In my quest to buy every single action figure DC Collectibles pumps out that’s based around the Batman “Arkhamverse” video games, I have so far managed to buy a giant alligator man, a steroid Joker and a colossal zombie. When Solomon Grundy turned up in the mail, I joked that…
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April 4, 2015 at 11:21 am | Action Figures, Batman, Manchild at Play (Toys) | No comment
Tags: Arkham City, Batman, Clayface, DC Collectibles
You may already be aware of a small obsession I have with the Batman Arkham games and the toys based on those character designs – I’ve shown off my little collection before in a self-indulgent display of “look how much disposable income I have (LOL)”. You can consider this to…
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September 28, 2013 at 12:00 pm | Action Figures, Batman, Manchild at Play (Toys) | 8 comments
Tags: Arkham City, Batman, DC Collectibles, Solomon Grundy
The other day I finally managed to cross off one of the things on my (admittedly rather limited and lacking in scope) list of things I’ve always wanted to do (aside from buy a plastic figure of Dr. Robotnik). For years I’ve made do with wooden shelves, converted bedside cabinets…
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June 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm | Action Figures, Batman, Manchild at Play (Toys), Video Games | 3 comments
Tags: Agent 47, Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Army of Darkness, Batman, Captain Jack Sparrow, DC Collectibles, Dr. Eggman, Dr. Robotnik, Evil Dead, Hitman, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Pirates of the Caribbean, Solid Snake, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tekken, the Joker, they're just toys!
I rarely join in with fandoms having gut reactions to changes in their beloved franchises, especially negative ones. One of my prouder fan moments must have been reserving judgement about Daniel Craig back when he was first announced as being the next James Bond. The tabloids shit themselves inside-out with…
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April 25, 2013 at 6:24 pm | Batman, Random Guesswork, Video Games | 2 comments
Tags: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Batman, bitching about video games
Were scavenger hunts ever fun in games? Is there nothing more tedious than scouring a digital landscape for small digital tokens? Look, I get it: it took sodding ages to create these digital worlds and one way to make sure that the player appreciates every corner of the map (and…
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May 16, 2012 at 12:19 am | Articles, Trophy Hunter's Club, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Assassin's Creed, Batman, Bethesda, bitching about video games, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, inFamous, L.A. Noire, Minecraft, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games, scavenger hunts, Square-Enix, trophies, True Crime: Streets of L.A., [PROTOTYPE]