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The 25th of August, 2009, was a dark night for the Batman. But out of Arkham Asylum’s darkness was born a Bat with love, craft, care, and colour injected into his veins and the hearts of his enemies. A pulpy, fullthrottle swing into madness where – on repeat playthroughs – you can trace the lines of code Rocksteady lay to find their Batman and give his world a voice.

So let's talk about Arkham Asylum and its inspirations to see how Rocksteady found their Batman, and let us find him right alongside them.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:32 A Living Comic Book
00:21:24 i
00:25:07 Riddle Me This
00:36:47 ii
00:41:17 Bam. Pow. Crack.
00:53:37 iii
00:56:29 Batvania
01:05:26 iv
01:08:24 We Need to Talk About Quincy Sharpe
01:21:24 v
01:23:51 World's Greatest Detective
01:33:12 vi
01:36:54 Finding the World
01:48:04 vii
01:50:42 I Am The Night
01:00:54 viii
02:02:29 Context is Everything
02:12:26 ix
02:14:08 A Serious House on Serious Earth

SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE CRITIQUE DEAD WEIGHT
   • Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagu...  

BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY CRITIQUE BREAKING THE BAT
   • Batman: Arkham City Critique  Breaki...  

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY CRITIQUE ROCK'N'ROLLERCOASTER
   • Guardians of the Galaxy Critique | Ro...  

QUANTUM BREAK CRITIQUE BEYOND AMBITION
   • Quantum Break Critique | Beyond Ambition  

I MADE MY FIANCEE PLAY HOLLOW KNIGHT
   • Hollow Knight | Noobus Humanus  

REFERENCES/FOOTAGE
1 Playstation Blog E3 2009 Arkham Asylum Interview
2 VideoGamer Sefton Hill Interview 2009 Arkham Asylum
3 Fatman on Batman: Special Guest Grant Morrison
4 RedCarpetTV Kevin Conroy explains why Batman is Better than Superman
5 Gamespot Batman Arkham Asylum Video Interview
6 The Gamer Arkham Asylum is still the best Metroidvania
7 The Guardian Interview: Batman Arkham Asylum CoWriter Paul Dini
8 Batman Arkham Videos Batman: Arkham Asylum Behind The Scenes Documentary
9 Bryan Young ComicCon Interview: Game Director Sefton Hill Talks Batman: Arkham Asylum
10 Reddit I’m Sefton Hill, Creative Director at Rocksteady Studios, the creators of the Batman: Arkham series of video games. Ask me almost anything!
11 Video Game JUNKIE BATMAN Arkham Asylum Batass Stealth Takedowns #1 | Hard, No Detective Mode, Unseen
12 BAFTAGuru Batman: Arkham Asylum Audio Director Nick Arundel | Sound Design Mini Masterclass
13 GamesRadar GDC 11: Batman: Arkham City interview
14 Kevin Smith BATMAN AND PAUL DINI!
15 Gamasutra Rocksteady's Hill: Batman's Success Down to not 'overstretching' on game features
16 Games Radar Looking Back at Batman: Arkham Asylum
17 Gamespot (Arkham City) Sefton Hill DICE 2012 Session

MUSIC
All music used is licensed by Artlist.

1 Nobou Memento
2 Ardie Son Raindrops
3 Lance Conrad Fortitude
4 Josh McCausland A Town Called Dismal
5 Borrtex Clean Water Upon You
6 Be Still the Earth Tankestrom
7 Borrtex Failure Over Regret
8 Jon Gegelman Changed
9 Kevin Graham A Complicated Situation
10 Kyle Preston A Fallen City
11 Liquid Memoirs Liminal Spaces
12 Max H. Empty Room
13 Michael Vignola A Glimmer of Hope
14 Norvik Waterbed
15 Noam Zaguri In a Heartbeat
16 Red City Hero Good Day
17 Shahead Mostafafar Eternity Clock
18 Shahead Mostafafar Into the Next Dimension
19 We Dream of Eden The Precipice