Pragmata, Capcom’s new sci-fi third-person shooter, is set on the moon, but a decent chunk of the early game takes place in New York City’s Times Square. Well, not the real Times Square, but a 3D-printed version using special moon-based technology. It’s very similar to the real thing, with yellow cabs populating its streets and gigantic billboards peering down at astronaut Hugh and android Diana. But there are some key differences that make it so much better than the one a short train ride away.

Ask any New Yorker about Times Square, and they will sneer in disgust. No one who lives in the city goes there willingly, unless the AMC on 42nd Street is the only one showing a new film you want to catch at the only time you’re available. Instead, we scuttle around beneath Times Square, too cautious and experienced to show our noses in the tourist trap. Traveling to Times Square is often a requirement for getting elsewhere in the city, as so many of the MTA’s major train lines intersect there.

Why do we detest going to Times Square? Tourists. So many........

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