Prepare for Stranger Things' second season with the show's official (and free!) game adaptation

It's October, folks, and you know full well what this means — it's a month-long invasion of demons, skeletons, ghosts, possessed dogs, parallel reality vampire aliens, and... video game tie-ins? Okay, why not — when it's an adaptation of 2016 cult hit (and 2017 Emmy snub) Stranger Things, you know there's going to be something good in there.

Stranger Things: The Game, as it's called, is a Zelda-like 2D adventure (complete with keycards hidden inside chests and pieces of hearts) with appropriately retro aesthetics. The player controls one of ...