Sure it’s an all-around good game. Hours and days later, I keep thinking about Arkham, and I reconsider what you can guess about my development experience (officially: no comment). On this face of it, designing a Batman game presents significant challenges at the high level. First, you’ve got this Batman guy. He’s a great character …
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Dragon Free for All
It was worth commenting on before, but time flies and here we are. DDO freeplay has gone live. Someday I should compose something of a personal postmortem on the game, but until then, we can talk about this development. Of course, by “free” it’s “freemium,” not absolutely free. There are ways — subscriptions and microtransactions …
Arkham Asylum is Good.
For the second time this summer, I find myself playing a game based on a movie. Yeah, I know that technically Arkham Asylum isn’t based on The Dark Knight, but … let’s just say that they have a lot in common. Shared protagonist, villain, and tone. Oh, don’t take my word for it. I lie all …