Actually, it’s quite possible that there was no fire involved. It might not even have been cosy, to be completely honest. What is for sure, though, is that Graeme Boyd from Computer & Video Games recently got together with the lead designer of City of Heroes and asked him about everything from the appeal of costumed heroes to the importance of customisation:

From the very start we wanted to make sure that people could really realise the idea they had in their head of the superhero they would be. We felt that there was no-one else that hadn’t dreamed of being a superhero. You can jump right into City of Heroes and we give you everything: your origin is wide open and you can design your costume from the very start rather than us holding that off.

You can read the whole interview here.