Joe Jonas confirms he auditioned for the lead role in the 2012 blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man, ultimately losing to Andrew Garfield.

Joe Jonas recently revealed he almost played Peter Parker in 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man.

The singer-songwriter and actor discussed auditioning for the iconic role on a recent episode of Variety’s “Just for Variety” podcast. “I remember years ago I was in for Spider-Man and I was so, so excited and that was the year Andrew Garfield got him,” he said. . “Obviously it was the right one. But I remember it was a big thing at the time, coming back for encores and the director was a music video director. So I was like, ‘I’ve got one here . But you know what ? I love the process of auditioning, showing up and having to prove yourself.”

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As Jonas notes, British-American actor Andrew Garfield eventually landed the role of Spider-Man. Garfield recalled being cast as a wall-crawling superhero in a recent interview, saying it was “a lot to take on” at just 26. He added that he “felt a danger” to himself when he signed up for The Amazing Spider-Man, due to the level of fame that comes with such a high-profile part. Despite this, Garfield said he felt ready to take on the burden of portraying Spider-Man, and already intended to return to the stage once his tenure as a crawler was over.

Andrew Garfield’s Method Approach to Spider-Man

Garfield’s love for the stage reflects his classical acting training, however, the star also uses more modern acting techniques. Notably, VFX supervisor Jerome Chen recently confirmed that Garfield brought an extreme method approach to the Gwen Stacy death scene during the amazing spider man 2. “I remember when they were shooting that scene, Andrew and [Gwen Stacy actor] Emma [Stone] we deliberately didn’t see each other for a week,” Chen said. “Andrew said, ‘I don’t want to see you! When you walk into that scene, you have to pretend you’re dead to me.'”

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Garfield’s stint as Spider-Man was seemingly over after Marvel Studios and Sony rebooted the franchise, with Tom Holland replacing him as Peter Parker. That turned out not to be the case, however, as Garfield appeared opposite Holland and their predecessor Tobey Maguire in 2021. Spider-Man: No Coming Home. Garfield’s participation in No coming home has reignited fan hopes that Sony will give the green light to the amazing spider man 3although the star herself continues to play down the possibility of that happening.

The Amazing Spider-Man is currently streaming on Netflix.

Source: Variety

Spider-Man is one of the greatest crime fighters out there, but unlike other superheroes such as Batman and Moon Knight, he’s not known for his undercover detective work. However, when his friend Daredevil asks for his help in catching a serial killer stalking New York nightclubs, he has no choice but to dress up and hit the dance floor. The married hero is forced to dance with dozens of strange women in clubs across the city in order to hunt the killer, and he struggles to navigate the singles scene long enough to complete his mission. Although Peter eventually succeeds in discovering his target, he is clearly more comfortable with the web than playing detective.

In daredevil (vol 1.) #305-306 (DG Chichester and Scott McDaniel), the blind vigilante is on the trail of the Surgeon General, a femme fatale who lures dance partners into her home, only to leave certain body parts short when they wake up. Swapping her miniskirt and high heels for hospital gowns, she drugs her victims and cuts up their organs to resell them on the black market. Realizing that most of the victims were partygoers, Daredevil enlists his then-married friend Peter to go undercover as bait. Spider-Man wonders why Hornhead can’t do it himself since he’s supposed to be a ladies’ man. He’s also not thrilled to inform his wife, Mary Jane, that he has to flirt with dozens of young socialites to catch a serial killer.

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Spider-Man’s Undercover Mission

Peter dons a fake cheese mustache to prevent anyone from recognizing him. It’s reminiscent of the Batman’s Matches Malone disguise that the Caped Crusader frequently uses to infiltrate Gotham’s underworld. While Batman is shrewd and cool while undercover, Peter is socially awkward and willfully annoys anyone he perceives as a threat to his sacred marriage vows. When he finally stumbles across the Surgeon General, it’s pure luck more than anything and the Wall-Crawler seems almost relieved to drop the charade.

