Black Mirror Season 7 has arrived from the all-too-near future, bringing with it the familiar combination of tech-based horror, cautionary tales, and the occasional smidge of hope. The series doesn't feel nearly as prescient as it did when it began way back in 2011—how could it—but even when the episodes of this technological Twilight Zone don't quite deliver on their premises, they're still well worth watching (maybe while scrolling social media on your own black mirror).
This time around there are a few game-centric episodes: one deals with AI in a sim game that might not be quite as artificial as it seems, another returns us to space-based MMO Infinity from Season 4, and one episode deals with something we all constantly use and deeply dread: streaming subscription services.
