One of the best but slightly overlooked easter eggs in Arkham Origins can be found in the Batcave, and it acts as a callback to one of - if not the - greatest Batman film ever made.
While exploring the cave, players can actually zoom in and spot two postcards addressed to Bruce Wayne sent from Rome and Paris respectively. Look closer, and you'll notice they've been sent by Andrea Beamount, a pivotal character in 1993's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
The Arkham series took a hefty deal of inspiration from Batman: The Animated Series, so fans got pretty excited when this easter egg confirmed that Andrea was in the universe somewhere.
Only time will tell if WB Montreal come back to this particular nod, but it would be fantastic to see their take on the Phantasm either way.
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.