The Surgeon General introduces herself as Angeline Kutter, but thanks to Peter’s spider-sense, he is immediately aware of her evil intent. Despite Parker’s shortcomings as a detective, one of the advantages he has over the Dark Knight is his keen sixth sense, which always alerts him to nearby danger. Kutter leads him to an isolated rooftop where she attempts to attack him, but Daredevil intervenes at the last moment. In the shadows, Peter can finally get rid of his ridiculous disguise and disguise himself as Spider-Man in order to help his horned friend.

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How Spider-Man and Daredevil stopped the Surgeon General

The Surgeon General flees, pushing his way through the nightclub crowd, leaving behind a trail of wounded and dying to distract the vigilantes. This only fuels the heroes’ determination to bring her down. When they eventually track her to a base of operations near the World Trade Center, they discover that she is just a member of a larger organization that specializes in illegal medical smuggling. Despite being attacked by gas, scalpels, and hypodermic needles, Spider-Man and Daredevil team up to take down Kutter and his associates.

The final showdown with the Surgeon General was arguably the easiest part of this jaunt for Spider-Man, as he could just sneak up and punch his foe. For the introverted, goofy hero, clubbing and chatting with dozens of flirtatious singles is far more terrifying than any serial killer, goblin, or symbiote. In the decades since these issues were published, Peter has yet to don the fake mustache, but with his wedding magically undone thanks to Mephisto, maybe next time around will be a little less awkward.

It’s impossible not to associate Spider-Man with New York. The vast skyline is ideal for the web’s hero, and it’s served as his headquarters for as long as he’s been fighting crime. However, Peter Parker attempted to start a new life in a distant town on the other side of the country for a brief period. If this era is somewhat forgotten, it is revisited today in the Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt miniseries (by JM DeMatteis, Eder Messias, Belardino Brabo, Neeraj Menon, Cris Peter and Joe Caramagna), which revisits the interesting and unique time Peter spent in Portland after retiring and losing his powers.

The gripping story of how Peter ended up in Portland and lost his powers was told in Spider-Man: The Ultimate Adventure (by Fabian Nicieza and Darick Robertson). This four-issue miniseries was originally envisioned as a coda for Peter’s adventures as Spider-Man. This took place in the midst of the infamous “Clone Saga”, in which Ben Reilly temporarily took over the role of Spider-Man from Peter who believed himself to be a clone at the time. His wife Mary Jane was also pregnant, so the future couple retreated from the chaos that had defined their lives with the newfound belief that raising a child was the greatest responsibility of all.

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Spider-Man inadvertently created the monster known as Tendril

Peter specifically chose to work at GARID, the company that sponsored the experiment that initially gave him his powers as a teenager, to better understand how his blood chemistry might affect his unborn child. However, there, he discovers that the company is experimenting on terminally ill convicts, including River Verys, who suffers from a flesh-eating disease. The company’s synthetic skin treatment is a failure until Peter secretly mixes it with his irradiated blood. Rather than curing Verys, this turns him into Tendril, a grotesque spider-like creature that escapes GARID and roams the streets of Portland.

Peter realizes he has no choice but to come out of retirement and don the spandex again. Against Mary Jane’s wishes, he jumps into the night. In the absence of his web-shooters and web-enabled New York skyscrapers, Spider-Man is forced to use cables to move around the city. He confronts Tendril but discovers that his punches have no effect on him, and he must find a more creative way to defeat his opponent. When Tendril infects him with his flesh-eating disease, it becomes more urgent than ever that he capture Tendril and bring him back to the GARID labs. However, healing Tendril’s transformation can cost the Wall-Crawler everything.

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Is Peter Parker still a hero without his powers?

Back at GARID, the experiment to cure Verys has to be manually controlled by Peter which leaves him powerless. It’s no spoiler to say that Peter’s loss of power didn’t last long, and he soon crossed the familiar New York skyline again. In fact, Peter’s return had already been decided before this farewell arc was even printed, almost causing it to be canceled entirely. The editorial demanded that it didn’t end with the birth of Peter’s child as writer Nicieza originally intended and even asked that he not lose his powers. Having already compromised enough, Nicieza threatened to walk away unless Peter was at least allowed to become impotent by the end of the storyline.

