Video Game TV Shows Are At Their Best When Telling Original Stories

Televised adaptations of beloved video games are becoming more common. However, how those stories are told can be vastly different from one show to another. Depending on the series, it could be a faithful retelling of the video game, like HBO's The Last of Us, or something completely original, like Paramount+'s Knuckles and Halo, or even Peacock's Twisted Metal. There's another type of adaptation that stands out, though: shows that don't directly adapt a game but tell a new story within the existing canon.

Shows like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Fallout, and, of course, Pokemon exist within the predetermined parameters of the video games they are taken from. What's different, though, is that new characters, stories, and settings unfold. Because of this, they can introduce new points of view or flesh out certain aspects that their video-game counterparts can't.Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners includes an excellent example of this. Although the show touches on many topics, one of the main story beats is cyberpsychosis, an illness that causes people to go insane when they augment their bodies too much. While it's discussed and explored in the video game, Edgerunners offers a deeper look at it.Continue Reading at GameSpot


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