On this episode we discuss Striking Vipers episode from the Netflix show Black Mirror. Striking Vipers deals with a virtual reality game played between two friends and the decisions that were made. Black Mirror is an anthology series with 5 seasons and 22 episodes that explores technology and what it can cause. I had tried to watch the pilot episode and ended up not finishing it, but a friend chose this specific episode to talk about because for her love of video games and also how it really makes you think.
Black Mirror Cocktail (wine dharma.com):
- 3 cl of Grappa
- 1 cl of nocino
- 2 cl of sweet vermouth
- 1 cl of saba
- 1 anise
- 3 drops of orange bitter
- sugar
- Pour the saba and the nocino in a glass and infuse the anise for 10 minutes.
- Recover the anise.
- Put the grappa, nocino, saba, vermouth and the orange bitter in a shaker full of ice, shake for 10 seconds and then pour into a well-frozen cup.
- Take the anise with the tongs, set it on fire with a torch and, while holding it over the glass, let the icing sugar fall on top. Be careful no to burn your eyebrows, or really anything.
Drinking Game (thechuggernauts.com):
Drink once whenever
- Someone sends an E-Mail
- You hear a notification noise (Like a bloop from a phone or computer)
- Someone sends a message on their phone
- Someone plays video games
- There’s a close up of a television
- Someone gets injected with something
- You see a device attached to someone’s head in some way
- Eerie music plays in the background
Drink 3 times whenever
- Someone cries
- Someone enters virtual reality
Finish your drink whenever
- Someone dies or is imprisoned. (only do this once per episode if it’s multiple people)
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