Netflixs Carmen Sandiego returns to its gaming roots in an interactive special

Netflix isn’t hiding its ambitions to push further into the world of interactive storytelling, and a trailer for its Carmen Sandiego Choose Your Own Adventure-style special teases what’s to come.

In Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal, the iconic spy is tasked with doing the Villains International League of Evil’s (V.I.L.E.) bidding after they capture professional thief Zack and his sister Ivy during a heist. If Carmen Sandiego doesn’t succeed, Zack and Ivy will have their minds wiped and become operatives within V.I.L.E.

The trailer, seen above, shows how viewers will take control of Sandiego during her mission and the types of decisions they’ll have to make to move the story forward. Players will decide whether Sandiego should...

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