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Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie premiere blends pastoral beauty with frontier hardship, as the Ingalls move to Kansas: they ford a dangerous river, face poverty and pregnancy, contend with Osage land tensions, and lean on Caroline’s steadiness and Laura’s resilience to cling to a fragile hope for a better life.
BBC revisits Little House on the Prairie to reveal that the beloved 1970s series was far darker than its wholesome image, weaving child abuse, murder, addiction (including a morphine storyline) and other traumas into frontier life; scholars describe its tone as Frontier Gothic and highlight disturbing episodes like Sylvia and May We Make Them Proud. The new Netflix adaptation stays closer to Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, but observers wonder how it will compare to the original’s melodramatic mix of danger and warmth, with the series premiering on Netflix on July 9.
CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 saw an 18% increase in sales revenue in 2022, making it the company's second-best year on record. The game's massive 1.5 patch and the release of the free "next-gen" upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series X contributed to the rebound, as did the popularity of the Netflix adaptation Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. CDPR's upcoming paid DLC expansion, Phantom Liberty, is expected to arrive in the second half of 2023 and could lead to an even bigger year for the game.