# “The Peripheral” Aims to Fill the High-Concept Sci-Fi Void “Westworld” Left Behind

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-peripheral-aims-to-fill-the-high-concept-sci-fi-void-westworld-left-behind/
- Published: 2022-10-23T09:15:13-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: Wilf (Gary Carr) and Flynne (Chloë Grace Moretz) in “The Peripheral.” Image courtesy of Prime Video. Article by Cheryl Eddy. Gizmodo – October 20, 2022. Ten years from now, a young woman in the rural South turns to a lucrative side hustle to pay for her mother’s medical treatment: playing virtual reality games to help rich clients level up. But as we see in “The Peripheral,” her latest gig is far more than a game, and the world it opens up is incredibly vivid, dangerous, and complex. […] Click here to view original web page at gizmodo.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio