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Interview: Netflix Wants to Become the ‘Place to Play a Story’

Netflix is positioning its games division as a place where people can "play a story," and its horror title Unhinged serves as the clearest test of that idea.

• Netflix aims to become a primary platform for interactive storytelling, specifically targeting its existing 700 million viewers who consume films and series, rather than traditional gamers.
• Netflix's new narrative game, "Unhinged," is a horror thriller starring Sadie Sink, Zoë Kravitz, and Troy Baker, designed to be an approachable, short experience (20-60 minutes) for a broad audience.
• The game utilizes the mobile phone as both a controller and an integral part of the narrative experience, evolving the 'found phone' genre previously explored in titles like the Mr. Robot game.