While I’m still hoping to finish and publish a post about Harry
Osborn, a massive bushfire near my home has put the kibosh on that for the
moment. Fortunately, after my
last post about a possible reference, Reddit user RubbishBunny118
brought
to my attention a far more direct MC2 reference by Insomniac
in a side-quest mission of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Some minor spoilers for
the game ahead!
The ‘Spider-Spy?’ mission unlocks the Spider-Bot
collectibles, which are scattered all over the game’s playable map of New
York. On the Upper West Side, one of the three Spider-Bots
that can be discovered is the Spider-Girl Spider-Bot. Upon collecting it,
Peter
will remark ‘I don’t know what it is, but I just love this Spider-Bot.’
When viewing the Spider-Girl Spider-Bot in your
Collection, the description reads ‘Would you look at that—this one has May’s
favourite colours!’ The ‘May’ referred to is Peter’s Aunt May,
but this is no doubt a sly nod from Insomniac to Peter and Mary Jane’s
daughter!
The hunt for this little Spider-Bot helped take my
anxious and depressed mind of looming natural disasters for a little while, and
I don’t mind admitting it was the third-last one I found! Anyway, I appreciate
these references to the MC2 from Insomniac and I’m glad to see
they’ve apparently done their homework. Stay safe out there, everyone!
Until I catch up on my backlog of posts, I remain
frogoat