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Alice in Borderland

Anyone who’s gotten lost in a role-playing video game and dreamed of staying should connect with this gem of a Japanese series in which a slacker and his friends are transported to an alt-Tokyo that runs on gaming principles. Netflix

Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet

Credit Rob McElhenny of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for recognizing that the gaming industry is ripe for satire. Leading a talented cast, McElhenny plays the narcissistic chief developer of a World of Warcraft–type game. Apple TV+

High Score

This docuseries offers a nostalgia trip for older gamers and will fill in knowledge gaps for many younger ones. Its history of gaming moves from the days of Atari and Space Invaders to the rise of Wolfenstein and Doom. Netflix

Castlevania

A quality TV series based on a video game is rare. This adaptation of a classic vampire-hunter game may be the best of them. It features superb animation, deep storytelling, and plenty of bloody medieval fight sequences. Netflix

The Witcher

Henry Cavill is magnetic as the titular monster hunter in a series inspired by the bloody, kind of racy, and very popular Witcher roleplaying games. The show’s first season makes a decent binge for Game of Thrones fans. Netflix

Console Wars

A colorful, fast-paced documentary revisits 1990, when Nintendo’s dominance of the home-gaming market was shattered by the upstarts at Sega, who bet big on a spiky-headed blue hedgehog named Sonic. CBS All Access