'Mythic Quest' on Apple TV+ sends up the worst of game culture

The opening moments of “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet,” now streaming on Apple TV+, put the spotlight on the video game industry’s inferiority complex. Humanity as a concept is neither comic nor tragic.” “Mythic Quest” draws its humor from the tension between the grand artistic ambitions and pomposity of video game studios on one hand — “Assassin’s Creed” developer Ubisoft, a producer on the show, describes itself as “a creator of worlds” — and, on the other, the adolescent streak present in both games and their communities. The part where you have to work twice as hard to make less money or the part where you can’t get ahead because it’s a bro mono-culture?” A look of dread and panic shoots across Hornsby’s face as he aims to steer the conversation back to something more inspirational, to which Michelle fires back, “Maybe you want to talk about what it’s like to be a female in a male-dominated field?” Although the moment rings true — a recent developer survey found the game industry was 75% male — Ganz says they want to find humor in the stress that comes from a culture going through a transitional phase. The flip side of that is the way it’s been painted, as marginalized, is also untrue.” “Mythic Quest” showrunner Rob McElhenney wasn’t interested in creating a “love letter” to the game industry.