Spider-Man PS4 New Trailer: 12 Things Everybody Missed
5. Martin Li (Mister Negative) And Peter
Insomniac
We've known for some time that Martin Li - the villainous Mister Negative himself - would be the ancillary antagonist of Insomniac's Spidey title, but the latest trailer provided some more insight into the character and, perhaps more importantly, his relationship with Peter.
We all know that Li is a New York businessmen with major altruistic tendencies, and while the duplicitous nature of his Negative persona will no doubt be unravelled come the game's release, we're equally curious to see how close his ties are to Parker's civilian life. No less than three key Spidey characters will be setting up shop to help Li's charitable endeavours, which raises the steaks and then some, providing there's enough tragedy to his story.
We now know that Pete will also speak to Li in the events preceding the character's explosion onto the NY villain scene as Mister Negative, but what's more interesting is how F.E.A.S.T. will come into play later on. It can't be all that righteous an organisation, especially with Li's criminal connections, and if May and Miles get involved, expect that Li-Parker tension to escalate big time.
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.
