SAMUEL ROBERTS
His hero shooter spirit animal is a feisty talking teacup sniper.
PHILS AVAGE
Mains Scout in Team Fortress 2, and so clearly has no taste.
Samuel: Hero shooters, then, Phil. Or indeed any competitive game with a wide range of wild and wacky character designs. Clearly this is one of the biggest genres on the planet, and some of these characters resonate deeply. Overwatch’s Tracer, for example, is one of the most strikingly different, original, and iconic hero characters I’ve seen in the last few years. But for every hit, there are a few misses. Take Winston, for example. He’s a (presumably articulate) gorilla wearing glasses. What the hell?
Phil: Whoa there, Sam. Let’s not condemn an entire genre based on one erudite ape. I agree that the…