However, Spider-Man: The Ultimate Adventure is more than a mere curiosity and succeeds despite the editorial turmoil and indecision that have hampered it. This miniseries is worth seeking out for its sharp dialogue, terrifying villain, and novelty of seeing Spidey operating in a different city, but it was never properly collected and is now hard to find. Tendril, in particular, had a fearsome look and power, and if he were resurrected today, he could serve as a more effective dark counterpart to Spider-Man than Chasm or Venom. It is also a suitable accompaniment piece for The lost hunt miniseries that takes place following Peter’s loss of his powers. Helpless and in search of greater meaning in his life, he may finally be able to answer a question he asked himself during The ultimate adventure – whether the man fills the suit or the suit fills the man.

Andrew Garfield, who played Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man movies, explains the pitfalls that come with playing the hero at a young age.

The Amazing Spider-Man Star Andrew Garfield has explained the danger that comes with playing the Wall-Crawler.

In an interview with GQ, Garfield opened up about his experience as an iconic Marvel character in Sony’s Spider-Man reboot when he was 26 years old. shit-ton to take. And I wanted to take it on,” he said. ” I was ready. I was so up for it. It didn’t feel heavy. But I think there were elements that felt very… I felt a danger to me, in terms of fame and exposure.”

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He continued, “Even as I took [The Amazing Spider-Man] on, I was like, ‘I want to make sure I can do Angels in America and Death of a seller in a few years.’ I want to be a theater actor first because it seems persistent. If I can do theater for the rest of my life in front of an audience of 50 people a night, I know my life is going to be satisfying. It’s not me being flippant – I really know that.”

Garfield headlining Marc Webb The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012 and its sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014. The sequel received largely negative reviews from critics and audiences, although a third film was greenlit by Sony and slated for release in 2016. These plans were later scrapped when Marvel and Sony made their deal for Spider-Man to appear in the Marvel. Cinematic Universe, a role inevitably played by Tom Holland.

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Garfield’s return to Spider-Man

While a third amazing spider man the movie was never made, Garfield reprized his role as Web-Slinger for 2021 Spider-Man: No Coming Home, which saw three generations of Spider-Man unite on the big screen. This included Holland, Garfield and Tobey Maguire. Since the release of No coming homemany fans have been hoping for Garfield’s return as a potential amazing spider man 3. In February, Garfield denied any rumors that he was planned to return in a future Spider-Man movie. “No plans, this is the truth,” he said. “Everyone is going to call me a liar for the rest of my life. I’m the boy who cried wolf.”

Garfield recently starred in the FX series Under the banner of heaven and said in April that he would stop acting once the project was released. “I have to recalibrate and reconsider what I want to do next and who I want to be and just be a bit of a person for a while. Because, as you know, it’s a washing machine, this awards season. I just gotta be a little ordinary for a while.”

Spider-Man: No Coming Home is now available on digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD.

Source: GQ

Generally, Spider-Man is known for two things: embarrassing himself and saving the day, but sometimes he manages to do both at the same time. This neighborhood wall-crawler makes his living on jokes and jokes, but he’s also often the butt of the joke. That’s what makes him so endearing.

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If Wolverine and Captain America were humiliated as often as Peter Parker, they would lose some of their cool factor. For Spidey, it’s just the opposite. Going through hardships, failing and rising again is why people keep coming back to Spider-Man comics. They are drawn to the clumsy teenager who isn’t perfect, but tries anyway. The downside for Spidey is that it means he’s often humiliated, even when he manages to win.

10/10 The Incredible #Spideywhiteys Incident

Amazing Spider-Man Vol.3 #1 (2014) By Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba and Edgar Delgado

Spidey had to cover himself in straps so as not to flash all of New York City while saving the day. It was Peter’s first day back in his body after coming back from the dead. He was still adjusting to all the changes that had happened in his life while Doc Ock was in control.

Looking for a simple crime-fighting gig to get back into the game, Spidey finds Skein and his gang robbing an auction. Skein uses his fabric manipulation powers to steal all of his clothes, saving the mask. While Peter saved the day, he failed to save his dignity.

