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    <em>Black Mirror: </em>The Weird, Intriguing Intimacy of ‘Striking Vipers’

    The Season 5 episode about a pair of gamers who fall in love considers how digital worlds can warp people’s self-image.
    by David Sims Jun 05, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Netflix / Pedro Saad

    This story contains spoilers for the episode “Striking Vipers” of Black Mirror’s fifth season. Read the rest of our show coverage here.

    Romance is an underrated element of the multiverse. The way technology intersects with dating and love is at the center of some of my favorite episodes of the show, including Season 2’s “Be Right Back,” Season 3’s “,” and Season 4’s “.” Compared with its predecessors, Season 5’s “Striking Vipers” is a nervier, less swooning chapter, with neither the

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