When Netflix first announced Squid Game: The Challenge, many wondered the same thing: is this real? Could hundreds of contestants actually compete in real-life re-creations of the infamous Squid Game ...

Squid Game mostly follows its desperate contestants: members of the poor and working class who opt into a series of deadly games for a slim chance at getting out from under capitalism’s boot. While ...

While 'Squid Game' creator Hwang Dong-hyuk insists his hit series is fiction, its themes of economic inequality resonate globally. Inspiration is drawn from Japanese survival manga, not true events, ...

While Netflix’s Squid Game may be a fictional survival drama packed with deadly children’s games and societal critique, its emotional core is grounded in reality. With the show’s third and final ...

The first season VIPs were described to the actors hired to portray them as “total idiots” and “dirtbag millionaires,” and the characters live up to those descriptions. The mask-wearing egotists are ...

Lee Byung-hun as Frontman in Squid Game Season 3 Credit - No Ju-han—Netflix Squid Game mostly follows its desperate contestants: members of the poor and working class who opt into a series of deadly ...