#310: “Critical Update”

About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing Superior Spider-Man arc, focusing on Otto's struggles and Peter's digital consciousness.

The Superior Spider-Man arc continues as Otto does a terrible job imitating Peter Parker, a violent job of handling villains like Sandgirl, but a great job at making Miles suspicious and quitting Horizon. Meanwhile, the real Peter’s digital consciousness tries to save himself from deletion, and we talk about the many missed opportunities of this virtual world. Also… Big Wheel mentioned?! We’re watching Marvel’s Spider-Man (2017): Season 2, Episode 16: “Critical Update”. Website ⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us : @WallopingWebPod on ⁠ Bluesky ⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠wallopingwebsnapperspodcast@gmail.com⁠ Theme song features : ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

People in this episode

Host: Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective

Topics covered

• Spider-Man
• Superior Spider-Man
• digital consciousness
• virtual world
• villains
• animation
• comic book adaptations

Keywords

• Spider-Man
• Otto
• Peter Parker
• digital consciousness
• Horizon
• Sandgirl
• Marvel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective, Horizon, Bluesky, Instagram, HOME

Books & works: Marvel’s Spider-Man, Critical Update

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