Robin in Batman: Arkham City

[cypherfdp]

Batman and Selena look good, so do the villains, so I'm sure Robin will be-- oh Christ.


Delicious Sourcemeal: http://www.newsarama.com/games/robin-playable-batman-arkham-city-110620.html

Oh Tim, what's happened to you?

It seems these days that if you want to be a video game protagonist in a "hardcore" game, you got to shave your head. Galen Marek, Shephard, Cole McGrath, Issac Clarke, the list goes on.

The pic doesn't come in color, so there's no telling how it'll look, perhaps bright purple with baby blue trim.

What he's wearing doesn't even look like a costume, just a shirt, pants, boots, and a cloak.

On the bright side, he comes with a Red Robin skin, so there's definitely some hope. Unless he still has a buzzcut.

Comments

[whitesycamore]

That's it. After all, no gamers who count want to see lissom pretty boys.

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

Hah, absolutely.

As much as anything else, I think they always feel like they have to put in a lot of extra 'effort' to make Robin acceptably manly (and heterosexual), lest their buyers all boycott the game on mass or something, idk.

[whitesycamore]

I don't even get why! He already put the scaly panties away years ago - surely that should be enough?

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

I think it's a lot less to do with the actual comic reading demographic, and more silly worrying about mass media perceptions of the character. Seduction of the Innocent and all that bollocks!

Not to mention, no matter what happens, ain't no-one forgetting the scaly panties. ;)