Batman: Arkham Asylum Critique - Finding the Bat

Grab Atlas VPN for just $ a month before the deal expires: 💥 The 25th of August, 2009, was a dark night for the Batman. But out of Arkham Asylum’s darkness was born a Bat with love, craft, care, and colour injected into his veins and the hearts of his enemies. A pulpy, full-throttle swing into madness where – on repeat playthroughs – you can trace the lines of code Rocksteady lay to find their Batman and give his world a voice. So let’s talk about Arkham Asylum and its inspirations to see how Rocksteady found their Batman, and let us find him right alongside them. Thumbnail by Zoltiboi *MERCH* humanus?collection=qRRSshxeWA *TWITTER* *PATREON* *TIMESTAMPS* 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:05:32 - A Living Comic Book 00:21:24 - i 00:25:07 - Riddle Me This 00:36:47 - ii 00:41:17 - Bam. Pow. Crack. 00:53:37 - iii 00:56:29 - Batvania 01:05:26 - iv 01:08:24 - We Need to Talk About Quincy Sharpe 01:21:24 - v 01:23:51 - World’s Greatest Detective 01:33:12 - vi 01:36:54 - Finding the World 01:48:04 - vii 01:50:42 - I Am The Night 01:00:54 - viii 02:02:29 - Context is Everything 02:12:26 - ix 02:14:08 - A Serious House on Serious Earth *BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY CRITIQUE - BREAKING THE BAT* *GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY CRITIQUE - ROCK’N’ROLLERCOASTER* *QUANTUM BREAK CRITIQUE - BEYOND AMBITION* *I MADE MY FIANCEE PLAY HOLLOW KNIGHT* *REFERENCES/FOOTAGE* 1 - Playstation Blog - E3 2009 Arkham Asylum Interview 2 - VideoGamer - Sefton Hill Interview 2009 Arkham Asylum 3 - Fatman on Batman: Special Guest Grant Morrison 4 - RedCarpetTV - Kevin Conroy explains why Batman is Better than Superman 5 - Gamespot - Batman Arkham Asylum Video Interview 6 - The Gamer - Arkham Asylum is still the best Metroidvania 7 - The Guardian - Interview: Batman Arkham Asylum Co-Writer Paul Dini 8 - Batman Arkham Videos - Batman: Arkham Asylum - Behind The Scenes Documentary 9 - Bryan Young - Comic-Con Interview: Game Director Sefton Hill Talks Batman: Arkham Asylum 10 - Reddit - I’m Sefton Hill, Creative Director at Rocksteady Studios, the creators of the Batman: Arkham series of video games. Ask me almost anything! 11 - Video Game JUNKIE - BATMAN Arkham Asylum Batass Stealth Takedowns #1 | Hard, No Detective Mode, Unseen 12 - BAFTAGuru - Batman: Arkham Asylum Audio Director Nick Arundel | Sound Design Mini Masterclass 13 - GamesRadar - GDC 11: Batman: Arkham City interview 14 - Kevin Smith - BATMAN AND PAUL DINI! 15 - Gamasutra - Rocksteady’s Hill: Batman’s Success Down to not ’overstretching’ on game features 16 - Games Radar - Looking Back at Batman: Arkham Asylum 17 - Gamespot - (Arkham City) Sefton Hill DICE 2012 Session *MUSIC* All music used is licensed by Artlist. 1 - Nobou - Memento 2 - Ardie Son - Raindrops 3 - Lance Conrad - Fortitude 4 - Josh McCausland - A Town Called Dismal 5 - Borrtex - Clean Water Upon You 6 - Be Still the Earth - Tankestrom 7 - Borrtex - Failure Over Regret 8 - Jon Gegelman - Changed 9 - Kevin Graham - A Complicated Situation 10 - Kyle Preston - A Fallen City 11 - Liquid Memoirs - Liminal Spaces 12 - Max H. Empty Room 13 - Michael Vignola - A Glimmer of Hope 14 - Norvik - Waterbed 15 - Noam Zaguri - In a Heartbeat 16 - Red City Hero - Good Day 17 - Shahead Mostafafar - Eternity Clock 18 - Shahead Mostafafar - Into the Next Dimension 19 - We Dream of Eden - The Precipice