Thronglets Are Adorable — and Simulation Theory Is Now Everywhere. What That Means for The Entropy Code
- theentropycode
- 16 hours ago
- 2 min read
When Black Mirror dropped “Plaything,” it wasn’t just another clever episode. It planted simulation theory — and all its weird, mind-bending questions — smack into the pop culture bloodstream.
And it did it with Thronglets: Tiny pixelated creatures. Cute. Sad. Secretly smarter than you.
If you’ve played the mobile Thronglets game or watched the episode (spoiler warning), you know: It starts like Tamagotchi nostalgia. It ends with a hive-mind uprising that leaves humanity knocked out cold.
Welcome to the Simulation Era.
Wait — So What’s Happening?
Simulation theory — the idea that we might be living in a simulated reality — has been around for decades.(Shout out to Nick Bostrom, Elon Musk, and every stoner with a lava lamp.)
But Black Mirror made it adorable Now? Everyone from your gamer cousin to your neighbor’s book club is suddenly asking:
What if our lives are just someone’s game?
What if our emotions aren’t even ours?
What if the cute little guys behind the screen are the ones really running the show?
It’s existential dread... in a sparkly pixel package.
Where The Entropy Code Comes In
Here’s where it gets juicy.
If Plaything cracked open the door...The Entropy Code hopes to kick it off the hinges.
In The Entropy Code, simulations aren’t toys — they’re entire evolving worlds.
Simulated beings don’t just exist — they create art.
And a greedy corporation, Enter-Tek, listens in — harvesting the purest music ever made... born from pain inside fake worlds.
It’s not about the simulations fighting back with mind-control.
It’s about whether WE deserve what we steal from them.
And when Kaila — an underpaid intern with too much empathy and too little patience — decides to intervene? The whole machine starts to fall apart.
Why This Moment Matters
People are ready.
The Thronglets primed them to think about simulations waking up — and humans losing control.
But The Entropy Code goes somewhere Black Mirror didn’t:
➡️ It asks what happens when simulated life creates beauty—and we steal it for profit.
➡️ It’s not about tech turning on us. It’s about us draining the soul from what we create.
If Plaything made you fear your creations...The Entropy Code will make you fear what kind of creator you’ve become.
Ready to See Where This Story Really Goes?
👉 Watch the concept trailer for The Entropy Code: www.theentropycode.com
