Video games, like all art forms, can make remarks about society.
And what if we told you that some games have already captured that Black Mirror energy?
Games that will leave you with heavy moral dilemmas about control and technology, blurring the line between them?
These titles could be turned into their own standalone, terrifying episodes.
But think about it: what if your life was controlled by an unseen force?
What if you were aware of your thoughts but had no control over your actions?
And what if, at any moment, you could be trapped in a pool with no ladder?
Free will is an illusion.
Entirely in the hands of someone who may or may not be benevolent.
If thats not a Black Mirror episode, what is?
7Superhot
Are You Really In Control?
At first glance, Superhot is just astylish FPSwhere time moves only when you do.
But beneath the minimal design lies something much darker.
Its an unsettling commentary on control free will, and the illusion of choice.
Its the kind of unsettling experience that would fit perfectly into a Black Mirror episode.
Artificial intelligence is at the center of these games.
Sounds like a familiar Black Mirror episode.
People can erase painful memories or modify the pastat a price.
But when corporations control memory itself, identity becomes fluid, and reality turns into a fragile construct.
4Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Upgrading Humanity (At What Cost?)
Cybernetic implants that enhance human abilities?
The question is: at what point do we stop being human altogether?
Watch Dogs dives into the dark side of mass surveillance, showing just how fragile digital privacy really is.
Its an episode of Black Mirror just waiting to happen, except maybe, we are already living it.
Citizens pop pills to stay blissfully ignorant of their grim reality.
Refuse to conform, and you are labeled a ‘Downer’ a fate much worse than simply being unhappy.
1SOMA
What Makes Us Human?
Copies of consciousness are created, raising ethical nightmares.
Death isn’t the only thing that is scary.