9/10 This Embarrassing Punisher Team

Punisher Vol. 6 #2 (2001) By Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, Jimmy Palmiotti and Chris Sotomayor

Peter was used as a human shield by Frank Castle in one of their teams. Frank Castle is waiting for one of his enemies to show up when he encounters Spidey instead. He tells Peter to leave, but there’s no way the crawler is letting a killer like Punisher out in New York alone.

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When Punisher’s enemy shows up, he beats Spider-Man to a pulp. Frank takes advantage of Peter’s resilience by blocking every attack with Peter’s unconscious body, ultimately winning the fight.

8/10 Superior Spider-Man’s Embarrassing Viral Video

Superior Spider-Man #6 (2013) by Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba and Edgar Delgado

In a fight against two twisted villains, Doc Ock’s Superior Spider-Man is embarrassed for the entire internet. Superior Spider-Man is looking for Screwball and Jester. The two comedic supervillains make a living by humiliating public figures online and hacking into the accounts of people who watch the videos.

Doc Ock confronts the two, only to be punched in his nether regions on a live camera, followed by paint being thrown at his face. The Doc didn’t appreciate the humiliation and took it too far by nearly killing his attackers on live camera, but it didn’t really make the situation any better.

7/10 Spider-Man becomes the Bombastic Bag-Man

Amazing Spider-Man #258 (1984) by Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Josef Rubinstein and Bob Sharen

Spider-Man puts a bag over his head and fights crime at the same time. Peter discovers the nature of his black suit. Reed Richards reveals that his suit is an alien symbiote trying to merge with him. After a quick struggle to remove the suit, Peter is left naked and exposed.

Human Torch gives Spidey an alternate Fantastic Four costume and a paper bag to cover his head. Peter just has to go home with it. Unfortunately, he encounters some thugs along the way who shoot the cops. The Bombastic Bag-Man ends up fleeing the TV scene, leaving behind some of Peter’s pride.

6/10 Black cat vomits after kissing Peter Parker

Ultimate Spider-Man #85 (2005) by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, Scott Hanna and JD Smith

Black Cat and Peter had been flirting for a while, but when it came time to seal the deal with a kiss, she threw up her guts. Peter is knocked out of a window by Elektra in an intense battle between multiple factions.

Black Cat, whom Peter keeps trying to convert to the good side, battles Elektra. When the bad guys are pushed aside, Black Cat wants to thank Spidey for believing in her with a kiss. When she sees his face, however, she vomits. She was flirting with a teenager the whole time. Peter manages to rescue someone from the life of crime, but at what cost?

5/10 Spidey defeated by the Burbs

Amazing Spider-Man #267 (1985) by Peter David, Bob McCleod and Bob Sharen

Without skyscrapers, Spider-Man’s ability to get around is humbling. A criminal managed to get away from Peter, but not without a spider tracker attached. The next day, Spider-Man followed up, but the villain ended up in the suburbs.

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Turns out it’s really hard to get around when there aren’t tall buildings nearby. Spidey has a number of awkward encounters, mostly with civilians angry at his commotions. Eventually, a local garbage man takes pity on Spidey and helps drive him around the area. He eventually gets the criminal, but only after he lands a ton on his face.

4/10 Spider-Man punches himself in the face

Amazing Spider-Man #589 (2009) by Fred Van Lente, Paulo Siqueira, Amilton Santos and Jeremy Cox

The return of a bizarre B-list villain is marked by Spidey punching himself in the face. Peter is trying to find some dirt on a Russian crime boss when the Russians are murdered by one of Spider-Man’s former villains. Spot, a man with the power of teleportation, was back.

Spot manages to kill almost the entire Russian crew before Peter can do anything. Peter tries to finish the fight in one punch, but ends up punching himself in the face. He manages to save the Russian’s life (and put him in prison), but the fight has hardly been graceful.

3/10 Ultimate Spider-Man reveals his identity to the X-Men

Ultimate Spider-Man #44 (2003) by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, Art Thibert and Transparency Digital

Peter reveals his identity in front of the X-Men. Peter saves a delinquent with superpowers. The X-Men showed up at the scene believing the teenager in question was a mutant. Kitty invited him on their plane to meet Xavier. The offender panicked mid-air and blew up the plane in the process.

