Black Mirror is always up to something, and they went all out with Season 7, from individual episode posters and a big press tour to an incredible fake marketing campaign for the in-universe VR technology, called Nubbin. Fans are delighted that they also made a full video game, the same one that’s at the center of Episode 4, “Plaything.” Black Mirror: Thronglets is real, and it’s weird. A kind of 8-bit cocktail of Tamagotchi,Harvest Moon,Oregon Trail, and MS-DOS games, the game from the studio Night School and Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker mirrors the themes of “Plaything” by questioning the nature of power, individuality, and purpose. The description from Netflix reads as follows: