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Here's the "Arkham City" video game redesign in order to have Harley showing more skin:
I'm quite impressed that DC editorial looked at that and thought "Psst... prudes. What are the hookers in Grand Theft Auto wearing these days?"
I actually like the drawing itself, and some aspects of the costume are cool if you absolutely must go "hardcore" (I really have no idea what Harley is like in the regular DC universe anyway.) But the sluttiness of it is way over the top... It looks like she stole the outfit from that comic book publisher who does the fairy tale characters in lingerie on all of their covers.
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Video games exercise more discretion than many DC Comics, as until recently DC didn't use any indications to distinguish mature audiences content, and lost face over such instances as the F-bombs in All-Star Batman and the "ignis coitus" scene in Eric Wallace's Titans.
I should also note that I absolutely loved Batman: Arkham Asylum and await Arkham City with baited breath. It was like Rocksteady filtered all the best parts of Batman through choice parts of Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid. (Okay, maybe that last one is overstating it, but still...)
