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11 Most Tragic Comic Characters | Amadeus Arkham
It’s time for my final spot. This is the character I think is the most tragic. If you’re new, read the introduction, if you’re not new, carry on to number one. Warning MAJOR SPOILERS for Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.
Amadeus Arkham, founder of the iconic Arkham Asylum is my personal pick for most tragic comic book character. His story is dark, twisted and goes like this:
Amadeus Arkham spends much of his childhood looking after his mentally insane mother. She is continuously suffering delusions of being tormented by a giant bat and Amadeus spends a long time attempting to treat her until eventually he sees the bat for himself. Scarred by what he saw he cuts his mothers throat, putting her out of her misery.
Years pass and Amadeus has suppressed the image of the bat. He works a while in Metropolis’ own insane asylum, one of the inmates he treats is a man named Martin ‘Mad Dog’ Hawkins, a serial killer who targets women. After Arkham returns home he finds that same inmate has murdered his wife, raped his young daughter, decapitated her and left her head in a doll’s house.
Now traumatised Arkham see’s the bat again for the first time in years, Arkham wears his mother’s wedding dress and begins wielding a razor, determined to bind the spirit of the bat via the use of sorcery. Finally he opens Arkham Asylum, with one of his first patients being Mad Dog Hawkins. He treats him over the course of sixth months all the while being taunted by Mad Dog over the murder of his family. Then finally on April 1st, a year to the day of their murder, Amadeus straps Mad Dog in for electric shock therapy and “burns the filthy bastard”.
Still obsessed with binding the spirit of the bat he eventually goes mad to the point of being incarcerated in his own asylum. He begins to scratch the words of a binding spell with his fingernail all over his cell until his death.
The story of Amadeus Arkham is by far the most dark and tragic of any comic book character that I’ve read. It is detailed in the one shot: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth which I have previously recommended, and it makes up a huge part of what makes the story so dark and depraved.
The story of Amadeus Arkham looms over his asylum, and the legacy the character leaves behind is not easily forgotten. The character died before the events of any of the comics, yet his presence is ever felt.
Enough with the depression now, join me next time for my list of honourable mentions!
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Even though trophy support for older games on PS Plus Premium isn’t always great, you can always count on Sony’s first-party games to have it.If you like collecting these digital trinkets, you’re in luck, because today’s big PlayStation Plus update includes two classic games that can now be used to earn Trophies.
Each trophy list for Ape Academy 2 and Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror includes the platinum cherry on top. You can look at their respective listings here and here if you’re interested.
The list for Dark Mirror appears to be quite simple—you can basically earn them all by finishing the game. The trophies in Ape Academy 2 appear to be a little more complicated, requiring you to complete particular objectives in card battles and advance to specified rankings. Nonetheless, it doesn’t seem too difficult, so we’re looking at a couple of quite simple platinums.
Ridge Racer: Type 4 is this month’s other premium classic game; sadly, it does not offer trophies. But it makes up for it by being a complete banger.
However, will you be obtaining some of these trophies with a nostalgic flavor?
This year, Sony produced some truly outstanding work, releasing four high-profile games on the PS5 and PS4 (not to mention the numerous PC ports). The earliest of these, Horizon Forbidden West, arrived in February of 2022 and got the year off to a strong start. One of Aloy’s sophomore journey’s greatest strengths, among the many other things we like about it, is its excellent art direction. The Art of Horizon Forbidden West allows you to now delve deeply into the game’s visuals.
This coffee table book, which was published by Dark Horse Books, contains 200 pages of concept art and developer commentary. It provides an inside look at the process used to develop engaging characters and settings, and Forbidden West is certainly not lacking in either.
There will be two editions of the book: standard and deluxe. Both are hardback books, with the deluxe edition having pages with metallic edges and a unique slipcase. These are now up for pre-order and will go on sale on April 25, 2023.
Bloody hell, it took a while, but The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s long-awaited PS5 release date has been announced. The updated role-playing game will go on sale on December 14th, and CD Projekt Red reiterates that PS4 owners can get a free PS5 upgrade.
The “next-gen” game will have a physical edition at a later, as of yet unspecified time.
The next-gen update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is coming on December 14th, free for everyone who already owns the game.
For more details and gameplay reveal, tune in to REDstreams next week on https://t.co/IpFERTohi9. pic.twitter.com/fg3yfGeNih
— The Witcher (@witchergame) November 14, 2022
Though we still lack specific information about what the current-gen version will offer, don’t worry; it appears that all of our most pressing questions will be resolved soon. Next week, the developer says, will feature a livestream that will feature gameplay and more details. Hence, something to anticipate.
But in all honesty, we’re just relieved that this PS5 edition won’t be delayed any further. Will you play through The Witcher 3 again right before Christmas? Post your thoughts in the section below.
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