Now it was Peter’s turn to pass out. When he woke up, he wasn’t wearing a mask. He complained about everyone keeping finding out he’s Peter Parker, only to be told they didn’t know his name until he let it go.

2/10 Spidey gets bamboozled by Deadpool and a B-list villain

Avenging Spider-Man #12-13 (2012) By Kevin Shinick, Aaron Kuder, Matt Hollingsworth

Deadpool tricks Peter into breaking one of his B-Lists out of jail, while also getting him through his innermost embarrassments. Working with a minor villain called Hypno-Hustler, Deadpool invades Peter’s dreams.

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Deadpool tries to die and Mr. Hustler says he can do the job in exchange for a jailbreak. Peter eventually arrests them both and puts them in jail, but only after being bamboozled and embarrassed. This embarrassing victory was fortunately not as public as his other humiliating victories.

1/10 Peter and Mary Jane swapped their marriage with Mephisto

“One More Day” by J. Michael Straczynski, Joe Quesada, Danny Miki, Richard Isanove and Dean White

Peter manages to save his Aunt May from death, but at the cost of her marriage in the An extra day an event. The infamous storyline takes place after the events of Civil war. Peter’s identity has been revealed to the world, so all his enemies are after him. Literally.

A bullet aimed at Peter finds May instead. The only avenue to save her is through Mephisto. He is willing to save her life in exchange for Peter and MJ’s marriage. The two accept the offer, knowing they won’t be able to live with themselves otherwise.

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Earlier this year we saw the PlayStation 2 dungeon-crawler remaster Kowloon Youma Gakuen KiA.K.A Kowloon High School Chronicle, making its way to PlayStation 4 in English. Now it has its sights set on another home, as Arc System Works America has announced plans to bring the first-person RPG to Steam on November 10.

RELATED: Kowloon Highschool Chronicle is coming to PS4 in North America on March 26

The steam page is now live ahead of launch.

Story:

In Shinjuku, Tokyo, a young man appears as a transfer student at Kamiyoshi Academy. Although he looks like a normal student, he is actually a treasure hunter. His mission is to discover a mysterious ruin hidden deep within the school. Accompanied by his new school friends, he sets out to discover the mysteries of a super ancient civilization. However, many traps, monsters called “Kehito” lurking in the ruins, and the claws of the “student council” stand in his way! Build relationships with friends, solve puzzles, avoid traps, defeat enemies and uncover the great mysteries and treasures sealed beneath the school!

● Remastered graphics – Kowloon High School Chronicle is ushered into the modern era with remade high definition visuals and visuals that match the stunning character designs, challenging gameplay, and gripping story.

● Innovative conversation system – Players can express themselves throughout the game’s story via feelings and actions like a glare, a loving touch, or a weird lick. How the characters in the world see you depends on how straight (or crazy) players present themselves.

● Deep and challenging gameplay – Players can choose from a variety of different friends, allies, and classmates as they venture into the darkest dungeons in search of untold riches and more. Players are challenged to build their team carefully as they battle enemies and venture through dungeons to avoid a certain fate.

Kowloon High School Chronicle is also available on Nintendo Switch.

Source: press release

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Joseph Luster is the game and web editor at Otaku Magazine United States. You can read his comics at sub-humanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

Venom 3 found its director in Kelly Marcel, who previously wrote the screenplays for Tom Hardy’s first two outings as Sony’s lead character Spider Man Franchise Universe.

Director Ruben Fleischer directed the first Venom movie and officially kicked off Sony’s Spider-Man universe, a franchise made up of characters tied to the wall-crawling robot in the comics. Andy Serkis took over directing duties for the sequel, Venom: let there be carnage, but Marcel’s relationship with Hardy while writing and producing the two episodes obviously landed him the job of director for Venom 3.

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Deadline reports that Marcel will take on executive duties for Venom 3 while also serving as producer and writing the screenplay. Hardy has already announced that Marcel is returning to write the Venom 3 script earlier this year, and insiders say Marcel became the obvious choice to direct the film as the two began developing the story together. Hardy and Marcel would have agreed on the franchise from the beginning, and it continued as they agreed on how to wrap up the final chapter of the Venom film series. Of course, Marcel won’t be the only producer, as Hardy also takes on the role along with Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal and Hutch Parker.

