Amazon’s ‘Secret Level’ Bosses Talk ‘Troubling’ ‘Pac-Man’ Concept and Why They Didn’t Scrap Episode Based on Canceled Game ‘Concord’

SPOILER WARNING: This story includes spoilers for Amazon Prime Video‘s “Secret Level.”

Amazon’s new 15-episode adult-animated anthology series “Secret Level” features original stories set within the worlds of various video games. These run the gamut from classic ’80s games to today’s complex tactical titles.

But they’re each adapted in somewhat surprising ways, the best example of which is Episode 6, “Pac-Man: Circle.” In just over 10 minutes, the episode is a haunting retelling of the iconic arcade game, following a floating gold orb named Puck (voiced by “The Mandalorian” actor Emily Swallow) that presses on in influencing the Swordsman (Aleks Le) to kill and eat and kill and eat

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