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Batman: Arkham Knight Critique - Legacy of the Bat (Patreon)

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Here you go! Ad-free for you all. Public release might be tomorrow, might be later. I'm wrestling with some copyright stuff so depends on when it gets cleared up!

Enjoy!
(And honestly... sorry it's so long. I cut stuff but in the end I just wanted to say goodbye to Arkham properly!)

Next up:

1 - A podcast-style chat with myself and Neil (from Lore Dump) after we binge all of the Summer Games Fest conferences. We have a decade-long tradition where we shut off social media and then watch all of the conferences in a oner. We'll record a drunken debrief afterwards, just for Patreon.

2 - In June I will also post the 6 month plan for the rest of the year.

3 - Gotham Knights Critique (End of June/Start of July)

And then I promise we'll look at something OTHER than Batman 😉

As always, thank you for your support. It means a lot!

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Arkham Knight Critique - Legacy of the Bat

Batman: Arkham Knight is about Legacy. Rocksteady ripped out every system, re-examined every set-piece, redesigned the combat, the stealth, the gadgets, to give them a new lease of life in an open world that is proudly designed to be played, not wander through. The feeling of playing Arkham Knight is very different from the feeling of playing Asylum, City, or Origins. And that’s not just because of the batmobile. So let's look at Batman's legend, and the legacy of the game that said goodbye to him. *LORE DUMP* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpQZr3eT3KY&t=3287s&ab_channel=LoreDump Thumbnail by Zoltiboi https://twitter.com/zoltiboi *MERCH* https://monty-zander.myspreadshop.co.uk/noobus+humanus?collection=qRRSshxeWA *TWITTER* https://twitter.com/MontyZander *PATREON* https://www.patreon.com/montyzander *TIMESTAMPS* 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:05:36 - Life is Just Death's Opening Act 00:22:29 - i 00:25:15 - Evening the Odds 00:41:17 - ii 00:43:51 - A High-Tech Hero 00:57:05 - iii 00:59:04 - Gallery of Rogues 01:24:32 - iv 01:26:37 - Theatricality and Deception 01:38:40 - v 01:41:27 - A Matter of Family 01:52:32 - vi 01:53:35 - Arkham World 02:08:11 - vii 02:10:08 - Joker 02:24:53 - viii 02:28:00 - Race Car Riddler 02:41:02 - ix 02:44:42 - Beatdown 02:54:07 - x 02:56:56 - The Arkham Knight 03:08:54 - xi 03:11:54 - I Am Batman *BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS CRITIQUE - VENGEANCE OF THE BAT* *BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY CRITIQUE - BREAKING THE BAT* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aiK00lFVsI&t=3605s&ab_channel=MontyZander *BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM CRITIQUE - FINDING THE BAT* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDlY2RP3R3A&t=6094s&ab_channel=MontyZander *GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY CRITIQUE - ROCK'N'ROLLERCOASTER* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_876yuApX8&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmS5TUb_HukqE1t1bu9stxuT&index=7&ab_channel=MontyZander *FOOTAGE/REFERENCES* 1 - Angry Joe - Arkham Knight Angry Review (Spoilers) 2 - Godzilla Mendoza - Arkham Knight's Disappointing Gameplay 3 - MinnMax - Chat with Dax Ginn, Producer of Arkham Knight - Floor Report E3 2014 4 - Red Carpet News TV - Kevin Conroy Picks His Favourite Batman Video Game 5 - Travis Langley - Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight 6 - Unleash the Enemy - Sefton Hill: "We're Putting Everything into Arkham Knight" 7 - God is a Geek - Batman: Arkham Knight - An Interview with Gaz Deaves 8 - Connected Digital World - Batman Arkham Knight Exclusive Interview with Rocksteady 9 - IGN - The Fire Burns Forever: Reflecting on a legendary Batman saga with writer Grant Morrison 10 - IGN - The New 52 Interviews: Batgirl 11 - Venture Beat - Batman: Arkham Knight - Designing a Proper Gotham City (and what's with the Batmobile?) 12 - Screen Rant - Gotham Knights Must Avoid Batman: Arkham Knight's Worst Mistake 13 - The Comics Journal Library - Frank Miller: The Interviews - 1981-2003 14 - Kotaku - A very excited man tells us all about Arkham Knight 15 - Gamespot - Rocksteady checks in with the guys about Batman: Arkham Knight - Kinda Funny Stage Show E3 2015 16 - Game Informer - Why Arkham Knight is Rocksteady's Last 17 - NeoGame Archive - Batman: Arkham Knight: The Voices of Arkham 18 - Watch Mojo - 10 Weirdest Arkham Knight PC Glitches 19 - Playstation Europe - Arkham Knight Interview with Dax Ginn 20 - Playstation - Batman Arkham Knight Exclusive Interview with Sefton Hill 21 - Holy Batmania (1984 Documentary) 22 - Connected Digital World - Batman Arkham Knight Interview with Gaz from Rocksteady 23 - The Daily Wire - DC made SUperman gay, climate change activist. Readers aren't buying it. 24 -DC - Grant Morrison on Superman No. 1 25 - New York Times - Putting the Caped Crusader on the Couch 26 - ComicVine - Scott Snyder goes in-depth on his plans for Batman in DC's New 52 27 - Late Night with Seth Meyer - Judd Winick was asked to draw a penic at a school assembly 28 - Digital Spy - Warner Brothers just flagged itself for copyright infringement 29 - Crazy Sexy Geeks - Superhero Psychology - Batman 30 - The Arkham Sessions - Psychology of Batman *MUSIC (in order of use)* All music used is licensed by Artlist. 1 - Tiko Tiko - Hero 2 - Aleksey Chistilin - Campfire 3 - Kashido - Tides of Change 4 - Josh McCausland - Brush Strokes 5 - idokay - Cicada Killer 6 - Diamonds and Ice - Day Dreaming 7 - Ben Winwood - These Moments 8 - Shahead Mostafafar - Colors 9 - Christopher Galavan - Hold Me 10 - Emmanuel Jacob - Kimray 11 - DaniHaDani - Seafis 12 - Ian Post - Skipping (Acoustic) 13 - Kashido - Echoes of the Past 14 - Mattia Vlad Morleo - Between You 15 - Brianna Tam - Bioluminescence 16 - Rob Cawley - Black Flowers 17 - Aquartos - Day 1 18 - Matthias Forster - Prophecy 19 - Simon Osterhold - The End 20 - Kyle Preston - Foreboding 21 - Michele Nobler - Lifetime 22 - Matt Stewart-Evans - Dusk 23 - Ben Winwood - Reminiscence 24 - Jane and The Boy - Pieces - Instrumental 25 - Mattia Vlad Morleo - Between Hands 26 - Jane and The Boy - Pieces #batman #arkhamknight