dravenport
      
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      I agree but I figured mine would be obvious enough that no one would take me seriously. I just want to ta... : NastyJack
      
      I didn't realize it was an homage post, but you should look at the reactions you get versus the ones wtf2... : Dravenport
      
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      I find it tired and bothersome as well. : hirez
      
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      Hey have any of you guys heard of that game Oregon Trail? It's pretty fun I picked it up for the first ti... : yosemiteclimber
      
      37?!? : hirez
      
      I concur. drives me bonkers : hamachi
    - well done! : sammyl
    - well played : derelict515
- i've never played AA but all i know is it was CONSTANTLY aped on shacknews as the second coming of christ : electroly
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  I'm surprised no one on shacknews even once mentioned how awesome Half-Life 2 is. I'm about 30% done and ... : Crabs Jarrard
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    GODDAMMIT WHEN DID THEY MAKE A HALF-LIFE 2?!!? : Nerdsbeware
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      WHOA WHOA WHOA! HOLD THE FUCK UP! YOU TALK ABOUT GAMES ON THIS SITE!?! : AxeMan808
      
      WTF THERE ARE REAL PEOPLE HERE?! : Rehevkor
  - I just got out of the train station and a tripod thing walked by /srs : MamiyaOtaru
- Dude, two years ago there were tons of Batman:AA threads. : giant boy detective
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  It needed about 50% less vent crawling, but it was definitely a good game. : pandastrong
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    Batman: Air Duct Cleaner DX : DHAvatar
    - Maybe Gordan Freeman = Batman! : zipr
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  What the world needs now is a Spiderman game that's as good as Batman AA. : awaypaster
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    What the world needs now is a Spiderman Wolverine game that's as good as Batman AA. : uebersoldat
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      What the world needs now is love sweet love a Spider-Man, Wolverine, Punisher, Black Cat game that's as g... : Dschinghis Khan
      
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      What the world needs now is love sweet love a Spider-Man, Wolverine, Punisher, Black Cat Super Man game t... : one random winner
      
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      It seems like it's a lot harder to pull off good games with larger-than-life superheroes like Iron Man or... : passingstranger
      
      Agreed, although I think it's mostly super hero's that can fly, no one seems to understand how to make th... : one random winner
      
      I don't know that i'd put Iron Man in the same league as Supes. Superman is just plain unfair...which is ... : uebersoldat
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      Wasn't the Wolverine game that came out a couple years ago good? I remember people liking it (I never pl... : aethyr
      
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      Xmen Origins Wolverine. It was ok, but it was a fairly repetitive, linear brawler. I beat it tho, which... : mwasher
      
      What really stood out about this title was the fact that for once a game based on a movie was actually BE... : DirkSpanners
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    Spiderman: Shattered Dimensions was supposedly good... anybody here played it? : Nitrium
    - 's Ok so far. A little jank. Horrible voice acting aside, I liked Web of Shadows better thus far. : sevogajre
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  Yah i played it last year during the East Coast Snow Storm.... beat it in about 5 days, it was awesome! : Shadowdane
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    Haha I played Mass Effect 2 for 12 hours straight pretty much during that storm. : Nerdsbeware
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      Me too! My wife took the kids and bailed out to my parents' place down in Stafford, since my employer's ... : Wadmaasi
      
      Our company policy is pretty much the same heh. I too said kiss my ass. : Nerdsbeware
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  Hamill is just amazing in AA. I loved every second of him on screen. Also I'd argue there has been no... : passingstranger
  - i wish the combat in AC2/ASSBRO was as good as Batman : dirge23
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    The combat is soooo satisfying. The impact of your strikes, getting the timing right, picking the perfect... : NastyJack
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      Challenge mode, bro. Challenge mode. : passingstranger
      
      Yeah I did a bit of practicing in that. Good fun! : NastyJack
  - i'd agree with the fighting mechanic. : AMikaboshi
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  No one mentioned this? Really? : The Grolar Bear
  - Oh never mind, I see what you did there. : The Grolar Bear
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  Batman was really full of himself in that game. : burning eye
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    Dude, he can push a button and A JET APPEARS, he can get away with it. : Rehevkor
    - There was one point where some good guys were guarding a door, and batman spooked them by coming in from ... : burning eye
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  WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!? This site has been all about Batman: AA, you just haven't been listening : Cheeziologist
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    you missed what he did thar :) : pointyelbows
    - indeed. NastyJack 1, Cheeziologist 0 : Cheeziologist
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  Is this a joke post? : razlebol
  - what he did there, you may have missed it. : Haxim
- http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=Arkham+Asylum+awesome&cs_user=&cs_parentauthor=&s_t... : Trips
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  With the exception of Gordon, virtually all the voice actors from the animated series reprise their roles... : Conan
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    Really? I know Batman is supposed to be stoic and he's not a real wisecracker exactly but to me he just s... : NastyJack
    - Hmm... this door is locked! I need to find some other way to get inside. : awaypaster
    - I thought the performance was pretty good. : Nitrium
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    Mark Hamill is most definitely my favorite Joker : Cheeziologist
    - I was surprised by how well John DiMaggio worked as Joker in Under the Red Hood. Nothing near Hamill or ... : passingstranger
- Ive been bragging about it since I bought it two months ago! : YerMothah
- hey blindy mc.blinderson. open your eyes once and a while : JohnnyRey
- they better have mr.freeze in Arkham City and he better be voiced by the guy from the animated city, just : AMikaboshi
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  im surprised you dont know how to read threads around here : sreyes22
  - How surprised are you? : pandastrong
  - Oh sweet irony. : FS|Archangel
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  haha bravo NastyJack. : mwasher
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    also, I rented this and only got about 20% into it or so. I think maybe I should pick it up on the way h... : mwasher
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      YOU SHOULD. There is nothing to dislike about it. It's just good gaming. I'm playing it on PC with my PS3... : NastyJack
      
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      I'm playing it on PC with my PS3 X360 controller so I get the great graphics of my PC and the great contr... : JohnnyRey
      
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      What's the difference? Don't you have to buy something if you want to use your 360 controller on PC? Also... : NastyJack
      
      I'm just messing with you =) : JohnnyRey
- I'm jumping on this train too. I also bought Batman:AA during the Steam sale. I will never doubt the Sh... : greenbergMD
- I remember Batman AA threads all over the place when the game came out. I bought it a couple months ago ... : xylopagus
- I smiled. Thanks wtf242. : herradura99
- I've been playing this game called Minecraft, I'm surprised nobody on shacknews has mentioned how awesome... : phate81
- i was gonna get it for $19, but i already bough alan wake and ufc 2010 for $19 and still have to finish M... : vassili_zaitsev
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  I keep hearing good things about it, but I don't want to waste my time or money checking it out only to discover that it's just another shitty licensed game.
  
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  I keep hearing good things about it, but I don't want to waste my time or money checking it out only to d... : roushimsx
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    It's awesome. Best Metroid game since Metroid Prime. : cpt_gloval
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      If I was crazy about Super Metroid but didn't really get into the Primes will I like Batman: AA? : indosauros
      
      Yes, it is so god damn much better than Metroid Prime. I didn't really care for Metroid Prime (pretty awf... : roushimsx
  - Lol roushi : Nitrium
  - It was only $7.50 during the steam sale. :( I've played the demo before but I'm still shocked at how g... : pyide
  - WTF roushi, WTF? : thetangent

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