Normally, I am not the biggest documentary fan. I find them a bit boring to say the least.
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However I recently watched a couple that I really enjoyed.
Indie Game the Movie showed me the trials and tribulations of creating an indie game for the Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade. The documentary followed the creators of Super Meat Boy, Braid and Fez. What struck me is all the blood, sweat and tears they pour into their games. What also struck me was the feeling of abject failure if they didn’t reach their launch dates. It was mentioned more than once by different creators that they would kill themselves if it didn’t work out. They pretty much sacrifice everything in their lives to create and launch their games and lucky for the creators of Braid and Super Meat Boy, those dreams come true. As for Fez, at the end of the documentary, it still wasn’t released after 4 years. (It is currently available on XLA.) This was an interesting documentary that gives you an inside look at the indie game creators and how hard they work to put out these games.
Monster Camp was about Live Action Role Play, or LARP for short. Now, I am a LARPer (Illyana, Human, Mage) and I enjoy it! This was an interesting look at a Seattle LARP group and how they meet up, create their content and etc. As a LARPer I found it interesting, but a bit boring too. For me, as a LARPer, it was a bit redundant, but it’s a great way to show someone what LARPing is like. The only cool people in it, happen to be JP and Holly. They rest are socially awkward to the point of creepy. Not all LARPers are like this. In fact the LARPers, I know and game with hold down steady jobs (unlike the two members of featured group who don’t even have their high school diplomas yet after 4 or 5 years post high school), look and act normal. The girls in my group even wear makeup and dress girly because we like to. (Other than Holly, most of the girls looked androgynous) All in all, it was worth watching, but I wouldn’t watch it again.
Race to Worlds First was a kick butt documentary about World of Warcraft guilds that race to be the best and the first to beat each new raid boss. This was a cool look into the guilds that are some of the top guilds in the world. As a somewhat noob to WoW (I’m only level 49), this was really cool to watch and learn how some of these players do it! Now, I love WoW, but I admit that a lot of these players are so good because they dedicate 30 – 60 hours a week to the game. As a stay at home mom, I don’t have that luxury, but I still enjoy the game, nonetheless. This documentary also really made me want to go to Blizzcon!
So, as you can see, I do occasionally enjoy a documentary, however, it really needs to be something that interests me to get me to watch it.
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