This all reminds me of William Gibson’s Peripheral. An event called the Jackpot finally tips the scales and causes a worldwide collapse that leaves America as a third world nation. But it wasn’t just the Jackpot, it was everything leading up to it. Corruption, lack of jobs, poverty, and a form of government they…

See, I saw the whole New Donk City thing a little differently, what with the humans culturally appropriating the Kong’s names and likenesses—and perhaps even their City! New Donk isn’t exactly fully human-friendly, after all. There are so many poles and high vantage points—the sorts of architectural touches that would…