Traveller's Tales first foray into the Batman franchise is arguably its best, and really only true Batman game they've made, considering both its sequels are more 'Justice League' than Batman in nature. The 2008 game sports Danny Elfman's iconic score from the 1989 film, but instead of following past lego games in imitating films alone, TT decided to pool together all aspects of the character's lore into one, creating a unique story of their own too. Said story allowed players a shot at playing as both Batman and his enemies, and I have to admit, the rogues' campaign is a lot more enjoyable, if not for their animated quirks being more easily identifiable than the heroes'. Its sequels suffered from unfleshed open worlds and being unable to sever their ties from the character itself, but the first is still a fun romp that takes a spot among the very best Lego games we've seen so far.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
