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[ID: Gif of Miles Morales and Peter Parker in the Spider-Man PS4 game. Miles is upside down on the ceiling. Peter grins, crouches, and jumps, spinning in tight circles. He then clings to the ceiling and comes face to face with Miles. He smiles again. End ID.]

"Not that weird."

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[ID: A gif of the PS4 Spider-Man game, showing Peter Parker and Otto Octavius facing each other, with Peter seen from behind. He’s wearing the Anti-Ock Spider-Man Suit, which is black and metallic with a big yellow spider on the back. Otto is using his four robotic arms to slowly lift himself up off the ground, so that he towers over Peter in a confident stance. The gif has a filter over it that nearly makes it grayscale. End ID.]

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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales launch trailer

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Who cares about Felicia, Hammerhead, or Yuri? The most compelling story in the Spider-Man DLC is Peter's efforts to call those things "Digboys".

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Andrew Reiner and creative director Brian Horton discuss Miles’ powers in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

transcript under the cut

[The video opens with music from the game playing over the Game Informer logo.]

Andrew Reiner: And Miles is uh, a year into being... a Spider-Man, right? Like, not even a hero yet. Right? Like, he's just kinda learning the ropes. Uh, we see a big beat at the beginning of this game where he develops a new power. Can you kinda talk about that moment a little bit?

Brian Horton: Yeah, we wanted to make sure none of Miles' iconic powers manifested offscreen. Right. That's something we wanted to see. So, we knew he was gonna be getting used to being a webslinger. You know? He wasn't going to have the same prowess as Peter Parker, but we knew he was going to at least be at a place where he could swing and he could do the combat and, uh, basically a lot of the same functions that Peter has.

So what we wanted to do was create these emotional moments - these moments that sort of forces Miles to change. 'Cause we really see this as a coming of age story and he's going to grow as a character. And this is one of those seminal moments where Peter is uh, on- on his back foot. He's- He's having a hard time, and he's down. And Rhino has got him on the ropes. And Miles just has to summon something from within, to protect his mentor.

And that's when the bioelectricity surges through his body, and then we have this really iconic punch that- that Miles lands on Rhino. And that changes his trajectory of becoming his own Spider-Man.

[As Horton speaks, gameplay begins to show what he’s describing; Miles is standing outside when his spidey sense goes off. He turns in time to see Peter fly through the wall of a nearby building. He hits another wall and collapses, with his suit tattered. Miles runs to his side, but Peter stays slumped on the ground. Meanwhile, Rhino begins to slowly approach from the hole in the wall created by Peter’s body. Then Horton stops speaking, making way for the game’s audio:]

Peter: *groans*

Rhino: This Spider-Man is broke. I would like to exchange for new one. Ah. This one will do. *shouts as he throws himself into a battle stance*

Peter: *weakly* Miles. Get outta here.

Rhino: *grunts, preparing to fight*

Miles: No. Back- The hell- Up!

[Miles’ hands begin to crackle with bright yellow electricity. And as he shouts, him and Rhino charge towards each other. Miles leaps into the air and, with a flash of light, delivers a powerful blow to Rhino’s face. Rhino collapses with great force, and Miles proceeds to examine his own hands. Horton speaks again.]

Horton: Peter trusts Miles, and what Miles has to learn is: "I have a suit, but what does it really mean to be a hero?" And that's what our journey's about. He has skills, he has the powers. But he has to figure it out what his version of that- of that mantle really means to him.

[The video cuts to black and the music plays again.]

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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Photo Mode

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image descriptions under the cut

Medical journals, huh?

from Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover

[ID: Image 1: An excerpt from the novel which reads,

SURE enough, Harry was home. It just proved that he really had no idea what he wanted, or how to get it. Here he was, a good-looking 22-year-old heir to billions, alone in his apartment on a Saturday night—reading medical journals. Sure, he’d never really been a party boy, but this was dreary even by Harry’s standards.

There are light blue boxes around “alone in his apartment on a Saturday night-reading medical journals” and around “this was dreary even by Harry’s standards.” to indicate their importance.

Image 2: Another excerpt that reads,

“You thinking about medical school?” Peter asked as he took a seat. Harry’s apartment was four times the size of Peter’s and furnished with things people bought in actual stores. Truth be told, though, Peter had a certain fondness for New York’s curbside treasures. The thrill of the hunt and all. Harry shrugged as he poured Peter a glass of flavored seltzer.

“Just considering my options.”

Peter took the glass as Harry sat down across from him. It had to be hard, in its own way. Much of Peter’s life had been dictated by what he felt like he had to do—to use his abilities wisely, to learn as much as he could, to pay the rent, to avoid disappointing the people who cared about him. Perhaps it was paralyzing, having everything handed over on a silver platter.

“Maybe you could look at some med schools in Europe?”

“Maybe,” Harry replied noncommittally. Then he laughed. “Listen, Pete, stop pretending—I know perfectly well why you’re here,” he said. “We’ve been

The rest of the final sentence is cut off and there are blue boxes around “Harry shrugged as he poured Peter a glass of flavored seltzer. ‘Just considering my options.’” and around “’Maybe you could look at some med schools in Europe?’ ‘Maybe,’ Harry replied noncommittally.”

Image 3: A meme of a monkey puppet looking away nervously. End ID.]

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[ID: A screenshot of Peter Parker in the remastered PS4 game trailer. He has a different face, and he looks more like Tom Holland’s Peter now. That includes looking very young.

Below Peter is a YouTube comment that reads, “What Breed is he?” and a reply that says, “Just a little boy.” End ID.]

I’m not done complaining about this, actually.