The Peripheral

Trapped within the confines of a minuscule Appalachian town, a young woman finds solace in the intricate realm of advanced video games, where the monotonous drudgery of her daily existence temporarily fades away. Her unparalleled gaming skills catch the attention of a prominent company, which graciously bestows upon her a cutting-edge video game system to evaluate. Little does she know, this seemingly innocuous gift holds secrets beyond her wildest imagination, capable of unraveling the very fabric of her desires for purpose, romance, and the allure of an existence far removed from her mundane reality. As she delves deeper into the game, a perilous twist reveals itself, plunging not only her, but her unsuspecting family, into an abyss of genuine peril, where the boundaries between fiction and reality become irrevocably blurred.