Router Returns, the Automatic App, and Batman Arkham Origins

Hi, this is Lauren Lester, and you're listening

to the Geekcast Radio Network. Hello and welcome

to Altered Geek Unlimited, episode 15. I'm your

host as always, Steve Megatron Phillips, and

joining me as always is Mike Booth, Ninja Powers.

Hello, sir. Hello. How's it going? Pretty good.

I'm very tired. New job is kind of starting to

take its toll on me. I don't hate it like the

other job I had before when I was doing doing

the same type of work Not quite there yet. We

are in the process of switching to new software

Which should make our lives so much easier so

nice But yep, that's it. I also Returned the

router that I got last week Because it was doing

it it I returned it because it was doing its

job, but I didn't like that. It was doing its

job It was a different kind of job you needed

not well not really I mean mainly I found it

to interfere with podcasting Really yeah because

for some reason I What the type of the type of

router that it is I don't know for anyone that

might not have listened the last episode I brought

one of the Bought one of the fancy routers that

is supposed to automatically prioritize your

internet traffic So if you are streaming like

Netflix or something it chokes off everything

else in the house except for Netflix Or it you

know if you have two streams going it splits

the stream evenly instead of one hogging hogging

at all Um, and it's supposed to prioritize outbound

traffic too for gaming and stuff like that. So

if you're playing a game and it'll, you know,

give all of your outbound traffic to like, uh,

your Xbox or your computer, which is really cool

because in my household, uh, we rely on the internet

for everything. So I thought it would be something

great for us. However, um, we ran into some issues

last night recording off the cuff where Skype

was just getting choked out, which doesn't bode

very well. Like I said, it was doing its job,

but Skype was getting choked out. And it was

a pain in the butt to, in order to record the

show, I had to go into the router settings and

turn off all of those features. And for anyone

that's ever dealt with router settings and stuff

like that, All those menu interfaces are horrid.

Yeah, I hate messing with routers. Yeah, so I

took it back today. I returned it. I was debating

on getting... Because right now I have an Airport

Extreme from Apple, which I really like, and

it supports all the devices in the house to the

best of its ability. But I debated on switching

for the newest Airport Extreme. which also has

the 802 .11 AC built into it. But I just opted

to get my $200 back. So there was that that I

did. And then I bought, I was actually finally

able to pull the trigger on a, it's an iOS Android

app. It's called Automatic. It's for your car.

I was kind of bummed. Actually, it took me quite

a while to pull the trigger on it because when

I first found out about it, the device, there's

two parts to it. There's an app that you can

get for free off of the app store that does nothing

until you buy this $100 plug for your car that

plugs into the OBD2 port on the car. When I first

found out about the product they were still in

the pre -sale Phase of it where they were kind

of shipping them out as they had them But they

were just taking pre -orders for them, and it

was like $60 for the device I said well That's

that's kind of neat for what it does for $60

because what it does is it it tracks your Some

of the features if you don't go any anywhere

some of the features are kind of mundane like

it when you park your car it Geo tags where you

parked your car It you know monitors your gas

usage and you know It tells you it'll tell you

each individual trip each time you start your

car and turn your car off It will tell you how

much gas you spent like on a trip It tells you

if you hit the brakes too hard or the accelerator

too hard or if you went over 70 miles an hour

It tells you all this stuff because the goal

behind the app is to help you save gas Okay,

it also can diagnose and clear engine lights

check engine lights. Oh That's really cool and

One of the other neat features about it is it's

an it's in beta right now I kind of imagined

in order for this to work They might have to

make this like a subscription thing for it, but

it's in beta right now it's if you get in a crash

it collects all of your data and Sends it to

their servers. It's kind of like on start sends

it to them and then they call 9 -1 -1 on your

behalf and they tell like Emergency vehicles

where you are and stuff like that and then they

will also you also set up three primary Contacts

for them to call in case of an emergency So that

was kind of neat because my car doesn't have

any of that stuff in it So I was but at the time

when I found out about I was like a $60 device

It was really cool. And then when I finally got

the nerve to actually just order it It jumped

to $100 because it was no longer on presale like

this it was a special for you know, pre -ordering

earlier was you got the device for 60 bucks.

So then I kind of hemmed it hard because I have

trouble ordering expensive things online that

I haven't been able to see in some fashion. Mm

hmm. Like I I have no problem going to Best Buy

and playing like with like a receiver or checking

out a TV or something like that and then like

ordering it on Amazon, you know, just something

like that. but i don't like buying things online

because i hate the hassle of the return like

when i'm returning something i like to go in

and either get my money back immediately i don't

like having to wait for shipping times to get

exchanges made yeah i don't blame you at all

um so when i was finally kind of hemming and

hawing on it again and then i found out that

they had put them in apple stores um so last

sunday the wife and i Drove down to an Apple

store and I picked up I picked up to the device

hooked it up to my car It actually works really

well I was kind of surprised and I was kind of

skeptical from the get -go about it because my

car is kind of funky when it Comes to that OBD

2 port I've had the check engine light on in

my car since like March and I know exactly what

the problem is. It's the catalytic converter.

It's going bad but when it came on I didn't know

that that's what it was so I like took it to

AutoZone and they hooked their little their little

thing up to it and they couldn't get a signal

on it and I was like okay well it's probably

because you're you know it's not like an actual

it's not a tech 2 or anything like that so I

took it to the dealership and I asked them I

said can you diagnose this check engine light

and they hooked up their little computer to it

and the car wouldn't talk to their tech 2 Huh,

and I was like, well, this is kind of dumb Why

won't it talk to their car or you know? Why wouldn't

my car actually talk to a tech too? And so we

kind of pussed around pussed around And my dad

finally brought home a tech to from work He took

one out from work and what it turns out my car

apparently needs some sort of an adapter like

a like an interpreter Between the two and the

actual OBD to port But huh What blows my mind

is that the dealership didn't know this. Yeah,

they should be able to look it up if they're

going to diagnose your vehicle because they have

different tech two devices that they can look

it up to. Exactly. And so my dad and I, we actually

look, we got the check in, we got the codes and

he took it to work and found out it was the catalytic

converter and stuff like that. And he called

around and called over to the local dealership.

