If anyone can claim they'd been wronged by games, it would be Superman. In his extensive attempts at getting a worthy title of his own, the big blue scout has been placed in everything from platformers, to beat em' ups, to poorly envisioned open worlds. No developer has really managed to make the character all that great in a videogame, but that doesn't mean developers haven't come close. Superman: Rise of Apokolips was one of few titles to be released during the golden age of DC animation, and thus carried its art style, story-telling and voice acting into the gaming medium. It captured the look and feel of the Animated Universe wonderfully, despite the occasional technical glitch and spurious controls. The funny thing really is that this is the closest Superman's gotten to videogame glory. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game that captures Superman's flying well, but for every Rise of Apokolips there are about three Man of Steels (the 2002 Xbox release), Superman 64s or Superman Returns' - he really doesn't fare well when it comes to going digital. Hopefully this is set to change, but at this current moment, Rise of Apokolips is the best we've got.
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.
