A Dicebag of Dungeons and Dragons Documentaries

Jason Scott writes "While we're celebrating 30 years of Dungeons and Dragons, Slashdot readers might as well sit back with their DVD players and enjoy a few documentaries that have recently popped up; all of them done by independent filmmakers, too! Uber Goober: The Movie calls itself 'A Film About Gamers' is a not-taking-itself-too-seriously overview of the life of RPGs and LARPs. Life With the Dice Bag, a 'Documentary about Role Playing Games and the people who play them' looks to take itself a bit more seriously as it covers the last GenCon held in Milwaukee. And finally, who can resist the pull of The Dungeons and Dragons Experience?"

Comments

Reminds me of the early 80s

[Infonaut]

when role players had to deal with crap like this:

Uber Goober

[yar]

I enjoyed the movie... saw it at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX about a month ago. The show sold out and there was a long line of people waiting to get in in case some ticket holders were no-shows. ^_^ Much of the show was filmed in or around Austin (the filmmaker was at the University of Texas). Steve Jackson was in attendance, and there was a funny exchange at the show- apparently, he had been invited to be in the documentary, but he said that it sounded horribly boring and wanted nothing to do with it. The crew of the movie kept that email around for angry inspiration, and they also mentioned it in the credits. ^_^ (SJ was in the bathroom at the time, so missed those, though...)

It takes an interesting look at miniature gamers, roleplayers, and LARPers, how they feel about each other, how random people on Sixth Street (Austin party/bar street) feel about D&D... One of the funnier bits was that they were filming on 6th between midnight and 2AM, getting people's thoughts. One of the questions they asked passer-bys was, "Which would you prefer, a basketball player, a something-I-forget, or a D&D playing girl?" The guys chose the D&D player , "because she would be freaky." ^_^

Re:Are there any girls there?

[Kaimelar]

For those who don't know why this is so damn funny, I point you to the audio skit by the Dead Alewives, as animated (Flash) by Cyber Moon Studios:

http://www.cybermoonstudios.com/8bitDandD.html

Re:Are there any girls there?

[Kaimelar]

Hey, that voice track is the exact same as the one as the "Easter egg" in the beginning of "Summoner" on the PS2...

I wonder which one was around first...

According to www.ifilm.com, the Summoner Easter Egg uses the audio from the same Dead Alewives skit. Not being a console gamer I didn't know anything about the Summoner version, but some poking around on Google makes me think that there are various animations of this skit, all using the audio from the Dead Alewives.