Black Mirror is back with new episodes and it’s as dark, beautiful, fascinating and sharp as ever. It’s everything a good sci-fi TV series should be, that Charlie Brooker is a genius!
Black Mirror takes aim at social media in Nosedive and Hated In the Nation, while Playtest is an Inception-like mind-bending cautionary tale about VR. They’re all fantastic, but our real favourite is the uplifting and beautiful San Junipero (episode 4). It’s simply oozing with retro goodness: music, fashion, and (most importantly) arcades from the 80s and 90s! Here are some nods to video gaming pop culture that we spotted in San Junipero as well as Playtest. Did you spot others?
Edge magazine makes a cameo in the Playtest episode, Black Mirror series 3
Look closely at those shelves, you may see some retro goodies
Perhaps Charlie Brooker is a fan of Edge magazine…
We spot some PS3 and PS4 gaming goodies!
Going back to 1987 in episode 4, San Junipero
We’d be smiling too if we were about to play Bubble Bobble!
Ah, Nemesis (aka: Gradius) is there too!
The golden age of arcades make it too!
No way, Time Crisis!
We really need to visit Tucker’s!
Image source: Black Mirror on Netflix