It’s #NationalVideoGamesDay – let’s take a look at the greatest video game movies of all time!
Video games making their way to the big screen haven’t always been the smoothest ride, but things are looking up. From The Super Mario Bros. movie to Gran Turismo, we’re seeing more game-movie adaptations now than ever before, and believe it or not, some of them are turning out surprisingly well.
In light of this, gaming storage experts at Crucial.com have crunched the numbers to arrive at a comprehensive list of the top video game movie adaptations of all time. Rather than another subjective opinion, this research weighs up data using the IMDb scores for both the film and its most relevant game.
For the full list of the 50 top-rated game movies, check out the report here: https://www.crucial.com/articles/for-gamers/best-video-game-films
Here’s the top 10 best video game movie adaptations,...
Video games making their way to the big screen haven’t always been the smoothest ride, but things are looking up. From The Super Mario Bros. movie to Gran Turismo, we’re seeing more game-movie adaptations now than ever before, and believe it or not, some of them are turning out surprisingly well.
In light of this, gaming storage experts at Crucial.com have crunched the numbers to arrive at a comprehensive list of the top video game movie adaptations of all time. Rather than another subjective opinion, this research weighs up data using the IMDb scores for both the film and its most relevant game.
For the full list of the 50 top-rated game movies, check out the report here: https://www.crucial.com/articles/for-gamers/best-video-game-films
Here’s the top 10 best video game movie adaptations,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
The Game Awards and Facebook Gaming are on the lookout for people with unique stories surrounding games. If you're a streamer, a developer, or even just a casual player, if you have a story you want to share, now's your chance! Keep reading to find out how you can submit your stories.
The Game Awards and Facebook Gaming are looking for inspiring stories of people using the power of games to build community. The duo are opening up submissions for Global Gaming Citizens, and they want to hear about gamers, game developers, or anyone from anywhere in the world with a unique story of using games to bring about positive change.
The Game Awards and Facebook Gaming have teamed up with Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky, the Sundance-Award winning directors of Indie Game: the Movie, to help tell these stories later this year as part of The Game Awards, taking place on Thursday,...
The Game Awards and Facebook Gaming are looking for inspiring stories of people using the power of games to build community. The duo are opening up submissions for Global Gaming Citizens, and they want to hear about gamers, game developers, or anyone from anywhere in the world with a unique story of using games to bring about positive change.
The Game Awards and Facebook Gaming have teamed up with Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky, the Sundance-Award winning directors of Indie Game: the Movie, to help tell these stories later this year as part of The Game Awards, taking place on Thursday,...
- 9/13/2018
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Amber Hall)
- Cinelinx
Mubi is showing Indie Game: The Movie (2011) May 31 - June 30, 2016 in the United States and many other countries around the world.We made this film because we wanted to watch this film.I grew up a video game kid. It dominated everything. In my head, my hometown was charted not by street names or landmarks, but by which arcade cabinet resides in which convenience store. I was obsessed. For reasons I’m not entirely too sure of, this obsession eventually quieted down. Games and I parted ways for awhile. I think some part of me thought I had outgrown them.It wasn’t until an interview Lisanne (my co-director) and I conducted with an independent video game designer out of Winnipeg re-introduced me to games and let me know that video games had been growing and evolving without me all this time. Video games were now a fully-fledged art form…...
- 6/23/2016
- MUBI
I usually wait until I have a few hours of spare time; usually on a weekend or over the holidays. I boot up my computer, open up Steam, and queue up the game’s install. A quick dash to the bathroom and perhaps a trip to the kitchen to prepare some hot chocolate (or something equally comforting) and I’m all set. It’s time to play Braid again.
Anybody who has played video games for a good part of their life might find themselves drawn to a specific game (or a few). Whether they kept us distracted during a troubling time, or introduced us to a virtual world we instantly fell in love with, there’s no denying the power of video games as an interactive medium. Movies and music (among others) can have the same effect, but there’s something special and (by definition) unique when it comes to video games,...
Anybody who has played video games for a good part of their life might find themselves drawn to a specific game (or a few). Whether they kept us distracted during a troubling time, or introduced us to a virtual world we instantly fell in love with, there’s no denying the power of video games as an interactive medium. Movies and music (among others) can have the same effect, but there’s something special and (by definition) unique when it comes to video games,...
- 1/25/2016
- by Shaan Joshi
- We Got This Covered
There it all was, the raw shaky cam quality of images that showed nothing of the Sunset Boulevard one usually sees in movies, the much talked about acting chops of two first-time actresses that, lo and behold, are transgender women actually playing transgender women. As I sat in awe watching Tangerine, the first movie shot entirely on an iPhone 5s, what I couldn’t shake wasn’t the hype amassed along its festival and awards gala circuits. Thankfully, I realized right away the buzz was well-earned and trained my eye on the cinematic grain instead – it was purposefully tacked on as a tip of the hat to the unwieldy uni-purpose cameras. Yet another filmmaking tool breathing its last.
