Eric Holmes Quotes

United Kingdom, Writer
October 16, 1974

Eric Holmes is a Scottish writer, creative director and videogame designer. He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and has worked for DICE since February 2015. He has also worked in comics, being the writer of IDW Publishing's miniseries The Transformers: Megatron Origin.

Also known as Creative Director, Game Designer

Black Mask is new money. He's rich. He's very, very powerful. He's made it. He's known for being brutal and sadistic. And particularly at this point in the Arkham franchise he has enormous resources. He is the number one gang leader in Gotham. And has easily the most power in the city.

Eric Holmes
- Money
- Power
- Leader
I'd like to do something impossible rather than just something historical.

Eric Holmes
- Impossible
- Historical

I think Anarky's age is right now. He looks like a street protester. He looks like Anonymous. He's like one of these guys who wants to go out there and change the world to what he believes is the better, and I think of all the Batman enemies, and one of the reasons I'm most excited about Anarky, is he feels relevant today.

Eric Holmes
- Change
- Enemies
- Reasons
There's a ton of potential to do something absolutely loopy with a world that you create and characters that you are literally surgically constructing.

Eric Holmes
- Create
- Characters
Shooting someone point blank still generates an explosion out of the end of a gun, even if the projectile is somehow ineffective.

Eric Holmes
- Gun
- Shooting
- Explosion
I would love to use the tools and technology to create a completely different reality with its own rules. And in doing so, create something that incorporates the ethical component more deeply into the experience.

Eric Holmes
As a designer, I love to explore user edge cases and figure out what appear to be rules.

Eric Holmes
- I Love
- Rules
- Designer