Last but not least, here is HST’s list of favorite video games from the past year. And what a year it was, with huge titles coming out and an epic fall season to cap off the year. Plenty of sequels and a few new IPs to boot, so there are plenty of games to mention even without the honorable title and seat on high as the crowned favorite. [Read more...]
HST’s Best of 2011: Video Games
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Gaming Review: Batman: Arkham City
10/28/2011 by 3 Comments
As I had to do when I wrote up Batman: Arkham Asylum, I must start this by apologizing to Superman. As much as I like to believe that I am a Man of Steel kind of girl, I just can’t stay away from The Bat when he makes video games like this. [Read more...]
Gaming Review – Batman: Arkham Asylum
08/29/2009 by Leave a Comment
Let me get this off my chest now: I am a major Superman fan. In the many debates I have had fighting over who is the better superhero, the Boy Scout or the brooding billionaire, I always choose the Boy Scout. However, I have to hand it to the bat, he has proven in Batman: Arkham Asylum to make a better hero for a videogame.
As the game begins, the player takes control of Batman as he escorts Joker back into Arkham Asylum after capturing him (without too much of a fight) in Gotham. Quickly, Batman’s skepticism is justified when Joker breaks free from the guards transporting him, escaping into the depths of the complex. With this, the Joker’s games begin.
