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Netflix has been betting big on gaming. After announcing its intentions to explore the video game space last July, the streaming service hired multiple executives to significant positions on its gaming vertical over the past few months, while releasing mobile games like “Stranger Things: 1984” Netflix is looking at content opportunities around video games from every direction, a source familiar with the company’s thinking told The Washington Post. The platform’s latest move is to turn the show to video game pipeline on its head, announcing it will take popular tabletop card game “Exploding Kittens,” and produce both a TV show and a mobile game. Video games have grown more prominent on the streaming service, whether it’s with a TV show turned game, like “Stranger Things,” or a video game turned TV show like the “Arcane” animated series based on “League of Legends” Netflix has also delved into third party game development and original games, though the timeline for releasing its own games is much further out.