Video games appear to be seeping into the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. First, we had the opening ceremony, which featured music from various Japanese game franchises. Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter, and plenty more got a nod as athletes from competing countries walked into the stadium. It was pretty great.
Anyway, one athlete in particular has gaming on the brain. Kelly Claes, representing the USA in beach volley ball at the Olympics, was interviewed after her victory in the recent preliminary match, and it turns out she's been into a particular PlayStation title recently:
As shared above by Insomniac Games' senior community manager Aaron Jason Espinoza, Claes responded to the interviewer when he brought up her PlayStation she's enjoying in her downtime. "Spider-Man all day," she exclaims.
It's unclear if she's referring to Marvel's Spider-Man or Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, but it's likely to be one of Insomniac's efforts either way. Speaking of the studio, it also shared its glee at getting a mention at the Olympics:
As a self-professed "gamer girl", Claes is winding down outside the competition with titles like Spidey. He's not a bad hero to look up to, in fairness; he'd probably be fairly good at volley ball. No doubt she'll be shooting for the Platinum meda-- er, Trophy.
[source twitter.com]
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If she wins Gold they may get her a PS5.
Spidey-senses are probably very useful playing beach volleyball.
@TeapotBuddha I’m not sure how I never heard about that at the time. With how widespread the stories covering Ubisoft and Activision are, this one seems to have passed me by.
I mean who doesn’t not like spider man .
@TeapotBuddha I don't see what's so horrible about the story that they posted.
Haha, love this.
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@TeapotBuddha What can regular people do to solve this though? All that can be done is call them out. You can boycott products but you are then screwing over the majority of the workers trying to earn an honest living. The authorities need to listen to people in the first place so they don't have to resort to social media to resolve issues.
I love seeing more and more people from mass-media space being familiar with gaming culture. It's kind natural, cause both consoles and PCs have become much more affordable nowadays than they used to be some time ago. Maybe once gamers' generation grow up we will face quotes like "video-games cause violence and destroy humankind" no more.
BTW, Russian gold medalist in women 10 metre shooting had School of the Cat medallion from The Witcher 3 equipped, which brought her luck. Also claimed to love the series and RPG's in general.
@TeapotBuddha well, I guess if I'm suicidal after reading your comment, that automatically makes you a terrible person who treated me horribly.
Fantastic argumentation. Keep it up.
Let's get back on topic now, please.
@Talkshowhost sooo thats how you get one, lol, day 1 for I
And I'm having a lamb dinner tonight 👍👍👍🙂 sweet! Burps
Her teammate did not seem impressed hahahaha
@naruball You're clueless and part of the problem, this is a topic to be discussed rationally and with care, not to be argued and downplayed with internet bravado. Grow up and open your eyes before YOU become part of the problem (if you're not already) rather than the solution.
Watched gameplay vids but still not convinced I'll like this game I dunno. Spending all your time trying to avoid ground in some fancy suit like when I played Arkham City isn't too appealing. It's like tall buildings are all the environmental design you get to appreciate. Maybe one day I'll just buy it and see if I'd change my tune.
Guys, while I appreciate there's a discussion to be had about Insomniac Games' workplace issues, this isn't the venue for it I don't feel.
There are other places on the site where you can have that conversation if you wish. Any continuation of this discussion from this comment on will be removed.
Thanks a lot!
Big surprise. Not only the pro-athletes are too woke they are too lazy to play real games.
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