This is a video DIY story about 4 (5 at a few points--the 5th dude comes & goes) gamers sitting around and alternates to the fantasy scenario they are role playing. This was done on a shoestring budget by hobbyists, and I have adjusted my critical-o-meter accordingly.
It's pretty funny, and that's the point, so overall it's successful. They seem to have the whole role playing satire thing down-pat. I can't believe how true to life it is with the horrid, wretched abuse the players try to get away with... though I think this was beside the point.
It starts off a bit slow and then picks up. The whole thing is only 45 minutes long. I really liked the way what happened at the table bled into the fantasy setting. I won't give away any of the funny parts, of which there are plenty, in case anyone wants to see it.
The gamer stereotypes, par for the course I suppose, could easily be construed as tired and cliché if you were the type to get hung up on this sort of thing. I think that if you were pathetic enough to actually fit any of these molds, you deserve to be offended by this movie anyway.
One other downfall: you won't get it at all if you're not a gamer, or at least have a working knowledge of the whole concept.
It's pretty funny, and that's the point, so overall it's successful. They seem to have the whole role playing satire thing down-pat. I can't believe how true to life it is with the horrid, wretched abuse the players try to get away with... though I think this was beside the point.
It starts off a bit slow and then picks up. The whole thing is only 45 minutes long. I really liked the way what happened at the table bled into the fantasy setting. I won't give away any of the funny parts, of which there are plenty, in case anyone wants to see it.
The gamer stereotypes, par for the course I suppose, could easily be construed as tired and cliché if you were the type to get hung up on this sort of thing. I think that if you were pathetic enough to actually fit any of these molds, you deserve to be offended by this movie anyway.
One other downfall: you won't get it at all if you're not a gamer, or at least have a working knowledge of the whole concept.