And what really pissed me off about the whole

thing is You know my dad, and I knew what the

issue was But in the dealership was gonna offer

to help fix it, but they needed to diagnose it

themselves So they charged me $100 so that they

could tell me what I already told them the problem

was Wow So news I didn't get the catalytic converter

replaced from them my dad, and I will do that

ourselves because they were being jerks about

it I have the actual part in the trunk of my

car But I just haven't put it on yet. Anyways

long story short I was worried that because one

of the things about this Automatic device was

that it was supposed to be able to diagnose and

tell you what a check engine light means And

I was like nothing has ever been able to do that

without this you know interpreter between the

tech, you know between the devices and I sent

them an email because on their website It says

it works with my car. I sent them an email and

I explained them what was going on They said,

you know, they haven't had anyone say it doesn't

work blah blah blah Well, again, long story short,

it does. I plugged it in, it threw up, it gave

me a push notification that there was a check

engine light on my car, told me what the code

was. Not only does it tell you what the code

is, it tells you what the problem is. So it's

not just a series of numbers, it tells you what

it is. And then it gives you the option to even

clear the check engine light. Nice. Which was

great because it was getting to be winter and

my car has a remote start on it. And when the

check engine light is on, the remote start doesn't

work. So I just cleared the code and I've been

able to use the remote start all week long That's

awesome. So it's it's a neat little device. I

mean, yeah, it's not for everyone Some people

might not see the point in it But I'm also the

guy that has like a pedometer on my wrist just

so I can see how little or how much I walk in

a given day or I can see my sleep or it's It's

like kind of like what we talked about on episode

10. It's just like all these devices that can

tell you about your activities So it's kind of

it was well it was kind of neat plus I like I

said I like looking at maps and one of the things

you know it tells you where you parked and it

tells you where you drove throughout the day

and You know you can you can click on something

and it shows you where you drove From like one

destination to the next it shows you exactly

where you drove and Anytime like you may if you

accelerate too hard or hit the brakes too hard

like a little dot shows up on the map Of where

you did said thing? Oh wow Which is really neat

and on top of that there's an overall score like

it resets every week But the best score you can

get is a hundred and so like anytime you do like

a hard acceleration Or slam on the brakes too

hard like your score gets lower and lower and

lower. It's an average of your trips For your

weekly score. So it's kind of it's it's kind

of neat you get to see different things about

your car I just like looking at all that stuff.

So that's you know, everyone's probably tuned

out already, but that's pretty much what I've

spent my last week doing besides Besides work

Good stuff. What do you been up to? Well, I finished

editing the edit that you started of the top

100 for the episode that's releasing a couple

hours after this one comes out. And mostly just

doing the numbers and the audio effects and then

removing some arguments and banner that was in

between different numbers. And then doing a little

bit with the the the new website kind of gauging

interest in certain features and then Prepping

for my son's birthday party, which is The ninth

so oh cool. Yes, it'd be one years old or one

year old and My wife's making a Mickey Mouse

cake, which is going to be in the shape of the

clubhouse which is going to be a massive pain

in the rear. Do you have to move it anywhere

or is it just going to be at your house? Oh,

it's going to be at our house. I managed to.

I spent Monday, funny enough, while because I

had to add in the numbers and I had I was I added

in some music clips behind the numbers for this

episode of the Top 100 because. after listening

to the previous one, it sounded a little off,

so I did that and it actually sounds really good.

But because I didn't want to try and make time

stamps and go back and edit later, I played it

on my computer while I was reorganizing my basement.

There was this massive pile in the middle of

the basement of just boxes and totes and random

crap that we just didn't have anywhere to put.

And I reorganize the entire basement with all

the totes stacking everything against both walls.

Going to the point I touch the ceiling all the

way down on both sides of both walls of the basement.

And actually have a decent enough space for people

to sit down there now. So it's quite nice. Cool.

So yeah, I did that while and I edited the episode

while I was doing that. So every time I would

hear a blank space in there, I had to run to

my PC jumping over boxes and everything. So it

was quite a pain until I got things more organized.

But for the duration of listening to the episode

and throwing in the edits, that's how long it

took me to organize the basement. So I get to

listen to it and I get to edit and do something

else. So it was quite nice. I will say. uh in

mixing the audio on this last one i don't think

there were as many arguments because uh it was

one continuous record yeah i think that helps

plus the fact that uh yeah for those that don't

know this is a little podcasting background we

uh behind the scenes yeah a little little behind

the scenes parts uh we put 10 second little intermissions

in between each number so that it left a definitive

space while editing that stood out so that we

could clean up the either end or the beginning

in between adding the numbers in there. But yeah,

that definitely helped keep it down a lot more

because there wasn't time to have random set

arguments. So yeah that that helped and it continued

on through the next episode even though the audio

was a little wonky at points and a Couple of

them were and I'll have to edit it out, but they're

like oh There's there's this oh somebody disappeared.

Where'd he go? So I gotta I gotta figure that

out now we had like I had my fair share of those

on Yesterday's off the cuff so if it weren't

for the fact. It's the top 100 I would probably

leave it. But it's the top 100, so I have to

take it out. Right. I have to make it sound as

clean and to the point as possible. We have to

appear professional. Yeah, considering it's being

marketed to like 15 to 20 other sites, so. All

right. Well. With that all out of the way. We're

really gonna talk about agents of shield we can

briefly I Don't know. Have you seen the recent

episode? I have not seen Tuesday's episode. No,

I can't talk about it then because this one's

actually It digs a little bit more into some

of the as guardian Stuff from the Avengers. Okay

If there's an artifact there which I don't know.

Have you seen the preview? No, I don't do commercials.

Okay. Alright, well, anyways, here's an artifact

that is causing havoc and that's about as far

as I'll go, but they also show you a little bit

more about Simmons. Okay. Or not Simmons. Colson.

Well, they have something going on with Simmons

too, but Colson... Kind of reveals that he feels

different, but it's not Really in any it's it's

kind of weird how they they do it. It's not Without

saying anything. It's not what people think but

it some what could be Okay, it that's as vague

as I can go with it. So but it was it was a good

episode Maybe we could talk about next week.

Yes, we will We got new iTunes reviews we did

uh i was actually looking i was actually looking

at him today hoping people may have submitted

new ones uh since um since saturday or tuesday

oh geez what day is it tuesday since tuesday

but uh i didn't see any new ones today um i didn't

see any new ones either um i am double checking

it but uh Think we have three maybe four now.

I Think it's more than that me I'm loading up

my slow iTunes. I got it right here. I'm sure

iTunes runs faster on a Mac, but well Yes But

that's you know, you know an octa core Or quad

core with 16 gigs of RAM will make anything run

fast That is true. Oh wow, seven ratings and

four actually written reviews and it's all five

stars. We thank you very much. And it's the general

consensus that it's new, it's random, and that

seems to be what people like, which we kind of

like jumping around too so that it's fun for

us too. Oh yes. So you know I was kind of thinking

You know I don't see it on here, but there was

that whopper of an announcement today All right,

you've got it right here. Just kind of buried

down at the bottom. Oh I do yeah the Marvel Netflix

ah Yes, yeah, well the funny thing is is I was

putting together this script for the episode

And with things I already had bookmarked and

then other things just were popping through my

Twitter feed and I was I was like, oh, I have

to incorporate this now. Oh, I have to incorporate

this now because it was actually just half of

what we're going to talk about. And then there

was tech stuff and other TV related. But, yeah,

I'll let you kind of delve into the Marvel realm.

Oh, geez. OK, so Marvel. Marvel Disney, or Disney

Marvel, I don't know the proper way to announce

that, announced that in collaboration with Netflix,

they are going, and this is not loading for me,

just one second, that they are going to distribute

live action TV series on Netflix, which I think

is something they may have brought up on a past

episode about what Marvel slash Disney could

do with Like Punisher and Daredevil now that

they have the rights back for them Yeah, I think

we did touch on that and nothing Zero web pages

regarding the Marvel Disney thing are Netflix

thing are loading right now. I think they're

getting like nailed Oh, well, I'm I'm on the

one in Collider. Oh, which is so this one loaded.

Sorry, so It looks like it's you know, they're

each daredevil Nick Cage, Iron Fist, and Jessica

Jones are all going to get their own episodes.

They're gonna get 13 episodes each starting in

2015. And it'll culminate in probably another

13 episode series called The Defenders, which

I don't really know all that much about. I've

never heard of any of these people other than

Luke Cage and Daredevil. Well iron fist and my

understanding is that Luke Cage and iron fist

they kind of go hand -in -hand with heroes for

hire Which is like heroes as mercenaries, okay?

But all four of them exist in the same section

of New York, which is Hell's Kitchen Okay, and

if I'm wrong, I apologize because while I may

know a little more than Steve I don't know a

lot about these characters But I think it'll

be interesting Especially since it's Netflix

they might you know, they're not really beholden

to any kind of ratings As far as like not not

like viewership ratings, but like, you know TV

MA or TV this they're not Fall into like FCC

stuff or regulations because the timeline Now

they could still you know, try to make it clean

for because anyone could stumble across these

Netflix. But now I'm excited to see what happens.

And as far as I'm concerned, 2015 can't get here

soon enough now. So. I can always use more original

stuff to watch on Netflix. Yeah, and I think

as cable starts to falter and people get tired

of commercials and get tired of the. Crap on

demand from say Comcast where you're stuck watching

the commercials or you can't fast forward and

All these other regulations put through to TV

and the cable companies I think you're gonna

see a lot more shows go to things like Netflix

Yeah, and it's nice that they actually got a

full like series commit like, you know, they

have a 60 episode commitment So it's you'll get

Concise storytelling and not meandering stuff

like agents with shields is doing Yeah, there's

a lot of filler going on in between there. It's

it's like villain of the week Yeah, you'll get

I these will play out more like a BBC series

or like something even something like FX like

any one of these characters would be great on

like FX or AMC So I hope they get that kind of

a treatment when they go to Netflix Which I don't

see why they couldn't get that it just depends

on who they get behind it So I wonder who you

know now it's now it's gonna kind of interesting

cuz it's like who's gonna play these people and

I also think putting it on Netflix might Make

the make it easier for these people to show up

on the silver screen versus like TV or something

like that. They might be able to attract like

slightly bigger names to play these roles I'm

not saying like maybe like a or B list actors,

but I think they could attract some people yeah

considering the the last daredevil is now Batman

yeah so there was this so Disney dropped this

bomb today and then yeah which is mighty huge

the other bomb which was the announcement the

release date for Star Wars episode 7 yes which

is December 18th 2015. Oh, so far away, man.

Well, and the thing about it that's kind of a

kicker, one, that's my wife's birthday. Is she

not a fan of Star Wars? No, she is, but I'm not.

She likes Star Wars, but she's not a fan of the

original trilogy very much, like because she

didn't really grow up on it. I mean, she saw

it, but it's kind of it looks dated to her, even

though she's never seen the remastered. Well,

she looks dated to me. No, I'm kidding. I dated

her so much. I was going to spin it that way,

but I don't know. I decided not to. But good

play, good play. No, but I mean, she might be

fine with it. We might go see it that day. I

don't know. I know I'm going to definitely want

to see it regardless, but it's kind of weird

because it's the first Star Wars film not to

come out in May. Yeah, which I saw a conversation

going on between movie revolts Dan and some other

people on Twitter that that release date is You

know while they say it's set in stone right now

It makes it it also makes it really easy for

them to push it back like five months if they

have to Yeah, I would put it back in May Yeah,

they're not gonna pull the GI Joe thing. Oh,

it's coming out in August and then it comes out

in February Or March or whatever GI Joe was GI

Joe was delayed a year. Yeah, that was ridiculous.

Yes, that was That was utter nonsense, but but

what's funny about it is is Star Trek since Abrams

took over flip -flopped from December to or November

December timeline to May and Star Wars is flipped

from May to December so they've almost swapped

their original air date but i think star wars

is one of those things that it doesn't matter

when you put it out because people are going

to go yeah that's the one thing i got to say

people flock to that almost as much as they do

for like lord of the rings the hobbit star trek

doesn't quite get that pull i think personally

i and people can feel free to disagree with me

but i have worked uh in the entire time i've

worked at a theater i've worked in a movie theater

since 2004 which means I was working at a movie

theater when Star Wars Episode III came out.

And that was the busiest I've ever seen a movie

theater, ever. And since then, I've worked at

the theater here in Grand Blank since 2006. And

I've gone through three Pirates movies, all the

Twilight movies. Avatar. Avatar, like nothing.

Like, Spider -Man 3, nothing compared to the

crowds for Episode 3. Like, I... To this day,

like, when co -workers and stuff are just like,

it's busy, I'm like, no. No. You don't... No.

You have no idea. So, I just... I... There's

something... Star Wars fans are in a league all

their own. It's just Crazy, man. I hope I really

hope it that carries over to episode 7 And it

feels like it might because the buzz around it

for the most part has been positive mainly because

JJ Abrams has been attached to it and Lucas has

been At least to the public has been hands off

the project. So Yeah, and I did watch a documentary

on Netflix called Jedi junkies And it's about,

you know, the fans of Star Wars and why they're

fans and how it affected their lives and stuff

like that. It was actually kind of neat. So if

anyone's interested in that kind of stuff, you

should check that out on Netflix. It's pretty

sure it's called Jedi Junkies. And the box art

on Netflix is the Princess Leia bikini. Nice.

