Squid Game Fans Can Soon Play Squid Game For Real, Which Should Turn Out Fine


Admittedly, the ability to fully enter the world of “Squid Game” complete with pastel colored stairs and Younghee the Red Light, Green Light doll is pretty cool, but it does seem to betray the anti-capitalist heart of “Squid Game” to pay money in order to play traditional playground games that were used to determine whether or not someone was going to walk away with millions of dollars or be killed on the spot. The issue here is not the existence of Immersive Gamebox (which looks fun as hell), but the fact “Squid Game” is all about dismantling the establishment and highlighting the ways wealth and greed force those in poverty to extreme lengths to survive. Perhaps they should look at the possibility of an “Is it Cake?” experience where users get to scream at the cakes on screen for points, instead of just terrifying their neighbors from the comfort of their couch.

Netflix allowing Immersive Gamebox to use the “Squid Game” IP is the latest in their continued effort to expand their reach outside of streaming. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix is also bringing an official “Stranger Things” immersive experience to New York, London, and San Francisco, and a “Bridgerton” experience (called The Queen’s Ball) to Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Chicago. I doubt we’ll be seeing a “Netflixland” theme park any time soon, but it seems like we’ll be seeing more of these themed immersive pop-up events in the future.



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