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Batman Kills: The One-Man Reign Of Terror We Love To Love

Under normal circumstances, it might seem a tad ridiculous to suggest that we need a reality check regarding a fictional character. But, these are not normal circumstances - far from it. A vitriolic outrage appears to have swept the globe in the wake of Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice – a film that has split audiences clean down the middle, and given rise to a pained wail of, “Not my Batman!”, accompanied by verses of, “You don’t understand the character”, with a catchy chorus of, “BATMAN DOESN’T KILL.”

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Now, clearly, in video games, the player is in control of the character, right? But, surely if Batman’s golden rule is not to kill, then that shouldn’t be a possibility in his video games, should it? The trailers for the Arkham Games indicate a different state of affairs, though.

Batman: Arkham Origins Official Trailer
Batman rams a villain’s head into a junction box. He then knocks two other guys out, and leaves them in the building with a live, ticking bomb – which explodes.

Batman: Arkham Origins Nowhere To Run Trailer
Batman is clearly seen ramming a glowing rod into the torso of a villain lying prone on the floor.

In sections of other Arkham Games footage, Batman can be seen variously ramming a car door into a man’s throat, punching a guy in such a way as to cause him to be shot in the head at close range by a Batmobile cannon, and throwing an exploding propane tank into a man’s face. With the best will in the world, those villains are not getting up.

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