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Modern Day Gamer Documentary

Posted by simoniker on from the modem-dies-gaming dept.

Simon Bysshe writes "I'm a UK film student, and have recently released a freely downloadable video documentary called 'Modern Day Gamer'. In it, I use interviews from a LAN party I went to in Brighton to try to address the main pre-conceptions people have about gamers, ie: is it really anti-social? is it only for geeks? is it a non-productive use of time?" We've also rustled up a BitTorrent link at Gametab and another BitTorrent link courtesy Jamuraa for this 75mb DivX file.

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  1. Re:is it a non-productive use of time? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Your are correct on the need for recreation, but if your work involves sitting in front of a video terminal, it might be more restorative to find a recreation that doesn't involve looking at a screen.

    On a related note, a couple months ago I was walking through the field behind our public library and I came across about a dozen geeks dressed in real authentic medieval knights' costumes. They had swords and were having sword fights and what not. Pretty interesting, instead of watching a game, they were actually doing it.

  2. My Thoughts by Otik2 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The documentary didn't seem all that helpful to me. Just a couple of gamers defending themselves, but there's not much substance. Though I'd never heard of "Diabalo II." =)

    I'm a gamer (though not as serious as these guys), but since none of my friends play, it is a bit antisocial. But, then again, since they don't want to play that's just as much their fault. Or something like that. I'd think playing a game for a couple of hours with friends is FAR better than going to a movie... since it's dark and you can't talk, it's no different than if you went by yourself.

    But I play my games for the story, generally. So the way I see it, playing an RPG is like reading a good book (or a bad book, as the case may be). I also like strategy games, and those are possibly the most "intelligent" games there are. I've certainly learned more from Civilization II and Starcraft than I have from lots of things we do in school....