As the stakes of the choices we make for our protagonist go higher, the lines between his reality and the game’s multiple pathways begin to blur. With Bandersnatch and its arguably gimmicky interactive format, creator Charlie Brooker has somehow made the most philosophically disturbing and possibly the most fun episode of his magnum opus Black Mirror. Instead, the lines have literally blurred and its impact has extended across the ‘Black Mirror’ of our screens: to the viewers. Black Mirror has explored the gaming idea in an earlier episode titled Playtest. However, its multiple pathways and interactive nature takes us way beyond what Playtest could.

Source: The Express Tribune January 05, 2019 08:48 UTC