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    Review: PlayStation 5's 'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' and its complicated cop feelings

    by Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times Nov 16, 2020 4 minutes

    Beneath the spritely and nimble action-adventure video game "Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales" — essentially a showcase of what the new PlayStation 5 can do — there is the nagging sensation that innocence will soon be shattered.

    The game is set in pre-2020 New York, but it includes moments of cultural and societal tensions long experienced by many but which came to the fore this year.

    Early, we see a privatized military force turn its guns on the teen hero of Puerto Rican and African American descent, his hands raised as bystanders turn on their smartphone cameras. It's a chilling scene, recalling a number of the events that led to this year's nationwide Black Lives Matter protests. Tragedy, in this

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