Virtual reality Batman game turns you into the Caped Crusader

I’m Batman. I’ve waited years – since the release of 1989’s Batman – to say those words and mean them. Considering that I’ve spent the bulk of my professional life writing rather than building a superhero’s physique, it seemed unlikely, save for Halloween, that such a day would come.

It has.

Virtual reality, long the stuff of science-fiction films and, more recently, cute but largely forgettable mobile phone accessories, has arrived.

The timing couldn’t be better. Whether it’s the outcome of the political season or simply the results of October baseball, many of us this time of year may feel the need to don a headset and escape to our own private Disneyland.

So, at long last, I’m Batman.