There's a new superhero playable villain coming to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. A dude named Carnage will be available as downloadable content in the near future. Since I'm not much of a comic book guy, I look at Carnage and think, "Hey, that guy's already in the game. But he's black and he's named Venom. What gives?"

While I could just read the Carnage Wikipedia page to find out what makes one alien symbiote suit different from another, I'm not really interested in that. I want to know how he's going to work in the game. Developer Vicarious Visions obliges me with an extensive blog entry, in which different members of the team talk about adding Carnage. For instance, lead animator Adam Olshan seems to know what I'm thinking.

We really wanted to make sure we didn't make another Spider-Man or another Venom. It was really important that we make Carnage as unique as possible, especially in the way that he moved and the way that he attacked.

The entry describes one of Carnage's powers as shooting spikes out of his body. He can turn his hands into axes. His suit is constantly moving, with a writhing ribbon-like effect. So now I look at Carnage and think, "Hey, that guy's already in another Activision game. It was called Prototype. What gives?"