We are no longer satisfied with just "watching the show." We want to live-tweet the plot holes, create deep-dive YouTube essays about the secondary characters, buy the NFTs (non-fungible tokens) of the artwork, and edit our own fan trailers.
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"Choose your own adventure" is back. Bandersnatch (Black Mirror) was a trial run. Future entertainment will be gamified. Furthermore, the lines between games and movies are dissolving. The Last of Us was a top-tier video game before it became a top-tier HBO series. Expect more cross-pollination, where you watch the movie, play the game, and visit the virtual world in VR (virtual reality) or AR (augmented reality). We are no longer satisfied with just "watching the show