Dead Pixels
Dead Pixels
Meg, Nicky and Usman's lives all revolve around their obsession for the massively popular fantasy game "Kingdom Scrolls" – a mystical, magical and most importantly virtual world of wizards and wyverns. But when gaming n00b Russell bumbles into their team, the group find themselves increasingly forced to deal with the real world.
Callum reviewedOctober 24, 2025
⭐⭐⭐ (out of 5) Dead Pixels – When fantasy raids meet real-life respawns.
“Dead Pixels” is a tongue-in-cheek look at the lives of three friends whose world begins and ends inside the online fantasy game Kingdom Scrolls. For Meg, Nicky, and Usman, the real world is merely an inconvenient loading screen between raids — until a well-meaning newcomer, Russell, crashes into their digital paradise and forces reality into the party.
The show does a solid job capturing the humour and absurdity of gaming obsession, especially for anyone who’s ever lost an entire weekend to a boss fight. But it also leans heavily into the stereotype of the socially stunted gamer, a trope that feels increasingly outdated in an age where gaming is mainstream. While the jokes land and the references are sharp, the characters rarely grow beyond their archetypes, leaving the satire feeling a touch stale.
That said, Dead Pixels remains entertaining for anyone who’s ever taken a game way too seriously. It’s funny, self-aware, and occasionally hits close to home — especially when it reminds us that behind every overlevelled avatar is a real person, probably eating cereal at 2 a.m.
A fun, if somewhat dated, look at digital escapism — Dead Pixels might not level up the genre, but it’s still worth a quick quest.