Playstation is a Japanese company. Can’t you tell by the way Nathan Drake charismatically channels childhood hero, Indiana Jones? Can’t you envision the technological metropolis that the Playstation was born in as Spider-Man flips around the streets of New York? Doesn’t Kratos help you embark on a journey through the mythos of this country? As […]
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