Black Mirror: Striking Vipers Perfectly Shows How Video Games Can Express Identity
'Black Mirror: Striking Vipers' Shows How Games Can Express Identity
PRIDE's Jessie Gender talks about how that new, queer episode of Black Mirror encapsulates the way people use video games to express themselves.
In "Striking Vipers," one of the super queer episodes of the latest season of Netflix's popular sci-fi series Black Mirror, two men use their avatars in a virtual reality fighting game to explore their possible attraction to each other. But what message does this episode have about the way people of all sexualities and genders use gaming to express themselves and their identities?
Watch PRIDE's Jessie Gender break it all down in the latest episode of Nerd Out! And for more nerdy goodness, check out more episodes of Nerd Out here!