So that should make it really easy to find. I

would assume so. Do we want to tackle some tech

news before we jump into the conglomerate that's

after that? Sure. Skype recording apps that will

either will or will not continue to work after

they upgrade. I know my one select mp3 call recorder

will cease in December. I don't know if the one

that tfg1 mic uses will yeah it looks like the

one that we use for this and for offcuff and

for my weekly should still work too um since

yeah it doesn't the the way that i capture the

audio for the master track for this doesn't um

doesn't touch skype at all it actually just uses

the the uh mic Computers components to capture

it so Which is nice and convenient at the same

time. Yeah, it it's it's it's also really nice

when I go to grab the On my weekly when we do

when we go into the feet main feature I try to

grab audio from like the TV spot for whatever

movie we're talking about because Instead of

playing like a 2 minute 30 second trailer. That's

may or may not have actual words in it um i grab

the tv spot because it's like 30 seconds oh okay

but what i do is i just open up wiretap and tell

it to record the audio coming out of my mac and

then i just play the trailer in youtube and it

grabs the audio for me nice then i don't have

to worry about like you know downloading a video

out of youtube or something like that and ripping

the audio out i don't know it's um just just

because of the way that it works so so some of

the um with i i'm gathering with the way things

are recorded with the way podcasts are recorded

and edited for geocast radio um there shouldn't

be too many um not too many of the shows should

be impacted by this uh change in skype's uh Terms

of service or whatever it is, which I think they're

really Skype is like all over the place. I don't

understand Like the business model for Skype,

I don't I don't get it. I mean, it's well, it's

Microsoft don't know so yeah, but it's so weird

like It's on everything But it's got like it's

like different policies for everything. I don't

know. It's just weird They're they're kind of

all over the place so Whatever It's kind of also

reading conflicting articles where people are

saying that They may have extended the API for

the call recording feature For another two years

until they figure something out. So it's kind

of I think it's gonna be hit or miss on who still

functions Well, that's the one thing. When this

first popped up, I was like, man, this is going

to shoot around the internet like everything

else does, but I didn't see anything in my Twitter

feed about Skype. I think it just comes down

to maybe people, maybe the people that I listen

to captured their audio a different way because

the app that you use will be fine. The app that

I use doesn't even touch Skype at all. I feel

like... You know, maybe maybe people use apps

like that where it's just they're they're not

reliant on that That recording API for like like

some other people are so that's probably why

I didn't really hear about it But I would expect

there to be some backlash from from people who

may or may not make some kind of a living off

of that feature So maybe that's why it's getting

extended while they work on it if that is true,

but I kind of expected something like that to

happen, because that's what happens in the tech

industry. Unless you're Apple, you are pretty

much beholden to what your consumers want. If

you're Apple, you tell your consumers what they

want. Exactly. For the record, I say that as

an Apple fanboy, so no one needs to jump down

my throat for that. Yeah, that's just one thing

I've learned in the decade that I've been using

Apple computers is you don't tell Apple what

you want They tell you what you want Which I

am completely fine with so What's next This is

one that I found disturbing Internet Explorer.

Why are we talking about Internet Explorer? because

They have a new mascot for Internet Explorer

11 It says it goes anime with a magical girl

transformation. Oh No, I'm like why First of

all who uses Internet Explorer? This is this

is the problem Internet Explorer unfortunately

is one of those websites that Just about every

corporate entity requires people to use but they

don't program their sites for anything else to

function properly But the problem with that is

is that they program it for the wrong damn version

of Internet Explorer instead of the up -to -date

one with all the recent programming languages

they have it Where you have to constantly use

compatibility mode to function on their sites

point being multiple dealership websites Meaning

the the stuff that they they store all the information

in the databases and the customer base and what

they use to log in for the How they order and

deliver cars and all that stuff They use Internet

Explorer 9 is what they have it programmed for

Like so if you use anything else it it functions,

but there's problems. And then if you use Internet

Explorer 10, there's again problems, but you

can't access the rest of the net unless you have

Internet Explorer 10. So it's yeah, I wish sites

would kind of expand their horizons. I didn't

think Internet Explorer was like the target anymore.

I thought it was like Firefox and Chrome. I think

they still have to target between those three.

I know some still do like Safari too, even though

I don't think there's much going on with that

either. I mean, it's... Well, technically from

my understanding of web browsers, Safari and

Chrome are very closely related. They're both

WebKit based. They're just down different paths.

So if you develop for one, you've technically

probably developed for the other. You've made

it something that can work on the other one.

Like, I use Chrome. If I'm on a Windows machine,

I use Chrome. If I'm on my Mac, I use Safari

for everything. I've never really had a problem

with the website, but I've never been able to...

Ever since the idea of a different browser came

out, I have not used Internet Explorer for anything.

One of the first things I do when I install Windows

on Boot Camp or something like that, I go and

grab Chrome, and I never go back. I like my browser

of choice is Firefox. I just I have this thing

against Chrome. I just I don't like it. What's

no, that's that's fine. I mean, I have I have

all the browsers on my computer. I just don't

use them. I use Internet Explorer for for basic.

Web browsing like where it doesn't need to be.

anything fancy. But like when I do things on

the website, I function strictly in Firefox,

because one, I don't have the glitching, I don't

have the errors, and then I can actually manipulate

things on the site. Whereas, for instance, even

simple codings in WordPress, when putting them

in a post, Internet Explorer botches it. every

time, so I have to use Firefox. I don't know

if it does that in Internet Explorer 10, just

because I gave up on them. Like I said, I use

the one because it's all up to date, whereas

Internet Explorer is still behind the times.

But yeah, I found this kind of disturbing, and

this was the last note I had on the thing while

I was doing the script, and I'm like, what the

hell is this? It doesn't make any damn sense

to me, but yeah, they got some Inori Aizawa,

some Microsoft Singapore introduced official

mascot, and then they're going to use it for

Internet Explorer 11. Yeah, it's strange. Jumping

on the DC bandwagon. That we always go into yeah

They're currently and I have multiple things

in the news it'll be in the show notes on the

web post Relating to possible Wonder Woman castings

or That's what more than likely it's going to

be but they're also saying it could be Kara Zor

-El but Think it'll be Wonder Woman Yeah, I mean

I just the other thing I did get to see you I

saw Thor 2 on Tuesday Which I did enjoy I can

get behind her They have two different women

that they're saying are being screen tested for

some part in the film that More than likely will

be Olga Krillin goat. No No. Yeah, I looked at

her and she doesn't even fit the look or the...

I don't think she'd do justice to the persona

whereas the chick from Thor I think would. Right.

No, I agree with that. I don't agree with this

Nightwing rumor. People are just looking for

stuff all over the place, man. Well, it's like

the Lex Luthor thing all over again. Yeah. where

people are like, oh, Lex Luthor, oh, Commissioner

Gordon. You know, so I think that's what this

latest one, I don't have a doubt in my mind that

they're probably gonna have Wonder Woman pop

up at some point in the film. Even if it's kind

of a nonchalant, you know, here we are type thing.

Probably by the end or an after credit scene

if they're gonna do something. I don't think

they're gonna do the stinger. That's not, that

hasn't been, I mean, unless they start doing

it, that really hasn't been a Warner Brothers

thing. They might do it to end the film, though,

to kind of introduce into Justice League if they're

gonna go that route. Just seems like a weird

thing for them to start doing. I mean, a cameo

or just some girl named Diana, that's fine, but

I don't know. We'll see what happens. Yeah. But

the thing about Nightwing... I'm kind of... I'm

on the fence about that. I mean if it's an older

Batman I could kind of see having Nightwing and

not having Robin or something, but Again, I'm

not quite sure what to take of that Nightwing

doesn't do anything for me. I think is the fact

that he doesn't have a cape See that doesn't

matter to me about the not having a cape thing.

I just think you're so cool. Oh I'll agree with

you But I I prefer that they went the Nightwing

route than have a Robin. Well, I mean, yeah,

obviously. Well, I don't even know about that.

I mean, I like Tim Drake as Robin. They can have

him as Red Robin. See, I didn't like the Dick

Grayson Robin that became Nightwing. Like, I

like Dick Grayson as Nightwing, but I've liked

the other Robins that came. Like, I like Tim

Drake as Robin. Yeah, I think Tim Drake fits

the Robin persona better than the other two did

whereas Jason Todd fits right hood perfectly

and Dick Grayson fits the Nightwing persona perfectly

You know you had to go through Dick Grayson's

Robin to get to Nightwing I just but the character

is just never resonated with me because I just

don't think he I For some reason I just think

his character design is very bland. I don't cuz

a suit Is the the look of a suit and everything

is just so simple and I know it's gonna get me

some ire from some people here, but Well, it's

it's supposed to be based on the flying graces

costume From the haley circus. Well, it's fine.

It's still one of the most bland superhero costumes

in existence One I could not the most but one

of I could see it to some degree So, I mean,

I just that's but that's like, you know, you've

got There's nothing really to it. It's it's two

colors versus you know even Batman like even

here in this picture like you look at For the

you know the IGN article for the Nightwing Wonder

Woman rumor like they show Batman and Nightwing

right next to each other Batman looks Way more

menacing than Nightwing does oh Yeah, he always

does though, but that's what I'm saying. It's

also it's he just it's just the way the two characters

look and I just think he I've always felt like

the Nightwing character has just a Too simplistic

of a look for me, but that's that's just that's

just me I don't have like a problem with like

how the character the character acts or anything

It just comes down to the way that he looks or

like the character does the character design

for Nightwing is what bothers me So not the character

itself Because I like I can see that Some people

will argue When I say some people I think you'll

infer who I'm talking about About an Incredibles

joke with the capes. No capes Yeah, no, I trust

me the entire time. I was saying I like capes

whenever I say I like capes That's the first

thing that comes to my mind is when they go no

capes. That's that's what I was thinking but

But no, there's a actually I We're gonna might

talk about Arkham Origins later if we don't run

out of time but it was actually kind of interesting

so i was kind of thinking like for some reason

i was thinking the other day why do some superheroes

or capes and other ones don't and you know batman

has always had a cape and it's always been very

iconic but other than like gliding and stuff

i never understood like kind of like what the

functionality of it was and then like there was

a moment in arkham blackgate with deadshot yeah

yeah He actually says something about Batman's

cape and I was like, oh that makes so much sense

But I don't really want to give it away here

what it is, but Maybe I know maybe I'll tell

you off the air. But yeah, that sounds good But

because I don't I don't care. I'll deal with

spoilers Well, it's not really a spoiler. I guess

because it's just it's something it does tell

you it's um You know, you walk out into a courtyard

and Deadshot has the jump on you and he starts

shooting and of course he, while you're trying

to move around, while he's trying to snipe you,

he's doing a monologue and he starts saying something

like, I know why you wear a cape, it's to obscure

your body. Unfortunately, I know exactly where

your body is underneath the cape. Yeah, that's

what I was thinking. I was like, oh, that makes

so much sense. But I don't think I've ever seen

anything that's actually come out and said that

that's why he wears the cape. Beyond just the

theatrics of a cape. Yeah, there's a lot of theatrics

and then he uses it for gliding Yeah, but it's

it's 90 % theatrics, right? So and then it's

like 90 % theatrics 5 % gliding and then 5 %

is just to conceal his body or make himself look

bigger But which I guess could be related back

to theatrics. Yeah, but so yeah, I I totally

agree with that But I just like I said, I'd never

heard it put that way before it was just always

another function of the Cape that wasn't there

before. Yeah, so there's one more piece of DC

news before we go into listener feedback and

then the discussion of Arkham. Have you seen

the arrow star trying to put Things out there

to make it look like he's possibly being courted

for a Justice League film. There's no reason

he couldn't be I mean, I Think they should incorporate

because then that would give arrow more resonance

with people They give arrow more resonance and

like I said on a past episode There's a character

that shows up in season one of arrow that could

have immediately tied that entire thing into

Christopher Nolan's Batman and Would have failed.

Yeah, they failed miserably. So I think they

want to tie it into Like the the movie verse

continuity. It's just that Warner Brothers won't

let them Yet cuz yeah yet. It's probably because

they've had these little plans and in motion

and they don't want them screwing it up They

want them to get the trigger pulled when they

wanted them to Which makes sense like with them

introducing Black Canary, The Flash, these other,

you know, the Ferris aircraft, you know, hinting

at Hal Jordan. Well, but the interesting thing

that I think Marvel is doing right as far as

their TV shows go is Marvel doesn't seem like

they would recast a character just to have them

show up on the small screen. I feel like Warner

Brothers, if they do the Flash spinoff, which

I'm kind of hoping that they do, even though

I haven't seen the Flash episode, I do like the

character of Flash. I feel like if they were

to... If they had the Flash TV series and then

you had Flash on the silver screen as a different

actor, I think that would confuse people. I think

the DC stuff... Think the live -action stuff

could get really for DC could get really confusing

really fast Whereas Marvel seems to be all about

avoiding confusion Yeah, I can kind of see that

happening too, but I think it's also Warner Brothers

There's too many cooks in the kitchen Well, yeah,

but really and I think that they they won't do

what's necessary which is to avoid confusion

they can you know basically do what they did

with Nick Fury and you know shield and Well,

that's what I'm saying like they I I'm just saying

DC seems more likely to You know WB has their

flash spinoff and DC seems more likely to just

have a brand new flash for the silver screen

and still have this flash TV show But not have

them be the same actor Yeah, I hope that that

doesn't happen. I and so do I But I also like

the fact that in that show and I haven't seen

the recent episode I know they haven't introduced

Barry Allen flash yet I know they've introduced

black canary, but they've introduced the League

of Assassins Yeah, which almost seems like a

cop -out because it's a Batman related thing

I mean, I know that the other ones can still

fight them too, but that's still a Batman cop

-out but because they can't put Batman on television.

Yeah, they're using a lot of Batman's mythos

and villains. And I know that they wanted to

insinuate Bloodhaven at one point to try and

incorporate Nightwing. So, I mean, it's it's

kind of interesting that, you know, they're fighting

Ra's al Ghul's. You know, what's funny is Batman

may be out for the small screen, but Nightwing

is a character I can see come into the small

screen before the silver screen. I could get

behind that. I honestly think that that would

work better than having a Commissioner Gordon

TV show. Yeah, I think anything would work better

than that. I still don't understand how that

works. I don't either. That's like Catwoman without

Batman. Yeah. We all saw how that worked out.

Yeah. Well, it's like Birds of Prey. How do you

function without Batman? We had an introduction

in the first five minutes. I think we'll go to

listener feedback before this goes down a rabbit

hole. OK, that's unrecoverable. All right. So

I guess we'll start with. previous question for

last week of, who is your favorite fictional

character? And I basically had us put, it could

be comics, film, TV, cartoon, whatever. All right.

I don't really know who mine is. I didn't really

give this a whole lot of thought, because like

I said, I've been way too busy. I mean, Batman

ranks high up there. I do like the character

of Gambit from X -Men Wolverine is a favorite

I do like Sherlock Holmes. There's a lot of characters

that I like. I don't know if I could actually

pick one What's yours I have a plethora so you're

in the same boat To kind of narrow it down a

little bit Of course, from comics and animation

and film, I love the Batman character. I would

say that's within my top three. It kind of varies

week to week of which one's in my top three.

Right. One of the other ones I find, I mean,

I like Wolverine, I like Spider -Man, but those

are kind of lower tier for me. I think Iron Man

ranks up there for me in my top three, mostly

because of the film verse. I'm not too into the

comics, but I like Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal.

And then of course, I have a lot of likes as

far as shows go in fictional characters, but

I have this love for Beast Wars Megatron. OK.

Because I can simulate the voice. So that's that

night I grew up on that show, so I like that

character a lot. So it kind of rotates for me,

depending on the week. Usually it's between Megatron

and Batman. So any time. Anytime I get to play

as either one in a game I it's it's always a

win for me Okay, so Looks like Ryan Hannity his

favorite fictional character is Robocop Says

a cop that is a robot built -in gun and every

way a badass I remember I remember back when

Robocop was an actual thing and it was like they

had those comics Robocop versus Terminator I

think I remember that I never read any of them

but I was if anyone's read any of those what

were they like I can't remember I'm gonna go

try and find but I just remember like that was

the debate like what was cooler Robocop or Terminator

but no I'm a fan of Robocop I'm actually excited

for the new movie as am I Go All right Dragon

oh says my all -time favorite character is Lockheed

and shadow cat from x -men that partnership was

something I could always identify with I Myself

have no idea who they are. Oh, well, you know

who shadow cat is don't you? No. Oh, that's the

chick that can phase through solid objects Isn't

that Kitty pride? Yes Oh, okay. Just older? Well,

Kitty Pride is her actual name, or Katherine

Pride, Kitty Pride. Ah, okay. And Shadowcat is

her code name. Ah, okay. Then I do know who one

is. Lockheed is the purple dragon that she was

sometimes seen with. Who can actually go from

being this little purple dragon to this giant,

big, giant, full -sized dragon. But I haven't

actually seen anything where they're actually

I haven't read a comic where they're actually

both together I have like I've seen them together

like on trading cards and stuff like that and

I've seen the character of Lockheed In x -men

books, but I've never seen them like working

together. I know that they were a partnership

so Jedi disaster says that his favorite fictional

group is the Jedi He says of all the Jedi, Darth

Maul is his favorite, although Darth Maul is

not a Jedi. He's a Sith. And I don't want to

butcher this name, but Kit Fisto? Yeah. I don't

know who that is, but I haven't read any of the

books. I think he's a Jedi of some kind. The

name sounds familiar, but I'm not sure who it

is I have to admit I am I love Star Wars But

I've not read any of the expanded universe books

or anything like that. I have I'm primarily just

a Movie guy and like the Clone Wars. I watched

all of that and I've played Just a few of the

games mainly Shells of the Empire, which I actually

did enjoy on the N64 and more recently the force

unleashed games which while they had their flaws

and they could have been a little better executed

with different play mechanics they were still

pretty fun. SuperFilmFan98 says his favorite

fiction group he's not sure about them maybe

the warriors from the warriors who is that i

don't have a clue i've never even heard of it

so uh maybe a little clarification sorry super

film fans yeah sorry no the next one uh for a

lone character he has to go with doc brown which

yes i agree he's a very iconic character marty

Damn! Damn, damn! Where is that kid? Alright,

Epicurious of Sidium? You changed your name,

sir. Because I believe that was Plato's lament.

I'm pretty sure it is based on the icon. Okay,

let's just say, but if it's not Plato's lament

and it's actually a brand new person, because

we have done that before. Yes, I've done that.

We apologize. My favorite fictional group is

easily X -Men. One of the most dynamic teams

of all time. They are so much more interesting

to me than something like the Justice League,

which are kind of dry and boring, which as when

it comes to comics, I will agree with you, sir.

But when it comes to like the animated universe,

the X -Men stuff is not as good as the Justice

League stuff. I... Couldn't have said it any

better myself for that. But then again, I have

that like I I love Marvel Comics I can't for

some reason DC Comics just don't resonate with

me like at all like it just That's like a conversation

for a complete other time. Like I just feel like

DC Comics are so bland to me I don't I don't

know what it is, but I I can kind of agree To

some extent But again The the the X -Men I Could

see where I'm not a big Marvel Comics fan. I

like the films and I like some of the animation

but I Can see where the X -Men comics would be

more interesting the Justice League one. I tried

getting into that I dropped it very quickly I

prefer the, again, the detective comics, anything

pertaining to the main storylines of Batman,

whether it be Batman Beyond or Detective Comics

or the Batman line itself. The rest of them I

kind of shy away from because they're not...

It's kind of all over the place and I tried collecting

a lot of random ones of Batman related stuff

or anything he's in and there's a lot of lackluster

in my opinion. But yeah, the Justice League cartoon,

that's hands down infinitely better than the

Marvel stuff. Yeah. Boring Standing Up says his

favorite fictional character has and always will

be Homer Simpson. You can mark the Simpsons down

as his favorite group. I am not a Simpsons fan.

Think I've mentioned that before on the show

Because my parents didn't want me to watch it

when I was a kid so I have no absolutely no nostalgia

for it and for some reason I just can't I can't

stand watching it even if I see an episode on

TV, I just change channel I I can watch it. It

doesn't bother me. I grew up watching it we used

to watch it on Sundays my dad and I and then

I Really liked Halloween specials But I don't

go out of my way to watch it anymore, but I Because

I mean for the most part. It's not really that

relevant There's not a lot of current events

kind of stuff They're kind of a couple weeks

behind compared to like South Park or Family

Guy, right? Where it seems like they kind of

fast -track those and it just is instantly out

there well South Park has turned around in a

week Yeah, which is amazing. I mean that's That's

kind of unheard of in today's world. That's why

they're so up -to -date with all the But that's

also to their detriment too because those shows

don't age very well No, whereas the Simpsons

you could kind of not You can watch reruns and

it doesn't matter, right? But yeah, I like it,

but it's not something I'd go out of my way to

Watch all right walking dread So this is his

favorite fictional character is of course Judge

Dredd not the horrible 90s version the comic

version where he is badass Kind of like the Carl

Urban movie. Yeah, I was gonna say walking walking

dread. I have not read any of the comics so when

we say it was Was the most recent Judge Dredd

movie was that was that badass like the comics?

Or was that horrible like the 90s version because

I think the new one was actually really good.

I I'm glad they're doing a second film Are they

finally doing another one? I think so. I think

there was talks of them doing a second film I

thought Carl Urban was just trying to get it

to be direct -to -video Either way, it's a second

movie. Yeah, so I'd be fine with that King of

Kong says his favorite character his Always has

and always will be Donkey Kong There seems to

be a trend with the names. Yeah, I can see that

From its early start till now, I just love that

character so, so much. He is who got me into

video games. You got a thing for throwing barrels?

Yeah. Throwing barrels and beating up plumbers.

Glad you like the car talk. He's probably the

only one still listening after the opening of

this podcast. Everybody else probably fast forwarded.

Freddy Savage says, uh, my favorite fictional

character, you may have heard of him. Bat, to

the ever loving man. Batman, enough said. Okay.