Venom 3 plot details are under wraps at this time, and it’s currently unknown which (if any) of the previous two films will return alongside Hardy. Since Venom: let there be carnage hitting theaters, Sony’s Spider-Man universe added Jared Leto Morbius to the franchise, with Dakota Johnson’s Madame Web and that of Aaron Taylor-Johnson Kraven the hunter currently in various stages of production. Whether Leto’s Morbius, Johnson’s Madame Web, Taylor-Johnson’s Kraven the Hunter, or any other newcomer to the Spider-Man universe join Hardy’s Lethal Protector in Venom 3 is a mystery at the moment.

Of course, Sony may or may not want to see how Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter are received by audiences before making any crossovers. After Morbius flopped at the box office, there may not be much desire to see these characters meet on the big screen, especially given the Venom the films also failed to receive rave reviews, despite their box office success.

While some believe Morbius Proves Sony’s Cinematic Universe Will Fail, Others Believe That Venom movies are entertaining enough to have a strong framework for projects like Madame Web and Kraven the hunter Build on. Time will tell, but with Venom 3 set to be Hardy’s final outing in the role, Sony will have to step up its game when its most successful character (who isn’t Spider-Man) steps down.

Venom 3 is in development at Sony Pictures.

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Source: Deadline

Meta’s premium VR headset has a lot going for it.

Today marks the launch of the Pro Quest, the first in a new line of “high-end” VR headsets from Meta. The device is powered by an upgraded Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ chipset, offering 50% more processing power than the Meta Quest 2. There’s also eye and face tracking, color passthrough for mixed reality, and a suite of other interesting features.

There is so much to do that it can be a bit overwhelming. To help you get started with your new device, we’ve put together a small list of games, apps, and features that we recommend you try first.

Next generation workspace

The Quest Pro is designed to enhance or even replace your current workplace setup. As such, the device has a number of useful productivity tools. The Quest Pro pairs beautifully with Horizon work rooms, Meta’s VR coworking app. The open peripheral design makes it easier to work and communicate in virtual reality while remaining aware of your physical surroundings. Each Quest Pro also comes with a pair of stylus nibs that can be attached to the bottom of each Touch Pro controller to provide more realistic writing and drawing in VR.

Productivity apps like Immersed also benefit from the new hardware by allowing you to access multiple desktop monitors in mixed reality. There are also 3D art and design tools like VR painting and Gravity Sketch that allow you to develop and design in your real space. Whether you’re an artist interested in exploring a new medium or a web developer looking for a new way to collaborate with your colleagues, the Meta Quest Pro has a little something for almost every type of IT professional. creation.

Eye and face tracking

As mentioned earlier, the Meta Quest Pro features eye tracking and face tracking, bringing a new level of expression to the metaverse. These features are disabled by default. You will need to manually enable them in your settings. The quickest way is to visit the Explorer app in your app library and select “Enhance avatar movement”. You will then have the option to enable natural facial expressions and calibrate eye tracking.

The list of supported apps is short at the moment. That said, you can jump in Horizon work rooms, Meta’s VR coworking app, and show off your fancy new facial expressions to friends and colleagues. While it might seem like a relatively small update, these expressive avatars add a whole new level of immersion to the experience. While you’re in Horizon work roomstry the aforementioned stylus accessory for Touch Pro controllers to write and draw more comfortably in VR.

mixed reality games

The Meta Quest Pro is advertised primarily as a versatile design and collaboration tool, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun yet. In addition to supporting the entire catalog of Quest 2 games and apps, the Quest Pro offers a growing range of interactive mixed reality experiences powered by the aforementioned color passthrough technology.

We’ve already tried a handful of interesting games and apps that make excellent use of technology. This includes Worlda GeoGuessr-type of application that allows you to explore exotic locations around the world in mixed reality or as 360 degree photos and Figmin XRa sandbox experience that lets you populate the real world with 3D models, animated GIFs, and various other digital content.

