Mirror's Edge: Catalyst - 10 Huge New Details You Need To Know About
9. Gabriel Kruger Is A Solid Antagonist
"Gabriel Kruger" - doesn't really sound like the name of someone who's all about fairness and companionship, does it? Visually and phonetically this is a character who wreaks of 90s villain syndrome; he's the head of an evil company, has his own hawkish private military firm, and enjoys heavy surveillance and the odd genetic experiment on his fellow human beings on the side. This makes him well suited for the position of Catalyst's main antagonist - a man that comes to personify and embody the evil of the corporations found within Mirror's Edge. Gamescom's demo even showed off what his white-clad assistant can do - giving off a very animatronic feeling to her combat role as Kruger's bodyguard. Could cybernetics also be a theme in Catalyst's story?
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
