TV Show review
Review basis: 1 season, 15 episodes · through December 17, 2024
December 10, 2024 · TV-14 · Returning Series
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Secret Level is an adult animated anthology with fifteen short stories placed inside famous video game worlds. Each episode stands alone with action, adventure, revenge, and survival tales drawn from games like Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer, Pac-Man, and Spelunky. Some shorts feature female leads or mixed fantasy groups, and a couple include light corporate satire.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Secret Level.
Woke representation / casting
Some episodes show diverse fantasy characters and voice actors. Spelunky has two women leads. The creator noted a variety of genders and ethnicities among writers. These choices are visible but stay within game settings and do not dominate the stories.
Woke political dialogue
No activist speeches or identity lessons appear in the episodes.
Identity-driven story themes
The shorts follow standard adventure, revenge, and survival plots. One episode comes from a writer known for queer stories, but the plot itself stays focused on cave exploration.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Two episodes poke at ruthless mega-corporations and profit-driven overlords. This is light classical satire, not modern identity or systemic activist framing.
Woke character or canon changes
Production
Not relevant. Stories are original or loose takes on game worlds without identity-driven swaps.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Some viewers called the D&D episode DEI-driven and the Crossfire episode DEI garbage. Complaints stay scattered on forums and reviews with no large public outcry.
Creator track record context
Tim Miller has a low profile on politics. Some writers have past work tied to representation or queer themes, including Christian Taylor and Tamsyn Muir. The team overall mixes low and higher signals.