More content is coming out every day. Existing games such as Resolution Games’ VR dungeon-crawler Demoo and realitys.io’s VR puzzle game confusing places are even better at color passthrough. Schell Games has also launched I Expect You to Die: Home Sweet Homea new mixed reality mini-mission based on the popular VR series.

We’ve only had a few days with the headset so far. As we continue to discover all that this fantastic material has to offer, you can expect our list of recommended activities to grow over time.

The Meta Quest Pro is available now for $1499 via the Meta store in 22 countries as well as Best Buy and Amazon in the United States. Each headset comes with two Touch Pro controllers, two pen tips, two partial light blockers, charging dock, 5W USB-C power adapter, and front cover.

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Image Credit: Bob Minkin for Meta

Spider-Man, the world’s favorite creepy hero, has been known for his jokes almost since his conception. However, across the Marvel Multiverse, the Spider-Men have been the butt of jokes almost as often as they have been pranksters. Sometimes the funniest thing about the characters is the clothes they wear, including plenty of clumsy and misguided attempts to alter the formula of 1962’s classic red and blue Spider-Man suit.

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All superheroes and their costumes are absurd when brought into the real world. The extent to which a superhero costume is a joke depends a lot on the artists portraying it. However, some of Spider-Man’s more unusual looks were also intentional jokes, albeit usually jokes made at Wall Crawler’s expense.

10/10 The original Scarlet Spider drew on a ripped hoodie with magic marker

The 1990s were a time of excess in the American comic book industry. Variant cover editions commanded high prices in direct market specialty stores and the industry tried to capitalize on this trend by creating more variant covers. This fueled a speculative market which, in turn, fueled a temporary boom in the industry. New characters with new costumes arrived regularly.

Scarlet Spider’s costume has been regularly attacked as a joke and defended by nostalgic fans. The do-it-yourself aesthetic of the outfit is pretty fun in its own way, but it’s also cheap. It’s the kind of costume a fan could make but not something a hero should wear.

9/10 Cyborg Spider-Man Was Just Erik Larsen Playing With Readers

At the end of the main story Spider Man #20 from 1992, Spider-Man’s enemies the Sinister Six beat him badly and left him bleeding in a filthy warehouse. When he woke up, he needed cybernetic implants to get back to fighting crime. At least, that’s how it appeared.

However, this was just a joke played on the Webhead and his fans. The cybernetic arm was a decorative cast and its “new eye” was just a modified bezel. Erik Larsen, the writer/artist of the book, pulled out a bait and cover switch. Readers certainly thought Peter had been maimed, just like Spider-Man himself. In retrospect, even the title of issue #21 makes the joke clear: “Dealing Arms.”

8/10 Ricochet looks like a gymnast in a goth phase

During the 1998 “Spider-Hunt” storyline, Peter Parker dodged a bounty on Spider-Man’s head while fighting crime in new suits. In the “Identity Crisis” storyline, he adopted four new heroic personas to follow four different crime-fighting leads.

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One of Peter Parker’s four new suits was designed for optimal movement, as Peter used his spider-like agility to bounce off walls. Here he was called Ricochet and wore a loud blue and white leotard under a leather jacket. It wasn’t Spider-Man’s finest fashion moment, and he never wore that ridiculous costume again after the story ended.

7/10 Spider-Man’s First Outfit in Amazing Fantasy #15 Was Weird and Boring

When Spider-Man first appeared in 1962 amazing fantasy #15, his story was dramatically framed as nerdy Peter Parker gained great power and discovered great responsibility. Seeing Peter exclusively in ordinary clothes, even when he first used his powers in a professional wrestling match, helped readers relate to the character.

The comic was created via the Marvel method, with a loose plot fleshed out by the artist. Records are nearly nonexistent, so it’s hard to say who came up with the idea for Spider-Man’s professional wrestling look. It could have come from Stan Lee’s writing or Steve Ditko’s art, but that quirky “Spider-Man turtleneck and bottom” definitely made the Wall-Crawler’s beloved red and blue suit look a whole lot better in comparison.