I guess we won't add any more on to that. No.

Go. Brad Kellogg says, on a similar note, my

favorite fictional character would have to be

Cartman from South Park. Few characters in any

medium are as evil and hilarious as him. I will

agree with that. I think Cartman is hilarious.

I like how whiny he gets. Yeah. And then he starts

like putting people down and he goes. I didn't

used to watch South Park for the longest time.

And then since like 2009, I've actually been

watching every all the new episodes. I haven't

gone back to watching any like the. the early

stuff or anything like that but since 2009 I've

been watching it pretty consistently when it's

been on and it's just I feel like I've been missing

out because it's actually it's actually pretty

fun their their take on the whole BP oil spill

was great I haven't seen that yet oh it's like

a four -part thing and it has to do with Cthulhu

and just oh it's great it's it's great have you

seen the South Park movie I have Do you like

it As an extended South Park episode sure I mean

I can't Why did this show up in your animated

list I Can't say for sure a hundred percent if

it did show up But if it did it showed up With

Happy praise I guess oh from the peanut gallery

So I'm not saying what episode that's showing

up in I Guess you'll just have to listen and

find out But that's why I asked if you liked

South Park Like I said, I'd like it just as an

extended episode. I don't think it's like Like

a really great It's weird. I don't think it's

a really great movie. I just think it's like

a really good extended episode It's kind of like

so it's kind of like the the Simpsons movie.

Yeah, or like Batman versus Superman Yeah Yeah,

so I was gonna I was gonna say for those that

that Like Simpsons, I'm sorry The Simpsons movie

That's all I'm saying of that I I could tease

all day long, but you don't have to listen to

the episode so go ahead Dan Clark finishes this

up with I Honestly never thought about who is

my favorite fictional character, but thinking

about it. I would say Captain America He's kind

of like Superman in the way that he can easily

be cheesy in the wrong hands but on the right

hands there can be amazing there can be some

amazing stories um i can see that um because

i do see kind of like it kind of goes back and

forth they kind of well no captain america is

kind of the superman of the avengers um even

though they can't fly but they're both boys i'm

saying like in their moral compass oh yeah their

sense of right and wrong their leadership uh

the you know the the all -american boy attitude

um they're they're similar characters um and

by the way the uh nine minute captain america

preview that is on the front of thor 2 and 3d

and an imax awesome so excited for that movie

so excited yeah captain america 2 looks like

it'll be pretty good so uh We left one out, though.

Connor Murphy says, I don't know why, but when

I see fictional group, the first thought that

comes to my head is the NWO from the old WCW

days. And he doesn't know if that counts, and

neither do I. I don't either. I think that it

is fictional group. being that it's on tv and

it's kind of reality tv i always equated wrestling

as like the male version of a soap opera i can

see that that makes sense and i'm not saying

that's like knock it because i watched it for

like i watched it regularly for like two years

um and i um i watched it from the point where

they actually did like they did this weird draft

thing and they split up who was going to be on

like monday nights and who was going to be on

thursday nights huh And I was like, and I'm done

because I didn't want to watch I didn't want

to have to watch one show for One group of people

one one show for the other group of people. I

just like that the stories flowed from one show

to the next Then I was I was I was done at that

point but I know I did a couple I think I did

I did actually did a couple pay -per -view WrestleMania's

and Royal Rumbles and stuff like that in the

time that I spent watching it No, I had a lot

of fun. I had a lot of fun with it kind of made

events out of it, but I Even even then I was

just kind of saw it as like the male version

of a soap opera. So I Could definitely see that

So do we want to do a brief Batman Arkham origins

if you want to ask me about Arkham origins I

can try and answer some questions for you. Although

I have not I've played more Blackgate this week

this past week than I did actually origins Now

what's the difference between the two for those

that don't know okay? Arkham Arkham origins is

Full you know it's full -on 3d. It's it's just

like the games you remember from From asylum

and city it has it has more in common with city

than it does with asylum But it's it's you know

it's another. It's another Arkham game Blackgate

For me is where it gets interesting because it

is it's a it's on the handheld it's on the 3ds

and it's on the Vita It is a two and a half.

It's two and a half D Which means that it's a

side scroller and you can move into the background

you can move to the foreground It's not like

three. I'm not saying like it's 3d like you know

like with the 3d glasses or stuff like that I'm

just saying like you can move into the into the

scenery or or you know towards the screen, but

it's always from the side. You see everything

from the side. As far as the way that the story

is told in Blackgate versus like City or Origins,

it has more in common with Arkham Asylum. If

you took the story of Arkham Asylum and made

it a 2D game instead of a 3D game, that's kind

of what Blackgate is. because Asylum was the

way it was laid out in the traversal and stuff

was part of like a sub -genre of games called

like Metroidvanias which is for people that don't

know is a cross between Metroid and the Castlevania

games from like the Super Nintendo and the Nintendo

where there were two and a half D games where

there were 2D games the character moved from

left to right and you went exploring these massive

areas Arkham Asylum was essentially that type

of game but in a 3D environment, and Blackgate

brings that home by putting it back in the manner

that it was, you know, the best at, which was

as a side -scroller. I'm enjoying Blackgate a

lot. It took me a little bit to get into it,

but I am enjoying it. I'm really close to finishing

it, like I'm... i'm probably like right at the

end of the game and i stopped because i had to

go to sleep because it was like 4 a .m or something

like that nice but i i feel like and i think

it comes down to the buttons on the vita um and

i mentioned this on off the cuff the the controls

for origins don't feel as tight as they did in

asylum or city it's definitely the same kind

of combat but for some reason I feel like there's

a little more button lag and I've said that that

could also be user error like on my part too

but I don't seem to have an issue with combat

on the Vita and I feel like that's because on

the Vita the buttons aren't like squishy they

actually click so you know when you're pushing

the button And I say that because like countering

is a big thing in the Arkham games and it's like

I know when I countered because I can I Hear

it click. I feel it click under my fingers rather

than tapping a button and maybe it registered.

Maybe it didn't register Okay So but like I said,

I don't remember having an issue with combat

in Arkham City So it there may be like some input

lag or something like that that was never there

before but it is now I do know that Arkham Origins

has been supposedly been plagued by bugs, like

game ending bugs and stuff like that. I've been

playing on the PS3 and I haven't experienced

any of that stuff. So that's lucky, I guess.

The neat thing that I found out that I sent you

the picture of is that when you have Blackgate

on the Vita and you have Origins on the PS3,

you get the Beyond, or beware, the Batman suit

in Blackgate. Which I think is awesome. Here's

the other thing I really enjoy about Blackgate.

In the Arkham games, you've always been able

to get skins to make your character like a different

version of Batman other than just the one in

Arkham. in the first asylum you got an armored

suit that you could use in the challenge maps

and that armored suit was awesome but you couldn't

use that in the regular game and in city they

came out with different more varied skins for

you to have but now you could use them in the

game but you couldn't use them until after you

finished the game You can use them in Game Plus.

