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- Squid Game: The Challenge (2023–present) The original Squid Game painted an appropriately bleak portrait of capitalism by showing poor contestants competing for cash, even though all but one of them will die.
- The Great British Bake Off (2010–present) The Great British Baking Show might be the most relaxing contest ever televised. Eschewing the bitter fighting and melodrama typical of other reality programs, this friendly competition instead features lighthearted hosts and hopeful contestants who only fight for glory.
- Wipeout (2010–present) Sure, it’s nice to see some of the biggest brains in the world compete over trivia questions. Every now and then, though, we’re in the mood to see contestants navigate a bonkers obstacle course from hell for $50,000, and that’s the kind of unique pleasure Wipeout delivers.
- The Devil’s Plan (2023) The Devil’s Plan has a little bit of everything. This South Korean series alternates between competitive and collaborative contests, and challenges run the gamut from board games and card games to memory tests and social deduction.
- Mythic Quest, Apple TV+
- Players, Paramount+
- Video Game High School, Web Series
- The Guild, Web Series
- Pure Pwnage, Showcase
- Dead Pixels, E4
- Reboot, YTV
- Rebeoot: The Guardian Code, Netflix
- Deadly Games, UPN
- Jpod, CBC Television
What happens behind the scenes at the offices of your favorite MMORPG? The show takes a comedic fictional peek behind the curtain as we follow the staff of a video game studio producing the MMORPG juggernaut, Mythic Quest. From the mind of creator Charlie Day, the show uses humor to illustrate the stress behind world-building and the pressure of ke...
League of Legends (LoL) is one of the most, well, legendary games in the world and has spawned a massive industry based on competitive play. Taking a tongue-in-cheek look at this phenomenon, Playersis a mockumentary series that follows a fictional team of LoL players as they try and keep the peace in their fragile group. Heads butt as 27-year-old v...
A show that was definitely ahead of its time, Video Game High Schoolis a web series that takes place in a futuristic world where professional video game players have achieved rock-star status. Gone are the days of footballand formula one – instead video games have become the most popular sport in the world (something we are slowly seeing the rise o...
One of the most popular web series of all time, The Guildis the brainchild of Felicia Day, the mother of geek culture. Based on her own experience with online gaming addiction, each episode sees her character Codex upload a video blog of what happened in the story thus far. Follow The Knights of Good as they play the fictional MMORPG “The Game” thr...
Another entry into the web series catalog, the mockumentary Pure Pwnagefollows protagonist Jeremy who, despite being a masterful gamer, has almost no social tact. As a character, he is not necessarily likable, but the audience can’t help but root for him. We are shown his life as his brother Kyle sets out to film his awkward and often disastrous so...
From creator Jon Brown comes a British sitcom that focuses on the obsession that comes with MMORPG gaming. Three friends cannot balance their online and real lives due to an ever-increasing obsession with the fictional game Kingdom Scrolls. The show is a fun blend of animation and live action, which immerses the viewers in the characters’ online ac...
As one of the original shows to embrace the computer age, ReBoothas garnered a cult following as the years have passed. The show is an animated look into the mainframe of a computer system, where the guardians take up the valiant call to defend the system from virusessuch as Hexadecimal (a fan favorite). What makes the show unique is how the concep...
2018 saw the reboot of ReBootinto a live-action show with animated elements. The show follows four highly-ranked gamers who are accepted into Alan Turing High School, however, it is not as innocent as it seems. The four teenagers were handpicked by an AI called Vera who needed them to help her defend cyberspace from hackersand dark codes from a vil...
Video games are often a hyper-fictionalised take on violence and fantasies, but, what would happen if the characters in our beloved games came to life and tried to live out their villainous or even heroic ideals in the real world? That’s the question that Deadly Gamessets out to answer. Protagonist Dr. Gus Loyd inadvertently releases evil upon the ...
Based on the original novel by Douglas Coupland, jPodis another sitcom detailing the lives of video game developers and the shenanigans they get up to. Taking a more bizarre route the show is often shocking and very tongue-in-cheek as the crew working for the fictional company Neotronic Arts find themselves battling bad bosses, British royalty, and...
- Arcane. Hailee Steinfeld, Katie Leung, Kevin Alejandro. 219 votes. Based on the video game League of Legends by Riot Games. More Arcane. Dig Deeper... The 20 Best Shows Like 'Arcane', Ranked By Fans.
- The Last Of Us. Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey. 152 votes. More The Last Of Us. #9 of 139 on The Best New HBO Shows of the Last Few Years. #32 of 621 on The 500+ Best Drama Shows.
- Castlevania. Richard Armitage, James Callis, Alejandra Reynoso. 257 votes. Based on the 1986 video game series of the same name developed by Konami.
- The Witcher. Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan. 158 votes. Based on the video game and book series of the same name. More The Witcher. Dig Deeper... 12 Things You Didn't Know About Becoming A Witcher.
TV Shows Based on Video Games Streaming on Netflix - Netflix Tudum. If you love Angry Birds: Summer Madness, then you’ll love these TV shows, also based on video games, streaming on Netflix right now.
- “Blown Away” Run time: 25-30 minutes. Number of seasons: 2. The title may sound like a cheesy rom-com, but this competition series follows a group of pro glass artists as they compete to win a cash prize (plus an artist residency at the Corning Museum of Glass).
- “Floor Is Lava” Run time: 25-37 minutes. Number of seasons: 2. Remember the good old days, when you and your friends hopped across furniture and pretended the floor was lava?
- “The Circle” Run time: 46-60 minutes. Number of seasons: 4. If you’re a fan of Catfish, then you’re going to love The Circle. The competition show and social experiment documents online players as they compete to win $100,000 by becoming the top influencer on a social media platform.
- “The Great British Bake Off” Run time: 55-67 minutes. Number of seasons: 12. This beloved British cooking show follows a group of amateur bakers as they try to prove their baking prowess and compete for the title of the U.K.’
Nov 7, 2022 · Zack Zwiezen. Updated November 7, 2022. Start Slideshow. Image: Microsoft / Xbox. If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’ve most likely noticed that there are a lot of video ...
Apr 14, 2020 · John B has basically lived alone since his dad was lost at sea (hmm . . . ) some nine months prior to the pilot episode, but he’s got good company in his pals: dopey-dangerous JJ (Rudy Pankow ...
