Unless you've been living under a rock, Netflix's Squid Game has become something of a cultural phenomenon recently. Since releasing last month, the Korean series has made quite an impression over here in the West, along with becoming a huge talking point and an influence for memes. Xbox is now getting in on the action, humorously hoping it will make an appearance in season two.
For those that don't know, the antagonists in Squid Game each wear a unique mask. The symbols on them are a variety of different shapes such as squares and circles, but the inclusion has sparked viewers to notice a comparison to PlayStation's famous four iconic symbols.
Obviously, Xbox is feeling a bit left out, and in the hopes of making it into season two, has created its own take on what the outfits could look like.
It's just a bit of fun, but is a humorous look at how popular the show has become. A few weeks ago no-one had even heard of Squid Game, and now huge brands such as Xbox are representing it with memes and other cultural references.
Squid Game has even inspired titles such as Roblox to create their own unique take on the format. We imagine it won't be the last to do this, so expect more games to have their own variations on the hit Netflix show in due course.
Have you been watching Squid Game on Netflix? What do you think? Drop us a comment and let us know.
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Almost finished this season. So good! Recommend watching Squid Game before you all get spoilers.
Also where is fall guys?
Incredible show.
Very well written, utterly gripping and totally devastating.
Cannot recommend it enough 😁
I am apparently living under a rock. Never heard of this thing until this story.
I haven't started the show as yet, but I have been enjoying the memes. It's great to see that Xbox is leaning into popular goings on again, their social media accounts are very well run.
Xbox's twitter page is fantastic. Everything they post had a positive, funny or hopeful vibe to it. Sometimes a motivational page or comedy page almost. All with an Xbox theme. I really like their page.
@Xiovanni My money would have been on a video by soccer moms about Splatoon.
I’ve watched 3 episodes and so far I’m enjoying it. Prefer watching it in its original language though (Korean) with English subs.
Booyah (Squid ble ble)
I canceled my Netflix subscription a few months ago. There is too much streaming right now and Netflix has been investing on a quantity over quality model recently.
@NEStalgia you couldn’t be further off my friend. It’s a Korean show about a bunch of financially strapped people playing a very dangerous game for a chance at money. Do yourself a favor and check it out. Be warned though NSFW.
Do not watch it with the English dub, it's awful. I got about 15 minutes into the first episode before I changed it to subs and it is so much better.
@NEStalgia Same, guess we're living under a rock now.
Lol @ the soccer moms comment.
@dmcc0 Glad you didn't make the same mistake that I did. I watched the entire show with the English dubs, and I regret it.
I saw my kids watching this, I just thought they were watching some random video on YouTube but I didn’t realise what it actually was till now. I’ll add it to My List on Netflix.
I may have watched the show with the wrong subtitles. Supposedly "English" has better translations than "English (cc)".
Still a great show though. Definitely recommend it.
I thought if PlayStation when I watched this, but IMO Borderlands is better, Squid Games is basically a rip off of that anyway.
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