Well, yeah, but like I said, you had to finish

the game first. Yeah. And that seems to be backed

in Origins. Like there's more skins that you

can get, but you can only use them in like New

Game Plus or the challenge modes. You have to

finish the game before you can put on the suits.

However, and this baffles me because it's a handheld.

Blackgate One of the collectibles when you're

traversing through the environments and you're

finding these hidden things and solving cases

and stuff like that Well, some of the things

you find are pieces to other Batman suits Like

there's that looks like Mega Man. Yeah, so there's

like Batman 100 do you have to get there's five

pieces to each one? There's boots. There's gloves.

There's the belt. There's the chest piece and

then there's the cowl And you have to find those

five pieces before you can put that suit on so

There's like Batman 100. There's the new 52 Batman

And there's a few other ones now You can put

those you can put those suits on at any time

that you're playing the game So like I was able

to run around the other day in the beware the

Batman costume because it's automatically given

to you for having both versions of the game.

Now, as far as I know, unlike the full -scale

console versions of Arkham, it's not just a reskin.

These suits actually give you buffs for wearing

them. In the case of the Beware the Batman suit,

it was like minus 20 % damage from guns. Which

is cool. Yeah, that was that that was really

cool. So it's like not only can you use the skins

in gameplay They're actually part of the game

and they do special things for you Which is something

the console versions don't do and I can't I'm

like why not why wouldn't you do that? And I

don't have an answer I don't know why I don't

know why it's not like that I would think that

would be a better selling point. I Just I don't

know whatever That's one of the things that's

always kind of kind of bothered me not because

I think that the character design for the Batman

or for Batman in the Arkham games is bad It's

just some of those skins are really cool. It's

like I don't For something like me. I play those

games once and I'm kind of done with them sometimes

if I'm really compelled I will go back through

and try and like do a couple things here and

there but Like I'm the guy that would like to

have access to those skins like in my first playthrough.

Oh I would too I played as the animated Batman

and Batman Beyond in the year one in Batman Inc.

and all the different ones in Arkham City. So,

I mean, I'd love to be able to use those in Arkham

Origins. Black Aids is a lot of fun. So, if you

have a Vita or 3DS, I highly recommend it. I

did see a lot of comments. A lot of people commenting

in on the off the cuff thread when we had our

conversation about Arkham Origins that a lot

of people aren't enjoying the game as much as

we were. But then again, these people also enjoyed

Arkham City, which we did not over it off the

cuff. So like myself, I enjoy Arkham City more

than I did Arkham Asylum. I won't disagree that

Arkham Asylum had a more cohesive story than

Arkham City. That I can't argue. Because that's

the most evident problem with Arkham City is

it's all over. But I like the open world. I like

the upgrades. I like the fact you can climb on

ledges and everything. A lot of the new tools

and the fact that you come back to the game and

all the villains are back yeah i i think given

the fact that you like city i think you'll like

origins i i stand by what i said about origins

on off the cuff which is i think it's the of

the three i think it's the best one at making

you feel like batman um i asylum still has like

a i sell a soft spot for asylum because i like

games like asylum I like the focused storytelling

and I just I feel like every I feel like Asylum

was so tight that it it you know it that's just

the type of that's the type of game that I really

respond to is the one where it's like you need

to go here now now you need to go here and it's

like just everything was the the pacing was so

deliberate in that game you got to experience

everything You didn't run the risk of missing

something because it wasn't in your way and I

I know I brought that up before about the Riddler

in Arkham City like I didn't do any of the Riddler

challenges because I the story did not Put Riddler

in my path, so I never experienced the Riddler

stuff in Arkham City Unlike, you know, they put

the Riddler in your path in Arkham Asylum They

also put the Riddler in your path in Arkham Origins.

So, more power to them. Now, for people that

don't listen to Off the Cuff, but listen to this

and are playing, or haven't played Arkham Origins

yet, I, the voice work, I am totally okay with.

The guy they've got to play Batman, I think,

and we said this on Off the Cuff, We all love

Kevin Conroy as Batman but I've never thought

beyond like fan service I've never thought that

Kevin Conroy's voice fit the Batman in Arkham

Asylum. There was something about the the character

design for that Batman and given the character

design of the Batman's that Kevin Conroy voices

typically they just in my mind they never meshed.

Whereas Hamill's Joker, I thought, Hamill's Joker

just transcends all Jokers. Yeah. Yeah. Hamill's

portrayal of Joker, there's no other alternative.

He is the definitive. Now, I've heard some of

the vocals, and again, I haven't played the game

yet, so I don't know all of the things that you

guys are aware of. but i would have preferred

that they kept kevin conroy for the first game

being that he can change his voice to uh fit

different parts of the age limits of batman yeah

i mean i i get that but this one it feels more

like i the the batman that's in this game like

the from the voice acting wise i he is I don't

I I know how I want to say this and it might

not be the best way to say this He is what you

probably wanted Christian Bale's Batman to be

He doesn't have the it's like imagine Christian

Bale doing Batman without the gravelly voice

Okay, and that's this Batman. That's and that's

like Christian Bale like even though when he

was doing the gravelly voice like or not doing

like the grabby voice when you could actually

understand him he he kind of fit the armored

batman um and this guy fits the armored batman

like and like dan are setting off the cuff they

there's moments where you see the christian bale

batman except he doesn't start chewing rocks

um it's it's a very good voice for this particular

batman um That's not I'm not taking anything

away from Kevin Conroy in his portrayal of Batman

and Arkham Asylum and in city it's just I never

felt like it fit because that's not I never felt

like that was the Batman that he was Now the

guy that they got to do the Joker in Arkham City

or Arkham origins, I'm sorry. I will still I

Props to him because the first time I saw the

Joker I was honestly thinking they may have just

pulled one over on everybody and got Mark Hamill

to do it again It's not Mark Hamill because they

say it's not Mark Hamill But if they didn't tell

you that it would be kind of hard to know that

it's not him But You know, it's obviously it's

not him. I'm just and I don't, you know, I'm

not saying this guy is like as good as he was

or anything like that. I'm just saying, like,

it's kind of hard to tell that it's not Hamill.

It's easily able to mistake him. Yes, very. It's

it's almost one of those things where you kind

of want to put blinders on and make yourself

believe that it is Hamill. And you wouldn't be

in the wrong for doing so. But I'm I'm enjoying

both I'm definitely enjoying origins more than

city because I feel like it just does a better

all -around job of making you feel like Batman

So but that's about I'm all I'm looking forward

to playing it. That's all I know If you like

city more than Arkham you'll like origins That's

good to know So that's about all I've got for

tonight All right, well I think that rounds it

up then So Question wise and I kind of come up

with this before the episode But it actually

kind of fits with some of the news and some of

the talk of TV shows If you had the option of

writing a new TV show either original or based

on something uh already out there what would

it be and how would you go about it okay and

then uh sorry what's that no no keep going oh

i was gonna say uh just for a quick follow -up

uh if anybody has played arkham origins what

are your thoughts of it or the uh arkham trilogy

so far Because we know they're doing another

Arkham game after Arkham City with Kevin Conroy

and Justice League and Rocksteady. So See how

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