The cast of Mythic Quest, an Apple TV+ comedy about a game studio.

Mythic Quest Season 2 shows how game creators can find inspiration

Last year, I considered Mythic Quest to be one of the funny bright spots on the Apple TV+ subscription service, and it was smart enough not to look down on gamers. Today, the second season of the show about a fictional game studio debuts, and it gets to the heart of how game developers can find their creative inspirations.

Once again, the live-action comedy series has a short season with nine half-hour or so episodes, preceded by a special standalone Season One episode, dubbed “Everlight.” The episode chronicles how the fictional game studio returns to work after the pandemic with a party that highlights LARPing, or Live Action Role-Playing (think folks who play games like Dungeons & Dragons but with props and gear, not paper and miniatures).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.