While the Netflix series is best known for its 1980s setting, the Duffer brothers say the storytelling logic behind the closing chapter owes as much to role-playing games as it does to nostalgia.

Netflix’s Stranger Things ended with a finale that united fans in a rare moment of shared culture. As creators Matt and Ross Duffer wrapped their story in the two-hour “The Rightside Up,” they gave a ...

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The controversial final battle in Stranger Things is littered with gaming references, according to the show's creators, with Baldur's Gate 3 a major inspiration.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Stranger Things returned for Season 5 Vol. 1 last month, and the series is taking one last bow in the '80s before concluding later in December.