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A Film About Gamers. DVD. Documentary about various branches of role-playing games, wargaming, LARP, tabletop RPG.
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Though the creator/narrator of this documentary makes it clear he "can't stand gamers", and it does come across somewhat negative, considering his attitude, it makes a fair attempt at covering many different role-playing gamer related types, from LARP, to wargamer, to tabletop. Some interesting segments included in the extras have 2 sections very much worth seeing. The documentary itself is mediocre, but better than most of the others about RPGers, though clearly with a negative lean.
What's really worth checking out is the extended footage interviewing Gary Gygax himself, just a few years before he died.
Also of notes is the section with longer "man on the street" interviews about the general public's perceptions of role-playing gamers (generally very negative).
I can't say I "like" the documentary, and especially since the creator makes it clear he has a strong bias that shows in the implementation of the documentary, it is more bearable to watch than some others, and has some interesting content (especially the aforementioned extras).