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1984. One shiny quarter. 44.5 hours of continuous play. The race to be the first gamer in history to score one BILLION points. Until recently, Timothy McVey (not the terrorist) thought he had — for all these years — held the world record on Nibbler.
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Gamer Girl
10 Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective
Video Games: The New Masters of the World
Running with Speed
Morra
Pixel Poetry
Frag
Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Atari: Game Over
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
An Alternative Reality: The Football Manager Documentary
Tetris: From Russia with Love
Becoming Jessica Nigri
Get Lamp
Playing Hard
Not a Game
Insert Coin
Knit's Island
Still Standing
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Gamer Girl
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2022
Gamer Girl follows Allison Drouillard, a college freshman and top ranked Valorant player. While fighting off virtual enemies, she’ll recount her battles with very real ones as she balances her interest and skill in collegiate esports with everyone else’s expectations.10 Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective
IMDB 6 | Feb , 2008
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: 10 Years profiles the creators, the games, the live-action models, and the fans who have collectively made Tomb Raider a pop culture phenomenon.Video Games: The New Masters of the World
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2016
In thirty years, the video game has conquered an increasingly wide audience. Drawing on the recent work of economists, sociologists, experts and interviewing major players in this field, this investigation unravels the overwhelming domination of this new mass media.Running with Speed
IMDB 5.2 | Jan , 2023
Follows speedrunners, past and present, collaboratively digging for secrets and working to uncover mind-blowing shortcuts and glitches which are used to streamline their runs in top game franchises.Morra
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1971
A documentary film showing Dalmatian men playing their famous hand game „šije-šete“.Pixel Poetry
IMDB 7 | Aug , 2014
Are videogames art? Do they influence violent behavior? What effect have they had on society? How would you describe videogames to Leonardo da Vinci? These are always great questions to start a conversation. Pixel Poetry is a documentary film about progressive creative culture as it has been championed by one of its greatest advocates - videogames. Using popular debates that have long surrounded videogames as a catalyst for this, the film will analyze the misunderstood notions and arguments in art and technological advancement to bring a new perspective to a compelling discussion about the evolution of its meaning.Frag
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2008
Exploited, abused and sometimes abandoned most gamers fail to reach the top, but like all sports heroes exist. FRAG is the true story of professional video gaming outlining the evolution of the 1980’s arcade game competitions to the elite tournaments of today for millions of dollars around the globe.Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball
IMDB 6.9 | May , 2006
THE SITUATION facing the pinball designers at Williams Electronic Games in 1998: come up with something new, or see the world's largest pinball manufacturer be shut down forever. And Williams' designers did come up with something amazing: a brand new kind of pinball machine—"Pinball 2000"—that fused video with classic pinball gameplay, preserving what was great about pinball yet opening up all-neThe King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 2007
In this hilarious arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years, Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable, but Mitchell isn't ready to relinquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.Atari: Game Over
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2014
The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2003
A behind the scenes look at the making of 'Clock Tower 3, focusing on legendary film director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale) and his first foray into the world of video games. Given as a pre-order bonus for 'Clock Tower 3' on PlayStation 2, exclusively in Japan.An Alternative Reality: The Football Manager Documentary
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2014
"It’s the story of the people who escape to the alternative reality of being a football manager, and the effect this has had on their lives. It’s also the story of how a computer game made by football fans has become a part of the world it set out to replicate." - Miles JacobsonTetris: From Russia with Love
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 2004
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.Becoming Jessica Nigri
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2018
A portrait of cosplayer Jessica Nigri, from a magical childhood growing up with quirky parents in New Zealand, to entering middle school in the U.S. where she was mercilessly teased for her "nerdy" interests.Get Lamp
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2010
GET LAMP is a documentary about interactive fiction (also known as text adventures) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott.Playing Hard
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2018
The human tale behind the creation of a blockbuster game.Not a Game
IMDB 4.7 | Feb , 2020
This documentary offers an honest look at our fraught, complex relationship to video games from the perspectives of gamers and their concerned parents.Insert Coin
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2020
The oral history of a team of geeks and misfits in the back of a Chicago factory creating the biggest video games of all time. Midway Games pioneered the concept of live-action gaming, kick-starting a new arcade boom and grossing billions of dollars with hits like Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam. The documentary covers much of Mortal Kombats history, including the creation of fatalities and characters such as Liu Kang, Kitana, Johnny Cage and Scorpion.Knit's Island
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2024
Somewhere on the internet is a land where communities pretend to live out a survivalist fiction. The avatars of the directors of Knit’s Island spent 963 hours there, creating a fascinating film resulting from their encounter with these communities. The “players” reveal their fears and fantasies, in an at times unsettling blurring of the real and the virtual.Still Standing
IMDB 9 | Feb , 2023
Discover the untold story of Pinball and Arcade in Australia in this heart-warming, and at times heart-breaking, nostalgic journey through the golden era of gaming.