Following Netflix's release of "Squid Game" season two in late 2024, fans speculated about the origin and inspiration for the show. One popular rumor alleged that creators based the show on a true ...

From being forced to compete in mecha-powered death games for the survival of their world to having to learn how to lie to avoid a life-changing debt, these manga explore human nature and morality.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. Squid Game is nearing its end. The hit South Korean drama ...

The following article contains minor spoilers for the third season of "Squid Game." The rules are always changing, even when they don’t appear to be. In the opening season of “Squid Game,” players are ...

In the high-stakes world of Squid Game, survival often comes down to a deceptively simple childhood game: carving a shape out of a brittle candy. But beyond the drama, this iconic treat—dalgona—offers ...

Every kid remembers the class tension of having to stand on line and face their fellow students and/or campers in a game of dodgeball. The vicious and predatory nature of the game allowed kids to burn ...

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains details of Season 2 of Netflix’s Squid Game. A new series of sinister games are afoot. After three years of a highly anticipated wait, the record-breaking ...

Poor Player 222. Many of the doomed, desperate souls featured on “Squid Game” wound up in Hwang Dong-hyuk’s underground, deadly arena because of a few expensive, ill-advised decisions that plummeted ...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Squid Game” Season 2. “Squid Game” was never supposed to last three seasons. Series creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who’s been working on the series ...

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Miranda Adama is a writer, variety streamer, and all-around creative who loves violence on screen and what it says about pop culture. She's the host of Be Seeing You: A John Wick Podcast and has been ...

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