For all its joy, the modern landscape of has a shadow side.

Moreover, the narrative complexity of modern games— Red Dead Redemption 2 , Elden Ring , God of War —rivals prestige television. The difference is interactivity. In a game, you do not watch Arthur Morgan die; you experience it through choice and consequence. This interactivity is bleeding into other media: Netflix’s "Bandersnatch" and choose-your-own-adventure specials are a direct attempt to gamify television.

(April 3): An A24 romantic thriller starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as an engaged couple whose relationship unravels just before their wedding. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy