because they seem to forget being an ally also means being vigorously and repeatedly challenged, questioned and not trusted. And there are no fucking headpats, cookies or chin rubbings.

White folks are already no longer the majority of births. We are barreling towards being a majority-minority country, and white folks will lose their minds all the way until the moment that power goes away and they realize it’s really not as fucking bad as they feared.

It’s the whole: “but I can play this game on the gooooo.” I have all three platforms, abd ive double-dipped on games I already own precisely because I want to play it on my way to school/work. And I’ve definitely have hold up on buying a game when I know there’s a switch version coming out.

It’s my favourite FF game of all time, how very dare you.

Have you played Hollow Knight? That is a fantastic metroidvania.

They’re paying pennies to maintain servers. Don’t buy into that. 

Honestly I’ve got no beef with paying way less than I do for PSN to maintain servers and stuff, so I feel bad complaining about what essentially is a bonus, buuuuuuuuuuuut the game selection looks super weak.

+ 1 Ellone-induced flashback

That’s what happens when you rely on Guardian Forces

FF8 gets forgotten...

Did they really mentioned anything new for the online system?

I think you might be overlooking a few points that would further develop the NYPD in Spider-Man.

Partially this, yes. 

I’m pretty sure that the group working for Fisk is treated as an aberration instead of a systemic issue.  Case in point: they get arrested, and they get arrested immediately, and they don't get 3 days to get their stories straight.

That’s definitely a valid way to approach it. One thing I kept in mind as I played is something one of the game’s art directors told me at a press event. Which was that this is Spider-Man’s New York.

But I guess, for me, that still means I can ask questions about how that New York relates to the real one. I know not…

I’ve thought about that, for sure. There’s still a very clear delineation between how the game handles policing as a whole compared to the very brief moment we have to deal with Fisk’s goons.

Which is to say that I don’t really think the game engages with that in the most superficial way. I definitely acknowledge what…

Thanks for writing this. It’s not really a perspective I’ve taken the time to consider before. I’ve not really considered how authority is portrayed in our games, really, much less how it’s shifting. Likewise with the general portrayal of those who have been labelled by authority as in violation of the law.

My solution to reconciling all of this was to just treat it as another fantastical element of the setting. If I can buy that a guy can run on walls then I guess I can buy a world where the police deserve the level of trust the game gives them.

I’m not saying the entire crux of the article is wrong, but to say that cops are unimpeachable and make no mistakes is incongruous with the first mission of the game, where a group of corrupt officer attack Spider-Man.