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DC Universe Online PS3

Format:
PS3

Genre:
Adventuring

Style:
Singleplayer
Competitive
Cooperative

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Fred and Bob invent their DC Universe Characters tonight, but find all the best names have been taken.

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Scene: Bob and Fred are sat on a sofa with two PS3 controllers . Bob is dressed in an idiotic tight fitting costume.

Bob: He flies through the night with a grace and ease that puts the worlds best acrobats to shame.

Fred: Um Bob?

Bob: Villains fear the shadow that glides through the darkness.

Fred: What are you wearing?

Bob: For they know that when his shadow appears, he won't be far behind.

Fred: Who?

Bob: BatBow!

Fred: Say what now?

Bob: BatBow my character on DC Universe Online.

Fred: That's got to be the stupidest name for a superhero I've ever heard.

Bob: Oh is that right FreddieFreeze.

Fred: How did you know?

Bob: I saw you building your character last night.

Fred: Well my character is allowed to have a stupid name

Bob: And why exactly is that?

Fred: Cos I'm a villain,

Bob: An what difference does that make>

Fred: Villains are allowed stupid names, it makes them even more... villainy.

Bob: Villainy?

Fred: That's a word

Bob: So why can't heroes have silly names?

Fred: Heroes have to sound heroic Superman, Wonder Woman, and Oracle.

Bob: Oracle is my guide and Batman is my mentor.

Fred: See my guide is the Calculator and my mentor is Lex Luther. You get Oracle who is named after a mythical prophet. I get Calculator named after a piece of maths equipment.

Bob: That's what you get for being a villain.

Fred: Well BatBow I...I'm sorry but how exactly did you come up with that ridiculous name?

Bob: Well I wanted to be like Batman so I took his look and chose acrobatics and gadgets as my skill set.

Fred: Where as I chose flight and freeezy powers.

Bob: Right, and as my weapon I chose the Bow. Like Green Arrow. And I wanted to call my hero Black Arrow.

Fred: So why didn't you?

Bob: The name was taken so I tried Target.

Fred: Taken?

Bob: Then Bat Arrow, Dark Arrow, even Bat Knight.

Fred: All taken.

Bob: Yes all taken! So all that was left in my head was BatBow.

Fred: Do you kinda wish it had been taken?

Bob: No! It's an awesome name for an awesome hero, I'll have you know I've completed all the main missions.

Fred: Which are so repetitive.

Bob: Totally! And I completed the mentor stuff and I'm now officially a member of the justice league! But get this right. You get to level 30 and you can't get any higher!

Fred: I'm only on level 4

Bob: And the game doesn't end.

Fred: Well it's an online game. Is it meant to end?

Bob: Well I think it should. I'm starting to get bored and the only things I can do now are repeat levels on a harder setting or do these annoying group missions where you have to rely on other chumps not disappearing halfway through.

Fred: You're not really a people person are you Bob?

Bob: BatBow works alone, and FreddieFreeze works at Iceland.

Fred: You wait I'll get you yet BatBow.

Bob: Not at level 4 you won't.

Fred: We've been Scripted Gamers.

Bob: Batman rules.

Fred: Yes Bob, Goodnight.

Written by Adam Moran

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Adam Moran writes the Scripted Gamer column.

"Here, we find out what happens when theatre meets videogames. We will soon be hitting the road and performing our review scripts infront of a real living audience."

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