6/10 Tobey Maguire’s Original Wrestling Outfit Was Even More Dorkier

When the first Spider Man Released in theaters in 2002, Tobey Maguire’s performance as the nebbish Peter Parker was universally hailed as compelling and comic-accurate. He responded to an ad for a wrestling match with a prize for the winner, hoping to cash in on his newfound powers, recreating his origin story from amazing fantasy #15.

The spray-painted sweatshirt, balaclava and work gloves didn’t inspire much confidence. Bruce Campbell’s ring announcer must have mocked the lean weirdo stepping into the ring to take on the hulking Bonesaw. It’s unclear where the redesigned Spider-Man outfit he donned later in the movie came from, but it was definitely an improvement.

5/10 Spider-Man 1602 looks like a teenager’s idea of ​​Elizabethan England

Marvel Comics approached world renowned writer Neil Gaiman with an open opportunity in 2001. The resulting project, Wonder 1602, is set in late Elizabethan England and its American colonies. Released in 2003 and drawn by Andy Kubert, it features a helpless version of Spider-Man named Peter Parquagh appearing alongside other heroes born 400 years too soon.

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Near the end of the series, Parquagh is finally bitten by a spider, just like in the classic Spider-Man origin tale. In a 2005 sequel titled Marvel 1602: New World written by Greg Pak and drawn by Greg Tocchini, he receives spider powers and debuts as a spider in his own red and blue costume with a Shakespearian grindstone collar. It was a wild, non-heroic fashion statement at best.

4/10 Spider-Man 2211 looks like a B-movie monster costume

By the early 1990s, Marvel Comics had an entire publishing line projecting its fictional universe a century ahead. Writers and artists created new characters to inhabit the world of Marvel 2099. Towards the end of this experiment, Peter David wrote and Rick Leonardi drew a comic book one-shot titled simply Spider-Man 2099 meets Spider-Man.

At the very end of this time travel story, the Spider-Men of both eras were suddenly visited by another Spidey: Spider-Man 2211. The character implied a larger legacy for Peter’s life story. Parker but didn’t have many pages. and probably didn’t deserve much design prep. The result was wonderfully ridiculous.

3/10 Hard web spider armor barely lasted ten minutes

During Terry Kavanagh’s “My Enemy’s Enemy,” a mob war in New York is in danger of breaking out and one party has chosen an all-robot crew. Alex Saviuk has designed a new Spider-Man costume for this menace, advertised on the cover as “The All-New, All-Daring Spider-Armor”. It wasn’t meant to last more than an issue, but that made it extremely disappointing.

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The spider armor is mostly a joke for the fans. The fact that the suit was featured on the cover of Spider-Man web #100 with special bright green foil material made it worse. Putting together a new costume that was only nine pages long was a ridiculous disappointment.

2/10 Spider-Man: Far From Home’s Nocturnal Monkey Costume Was Hilarious

Spider-Man: Far From Home is probably the funniest film featuring the famous web hero to date. It’s funny from the start, with a fake Nick Fury hijacking Peter Parker’s European class trip and forcing him to moonlight as a spy. To avoid danger to his secret identity, with Spider-Man appearing in Europe at the same time as Peter, he wore some black outfit provided by Fury.

At a climactic moment in Prague, the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s Ned Leeds and Betty Brant saw him as he saved them. Ned covered for Peter by calling him a “European version of a con” named Night Monkey. Audiences loved the gag enough that Night Monkey was the focus of several internet memes.

1/10 The Bombastic Bag-Man is still a fun joke

For over 38 years, Spider-Man fans have laughed at a moment in Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz. The Amazing Spider-Man #258. Johnny Storm dispatched Peter Parker in an old Fantastic Four uniform and a paper bag. Johnny’s brilliant teammate Reed Richards had just solved the mystery of Peter’s alien symbiote costume and Peter Parker had nothing to wear at home. Of course, he ended up foiling a crime on his way home.

The resulting identity, Bag Man, was short-lived but hilarious, with reporters asking Peter if he was joining the Fantastic Four. Completing the joke, Storm even taped a “Kick Me” sign on Spidey’s back. It was literally a prank and it’s still funny almost 40 years later.

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