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Documentary about Professional Gaming

Posted by michael on from the listen-to-the-bandwidth-meter-scream dept.

Simon Bysshe writes "My name is Simon Bysshe, I'm 22 & am currently studying film at the Bournemouth Arts Institute in the UK. For the last 3 months I've been working on a unique new freely downloadable film about the advent of professional gaming [there's also a BitTorrent mirror via GameTab]. The main purpose of the documentary 'Modern Day Gamer 2' is to ask whether we will ever see gaming become a mainstream spectator sport. The film features the UK based Four Kings Wolfenstein team as they compete at the Quakecon gaming event in Dallas Texas. The film also features interviews with John Romero, Sujoy Roy (iGamesUK), Paul 'Locki' Wedgwood (Splash Damage) & many other industry/gaming figures. This is the sequel to my original documentary which focused on the growth of gaming as a sociable hobby & received over 50,000 downloads worldwide. Running time: 17minutes 47seconds. Filesize : 157MB. Format: WMV."

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  1. I tried to RTFA by mattjb0010 · · Score: 5, Funny

    and it said to WTFM

  2. If Slashdotter don't read the article by Heartz · · Score: 1, Funny
    Running time: 17minutes 47seconds. Filesize : 157MB. Format: WMV."

    You think they would watch the movie :P

    The infidel is using WMV!

  3. Re:vegans by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 4, Funny
    they feel it is their duty to evangelize in a biblical fashion how linux is good and Windows is EVIL

    You misunderstand. Windows is not evil, just crappy. It's Microsoft that's evil.

  4. Re:The Real Reason for Spectators by Saeger · · Score: 4, Funny
    Most Sports == War games.
    Team A == Warrior Tribe A.
    Team B == Warrior Tribe B.
    Fans of Team A == Lesser Members of Tribe A.
    Fans of Team B == Lesser Members of Tribe B.

    Us. vs Them. Some like to live vicariously through "Us" or through "Them".

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