Uncanny Valley

So, I listened to the uncanny valley podcast. It was pretty interesting. I'm certainly familiar with the concept of the uncanny valley, it comes up a lot when talking about modern video games. Most characters in realistically rendered games fall into this valley for one reason or another. It's usually something subtle. For example, I found many of the characters in Batman: Arkham Asylum a little off, mostly because of the eyes I think. Other characters, like the Joker, were alright because the Joker's facial features are exaggerated enough that the not-quite-real factor didn't really come into play. I want to say there was something slightly off about Batman in that game as well, but I won't because...well, because it's Batman.