[thewriteguy]

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Originally Posted by Kernel

I would not consider any of the Arkham games children's games. I know lots of kids play them but the language is not for kids, they are violent, and you are doing things like investigating homicides and crime scenes. I'm sure lots of kids play them, but a lot of adults play video games too. It really is too bad they took out the articulation on harley, but hopefully she still has some good poses and maybe she can hold that mallet better (very important in Assault on Arkham),

Arkham Knight is certainly not for little kids nor is it marketed to children. I find it surprising that even still that the public doesn't "get" that most video games are in fact made for and marketed to adults.


This threatens to veer off toward another discussion, but I have noticed that "action figures" in general do not appeal to children these days anyway. This explains why Hasbro has been moving toward action figures that do not have many points of articulation -- going back to the era of the 1977 Star Wars action figures. Hasbro is trying to appeal to children and their budget-conscious parents. And it also explains the success of "interactive action figures" like the Skylanders series, which the kids love, but why the ReAction product line and crowd-sourced retro-style action figure prodcuts have been finding appeal among adult collectors. Bottom line: actual children today are just not into "basic" action figure toys.

In fact, I would argue that the interest in retro-style and collectible action figures is similar to that of interest in vinyl records.