Documentaries Tagged “games”
Second Skin
Second Skin
Second Skin takes an intimate, disturbing look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of computer games called Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs).
World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces.
Second Skin i...
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
In the early 1980s, legendary Billy Mitchell set a Donkey Kong record that stood for almost 25 years.
This documentary follows the assault on the record by Steve Wiebe, an earnest teacher from Washington who took up the game while unemployed.
The top scores are monitored by a cadre of players and fans associated with Walter Day, ...
Gamer Revolution
Gamer Revolution
Computer games are a global phenomenon and a $25 billion a year industry. Over 800 million people worldwide are regular players. Gamer Revolution looks past the hype, paranoia and hoopla to explore the real stories behind the computer game revolution.
Gamer Revolution explores how computer games are not only changing the world, but ...
Tetris: From Russia with Love
Tetris: From Russia with Love
This is the story behind the fiendishly addictive game, a tale of high stakes, intimidation and legal feuds set against the backdrop of Cold War tensions between East and West.
Blocks of different sizes fall from the top of the screen. At the bottom of the screen they settle and, if you can make a whole line then they vanish – of co...