Holy fucking shit, let me tell you about my experience with "Batman: Arkham Asylum."
I picked it up last night, drove home like a madman and immediately started playing the game. After about an hours with it, I can say that it has surpassed my expectations. GOTFY for me.
Then about an hour in, something curious happened. My wife was sitting next to me on the couch, half reading a book and half watching me play the game. Suddenly, she says "what was that? Did you see that?"
Naturally, I think she's talking about the game so I ask her if I missed a Riddler clue. The game is pretty immersive after all I suppose. Then she says it again: "No, I saw something. LOOK!" At this point, I'm getting pissed and telling her that I don't see any hidden Riddler clues and that the game is just getting to her. It's a dark moody intense game after all. Then she says, "NO, I SAW SOMETHING MOVE IN THE APARTMENT!"
At this point, I'm officially freaking out. I think, maybe the game has gotten to me too. I timidly venture into the other room where she claims she saw something, and lo and behold, I fucking shit you not, there's a live bat flapping around in the bedroom. He's about a foot wide in wingspan, he's brown, and he's flying around in circles around in my fucking bedroom.
Every now and then the bat gets tired of flapping and perches himself on the ledge of the door frame and kind of hops around squeaking a lot. (as if we're the problem here, not him). The little bastard is kind of cute, and my wife strictly forbids me from killing him. So I open a window and try to shoo him out with a broom. No dice. So I then spent the next 30 minutes trying to snare him with a towel. Finally after much physical exertion and cursing, I grab him in the towel and release the squeaking menace out the window into the outside night.
Now let me tell you this much: no windows were open in the apartment last night. We don't have chimneys. I have absolutely no idea how this motherfucking bat got inside the apartment.
I guess the moral of the story is... Some people may brag about how their version of "Batman: Arkham Asylum" comes with a Joker mode. Some may brag about minor graphical differences. BUT MY VERSION OF "ARKHAM ASYLUM" COMES WITH A FUCKING LIVE BAT. Trump that, fuckers.
