So, it's stupidly late, and I've just finished inFamous a second time. Played through evil this time, and I have to say, the final boss fight is much more fun when you've had that extra bit of experience with the game. First time through I died like a million times, this time I didn't die once. All the dodging and tossing around of titanic powers made it like something out of anime; truly epic.

Anyway, superheros. I've never really got this genre of media myself. I'm not sure what it is, but something about them just annoys me. Previously I'd have guessed it was the nauseating amount of American patriotism that seems to go hand-in-hand with the genre, and that may still be true, but inFamous brought another point to light.

The main character is sometimes referred to as 'electric man' (or sometimes 'lightbulb man', depending on who is saying it). But he doesn't call himself either. He doesn't wear a lycra bodysuit with a bit 'E' on the chest, or any neon or bright colours at all. Most of the people on the street call him Cole, even; which is just as well seeing as that is his name.

I think maybe I could be interested if there were more stories like his. An ordinary person with extra ordinary abilities, who never dons a ridiculous spandex suit, and who lives in a world somewhat like ours; i.e. not full of other superheros and ludicrous villains.

... But probably not.