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Fans Are Loving the Pride Flag in the New Spider-Man PS4 Game
Fans Are Loving the Pride Flag in the New Spider-Man PS4 Game
There's a Pride-tastic Easter Egg in the new Spidey game!
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September 10 2018 2:31 PM EST
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Fans Are Loving the Pride Flag in the New Spider-Man PS4 Game
There's a Pride-tastic Easter Egg in the new Spidey game!
The new Marvel's Spider-Man video game for Playstation 4 was just released last Friday, and gaymers everywhere are freaking out (for good reason) over one of the game's surprising hidden gems: a rainbow-colored Pride flag.
\u201cWow. I stopped to perch on a building in #Spidermanps4 and looked over and saw this. \n\nThinking about all the 12-year-old kids who will be playing this game and seeing this in towns where it's not safe to put that flag up.\u201d— Saladin Ahmed (@Saladin Ahmed) 1536413582
The Pride-tastic Easter Egg (which The Mary Sue reports can be seen in various places in the game) was noticed by science fiction and fantasy writer Saladin Ahmed, and he took to Twitter to share the news.
"Wow. I stopped to perch on a building in #Spidermanps4 and looked over and saw this," he wrote, alongside a picture of Spider-Man next to the rainbow flag from the video game. "Thinking about all the 12-year-old kids who will be playing this game and seeing this in towns where it's not safe to put that flag up."
"Not saying that it's some radical move, but just as someone who came up 30 years ago playing Spider-Man video games with boys who constantly hurled homophobic insults at each other IRL this is...different," he continued.
Once Ahmed's tweet went viral, Spidey fans from all over voiced their support for the small but inclusive gesture.
\u201c@saladinahmed I love it\u201d— Saladin Ahmed (@Saladin Ahmed) 1536413582
\u201c@GeneticJen @saladinahmed I had to stop and appreciate this moment.\u201d— Saladin Ahmed (@Saladin Ahmed) 1536413582
\u201cI just saw a comment from someone who thought a pride flag being in Spider-Man was "ruining" the game for them. \n\nGood. I hope it upsets them so much they can't look at Spider-Man without crying, the little shit.\u201d— Commander Stephanie Sterling (@Commander Stephanie Sterling) 1536594526
\u201cYou crazy kids, being shocked that Spider-Man can perch atop a gay pride flag in the new game. Don't you know the Parkers have been allies since before it was cool? (Words: @straczynski, Pencils: John Romita Jr.)\u201d— When There's Trouble You Call G.W. (@When There's Trouble You Call G.W.) 1536416462
\u201cSpider-Man man celebrates #LGBT pride.\n\n#SpidermanPS4\n@insomniacgames\u201d— s#i (@s#i) 1536557119
\u201cHey there it's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man reppin' for the LGBTQ+ & reminding y'all to have a safe Pride!\u201d— Everybody in Space is Gay (@Everybody in Space is Gay) 1536546090
Marvel's Spider-Man (Sony Interactive/Insomniac Games) is available now wherever video games are sold.
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.