superheroes

From heroic superheroes to dastardly villains and all the unusual characters in between, it’s always interesting to see how these infamous figures came to be who they are. And in some cases, when one origin story fails, it’s fun to see the next attempt at it. Indeed, there are so many character origin movies out there, and plenty of them have bombed—or, at the very least, have been forgotten due to their extreme mediocrity and/or empty fan service....

Batman’s celebrated Arkham series, which showed gamers what it felt like to become the fearsome hero, exemplifies the standard of modern video games portraying superheroic characters. And then there’s the more recent Marvel’s Spider-Man, which built upon the video games that came before it to elevate the genre and deliver a truly immersive experience behind the mask of the Web-Slinger. But for the most part, we’ve really only seen the “mainstream” superheroes in action when it comes to video games....