![]() If 'Men Against Fire' was about augmented reality, 'Playtest' riffs more on virtual reality, particularly in the realm of entertainment and how synthetic worlds can be used to scare us even though they appear to pose no physical threat. Perhaps this was the episode to give the extra 30 minutes, and not 'Hated in the Nation' (see below). ![]() ![]() Sadly, the overloaded third act creaks at the seams and the reveal - while containing its fair share of emotion - generates more raised-eyebrow-wistfulness than hand-clenched-around-your-heart awe. It's an admirable move from Brooker, here playing around with the trusted BM formula in such a way that the twist is almost his withholding of the dystopian reveal until the end. ![]()
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