The reveal, during Sony’s PlayStation Showcase, of another Insomniac game, Wolverine, was quite a moment. Four metal legs strapped to his back! For goodness’ sake, he may as well stitch himself a new suit composed entirely of fuzz, or one that equips him with fangs either way, it looks extremely silly. And what does Peter do? He creates a costume that dwells on the genetic disaster he narrowly avoided. Extra muscles, quicker reflexes, psychic tingling-and all without having to worry about getting a prescription for eight-lens spectacles, or to locate a tailor willing to whip up trousers that accommodate a cephalothorax. When you consider the many ghastly ways in which a radioactive spider bite could affect the human body, the convenience with which Peter Parker is graced only by eye-pleasing upgrades becomes laughable. At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I can’t be doing with this arachnabundance.

Still, “Spider-Man 2” works.Īll four of them. The subtitle, when applied to the zany and elasticated realms of Spider-Man, does have the chance to win our hearts I’m thinking of Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro, The Amazing Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers (for the Game Boy), and the wonderfully psychotherapeutic Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety, for the Sega Mega Drive, which made it sound as though Spider-Man and Venom were not battling for the dominance of New York but limping sadly through a messy divorce. As glorious as the simplicity is, I do feel the slight pang of a missed opportunity. Spider-Man 2 will, in fact, be the third game in the series, but that matters little. More than that, a number that invokes the best film and the best game in the franchise-before Insomniac came along, naturally. No subtitles, stretching and twanging off the end. Here I present a list of thoughts, hopes, dreams, rambles, takes, shakes, and who knows what else. Since the reveal trailer for Spider-Man 2, last week, my mind has been racing-fevered with thoughts of web-based entertainment, and all of its tangled possibilities.

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