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Batman Arkham Asylum Defaced With Lego (Wait A Minute…)
4:40AM Stephen Totilo | Not interested in promoting vandalism we must nevertheless provide evidence of what, following the Resident Evil deed, must be a spree of Lego-based game-ad defacement (two is a “spree”, yes?). More »
Rumours
360 Holiday Bundles To Include Pure, LEGO Batman
2:00PM Luke Plunkett | Ars Technica’s ever-reliable Xbox mole has revealed that this year, like last year, the 360 will be bundled with a couple of games for the holiday season. More »
News
LEGO Batman Deemed Oppressive And Destructive To Young Kids
9:20AM Michael McWhertor | The Boston-based organisation Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has given the stink-eye to Warner Bros’ LEGO Batman, nominating it as one of the most “oppressive and destructive” toys of 2008. Congratulations, WB! I mean…
Read this Sentence Exactly Nine Times: Gaming and OCD
6:00AM Owen Good | The Village Voice’s Chris Ward sat down to play Lego Batman for a review this week, and this happened: I was unable to complete a single level without trying to collect the hundreds of thousands of LEGO coins that appear when you break something. Note: everything is breakable. It’s the jingling noise the coins make. . .the way they zip through the air into Batman’s utility wallet. . .this simple, visceral thrill led to several uncontrollable hours of collecting shiny things. Current in-game progress as a result: 9.6% More »
Frankenreview: Lego Batman: The Video Game
4:30AM Mike Fahey | Is everything really better when portrayed in tiny, blocky form? When Traveller’s Tales first introduced us to the Lego character game with Lego Star Wars, we were pretty sure anything with Lego in front of it could do no wrong, but then Lego Indiana Jones came out earlier this year, proving that while they can still be entertaining, some franchises translate much better than others. Now the third pop-culture to Lego translation has appeared in the form of Lego Batman, and while it certainly seems like an easy win, so have so many other Batman games over the years, and look what happened there. Let’s take a look at what happened when the game reviewers took apart Lego Batman block-by-block. More »
Lego Batman Bundle Taking PS2 Out With Not A Bang, But A Whimper
1:40PM Luke Plunkett | Announced during E3, Sony today released what’s surely the last meaningful PS2 bundle, cobbled together to lead the console’s charge into what’s surely it’s last meaningful holiday season. For $149, you’re getting a PS2, Lego Batman and a copy of Justice League: New Frontier, the animated adaptation of Darwyn Cooke’s amazing comic series. Sony promise that stocks are in “limited supply”, and at that price, we’re liable to believe them. More »Finally, The LEGO Batman Launch Trailer
4:30AM Adam Barenblat | Good afternoon everyone. Today is September 23rd and ya’ll know what that means! LEGO Batman has finally hit store shelves and you can head on down there to pick one up this very minute. However, if you aren’t feeling obligated to do so, we do have a new launch trailer for you to feast your eyes on. Remember, the game is coming out for Xbox 360, PC, Wii, PS2, PSP, PS3 and Nintendo DS. So basically if you own just about anything, you’re in the clear. More »
News
Traveller’s Tales Resists Urge To Milk Lego Success
1:40AM Mike Fahey | If a lesser developer had had the success with the Lego Star Wars series that Traveller’s Tales did, we’d be buried up to our necks in bullshit by now. As much as I desire to see every major film property made into a Lego-based video game, I’m quite pleased that a more responsible company than I would run is handling the property. Speaking to Eurogamer, Lego Batman producer Rich Earl reaffirms the company’s commitment to quality. “There’s an expectation now that there would be a LEGO game per year, and we certainly feel that one or two games would be the right amount per year, otherwise there’d be a saturation of LEGO games and they’d lose the charm…We’re also conscious that we’re making games for young kids. We don’t want to take the piss out of the consumer and end up making any old rubbish. We’re hoping people feel our games are of a high standard and we want to continue doing that”. Thank goodness I say. Games like Lego Caligula and Lego Schindler’s List need to stay in my imagination, for the good of all mankind. TT not going to “take the piss” out of LEGO-game fans News [Eurogamer] More »
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Lego Batman Cartoon In The Works
1:40AM Mike Fahey | Batman has been the subject of plenty of cartoons over the years. There have been cartoons based on the comics, cartoons based on the movies, so why not cartoons based on a Batman video game? Speaking to GI.biz at the Games Convention last week, Traveller’s Tales producer Rich Earl revealed that a TV show based on their latest Lego project is indeed in the works. The show is being produced by a separate studio in the states, using TT’s assets to bring classic Batman characters to life. “My understanding is that they will use the engine, the Maya files where the characters come to life, but they’ll be creating animated… I think it’s a 20-minute cartoon. I’m personally quite intrigued to see how it comes out. Lego, every time they’ve had a new brand out, they’ve done some CGI stuff as well, but I think this will be quite different”. This would be a perfect opportunity to bring Adam West back into the Batman fold, as I can’t see Batman: The Animated Series lead Kevin Conroy’s voice coming out of Lego Batman’s little round head. 20-minute Lego Batman cartoon in works [GI.biz] More »
