I consider myself a zillennial, but most of my friends in the same age range identify as millennials because they’re normal people who don’t define what generation they’re in by which chronically-online memes they understand. I was born early enough to post the words ‘epic fail’ on Facebook, late enough to understand how TikTok and the various trends that proliferate on it, and I am far too old to understand what Skibidi Toilet is or have any impulse to find out. It is precisely because I am online that I know what it means to be cheugy, that most of my slightly older cousins would be considered cringe by someone in their early 20🔯s, and that I could easily cross the line into full-blown cringe if I post an outdated meme on my Instagram 🐽story, too.
Caring about this indicates a vanity in me that I don&r𝕴squo;t like; a desi🐬re to cling to relevance and have the respect of the cool kids. This is made even more desperate and pitiable by the fact that, in comparison to me, those cool kids are literally children, while I am a taxpaying adult who should be above the fear of being cringe. My favourite meme to send people is Pepe the Frog (outdated) standing on a boulder overlooking gigantic rock formations peeking out of a thick layer of mist – overlaid are, in Comic Sans, the words “Do not kill that part of you that is cringe… kill the part that cringes.” Every day, I try to remind myself that sincerity is a gift, my earnestness is a boon and not a bane, and it’s okay if one day I say something that makes a 20-year-old roll their eyes. It’s inevitable that I will be cringe too, one day.
There's Nothing Like Spider-Man 2's Photo Ops To Make You Want To Move To NYC
I’m falling for the New Yorker propaganda
But damn it, that day is not today, and I am going to explain exactly why Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2 made me cringe with Peter Parker’s millennial-ness. This isn’t something that struck me in the first game, but the realisation started to creep up on me as I kept playing. Maybe it’s because getting older has only made me conscious of my own generational tics, but every time Peter described something as “epic” or wore the most boring white boy millennial outfit of a flannel over a t-shirt next to Miles Morales, who is always comparatively dripped out and actually has style, I wanted to scream. Not only is he a millennial, but 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:he’s the boring kind. Boo, Pete, boo! At least tuck in your s🌄hirt, ꧅you nerd!
It’s not like Insomniac can’t do character design – Miles is miles (sorry) cooler, and the way he interacts with people is distinct from how Peter does. The divide is intentional, and completely in line with their characters. I was taken by the way Miles says goodbye to Peter at a distance after Peter gets fired at the end of the introductory sequence, with a sad salute-peace sign combination that struck me as extremely Gen Z. Miles says “bro” instead of “dude&r✤dquo;, and asks Ganke if they can “dip” instead of leave. It’s a conscious effort on Insomniac’s part to make him sound younger and different from Peter, making them even more separate as Spider-Men than they already are.
And it works – it’s effective character design, and it mak𝔉es me feel like my cringe-free days stretch long into the future. I’ve never had a video game make me think so much about getting older and staying youn🍰g, and I’m hoping there isn’t ever another.
There's No Going Back To Arkham's Traversal After Marvel's Spider-Man
It's no surprise Rocksteady's Suic𝕴ide Squad is leaning into traversal considering how poorly Arkham's open world has aged.
