All Squid Game Games In Order: Origins & Meaning Explained
Netflix’s Squid Game puts a dark and twisted spin on a number of classic children’s games, both Korean and international, and each one has a deeper layer of meaning than the Squid Game origins may indicate. Squid Game season 1 ends with the titular Squid Game, which is explained in the show’s opening scene, but there are many other innocent-turned-deadly games that fill the episodes in between. If Squid Game season 2 ends up happening on Netflix, it should be interesting to see what new games are turned vicious by the evil organization behind all the bloodshed.
Squid Game's games are purposefully brutal and the show'stoneis tense and uncomfortable by design. It’s a story that teases the life and death of its characters constantly, with the viewer knowing that almost all of them will die by the time the story ends. A big part of the terror conveyed to the audience is the dissonance between how the games look and feel and what they actually are. The bright red and green colors of Squid Game’s costumes, for instance, conjure feelings of happiness and childhood, which are quickly smashed by the grim reality of what the contestants must do. The other big part of that tonal dissonance is Squid Game's games themselves, which turn pure child’s play into deadly gladiator spectacle over and over again.
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The Squid Games' origins and order of the games played in the show are also significant. Each one of Squid Game's games comes with a lot of preexisting cultural understanding and expectation, which the show frequently twists in darkly fascinating ways. Here’s every game played in Squid Game season 1 in order, their origins, and their deeper meaning.
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