And why shouldn’t cameras go the way of the dodo, and the celluloid? That’s probably a question better left to the contingent of film buffs that, as their counterparts in the book v.
And why shouldn’t cameras go the way of the dodo, and the celluloid? That’s probably a question better left to the contingent of film buffs that, as their counterparts in the book v.
- 12/15/2015
- by Ioanina
- SoundOnSight
There it all was, the raw shaky cam quality of images that showed nothing of the Sunset Boulevard one usually sees in movies, the much talked about acting chops of two first-time actresses that, lo and behold, are transgender women actually playing transgender women. As I sat in awe watching Tangerine, the first movie shot entirely on an iPhone 5s, what I couldn’t shake wasn’t the hype amassed along its festival and awards gala circuits. Thankfully, I realized right away the buzz was well-earned and trained my eye on the cinematic grain instead – it was purposefully tacked on as a tip of the hat to the unwieldy uni-purpose cameras. Yet another filmmaking tool breathing its last.
And why shouldn’t cameras go the way of the dodo, and the celluloid? That’s probably a question better left to the contingent of film buffs that, as their counterparts in the book v.
And why shouldn’t cameras go the way of the dodo, and the celluloid? That’s probably a question better left to the contingent of film buffs that, as their counterparts in the book v.
- 12/14/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
ESports deserves a better documentary than this dull and sentimental celebration of competitive gaming
ESports – competitive team video gaming played out in front of a stadiums full of fans – deserves its Hoop Dreams. Professional players, showing off their prowess in games such as League of Legends and Dota 2, vie for giant prize money in tournaments watched online by millions. Corruption and match-fixing allegations have dogged the sport, like any other. The subject has spice and drama aplenty. Yet All Work All Play ignores all that for dry praise of the sport’s progress, peppered with the odd bit of soupy sentimentality. Gaming has inspired very good documentaries in recent years (Indie Game: The Movie, Free to Play), made by film-makers that understand character and plot. But All Work All Play makes for a dull, corporate documentary.
Continue reading...
ESports – competitive team video gaming played out in front of a stadiums full of fans – deserves its Hoop Dreams. Professional players, showing off their prowess in games such as League of Legends and Dota 2, vie for giant prize money in tournaments watched online by millions. Corruption and match-fixing allegations have dogged the sport, like any other. The subject has spice and drama aplenty. Yet All Work All Play ignores all that for dry praise of the sport’s progress, peppered with the odd bit of soupy sentimentality. Gaming has inspired very good documentaries in recent years (Indie Game: The Movie, Free to Play), made by film-makers that understand character and plot. But All Work All Play makes for a dull, corporate documentary.
Continue reading...
- 7/16/2015
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Almost five years since its defining debut on Xbox 360, Team Meat has confirmed plans to launch its indelible platformer, Super Meat Boy, on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita this fall.
In a post via PlayStation Blog, the indie developer offered up a candid explanation about why the jump to Sony’s systems took so long in the first place.
That’s our way of saying “Thank you for waiting patiently” to all those PlayStation fans that reached out to us over the years only to get back a “we can’t do it, sorry” response. We love you guys and girls and we’re so happy that you can finally play Super Meat Boy on your system of choice!
When Super Meat Boy was launched, Team Meat wasn’t allowed to bring it to PS3 for very complicated reasons. They hated that they had to alienate the loyal PlayStation fans who...
In a post via PlayStation Blog, the indie developer offered up a candid explanation about why the jump to Sony’s systems took so long in the first place.
That’s our way of saying “Thank you for waiting patiently” to all those PlayStation fans that reached out to us over the years only to get back a “we can’t do it, sorry” response. We love you guys and girls and we’re so happy that you can finally play Super Meat Boy on your system of choice!
When Super Meat Boy was launched, Team Meat wasn’t allowed to bring it to PS3 for very complicated reasons. They hated that they had to alienate the loyal PlayStation fans who...
- 6/8/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
CineCoup is starting up its financing initiative for 2015. The program that was responsible for last year's Canadian werewolf movie Wolfcop is looking for a filmmaker with a tip top fantastic film idea. CineCoup will provide financing and a theatrical run for your film. CineCoup is on the hunt for more film-making talent! Once again we've got up to $1 Million in production financing and a release in Cineplex Theatres for one amazing Canadian project, and it could be yours!This year we're looking for genre projects and we know Canada's got the good stuff so bring it on! We're talkin' Sci-fi, Horror, Action, Thriller, Comedy, or documentaries that deal with similar themes (ie. King of Kong, Indie Game: The Movie, Trekkies, Never Sleep Again: The Elm...
[Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]...
[Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]...
- 2/18/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Indie Game: The Movie
Directed by: James Swirsky, Lisanne Pajot
Written by: James Swirsky, Lisanne Pajot
Starring: Edmund McMillen, Tommy Refenes, Phil Fish, Jonathan Blow
USA, 2012
With the documentary rooted as independent as its subjects, Indie Game: The Movie started as a Kickstarter project and went all the way to Sundance in 2012, with aspirations gripping the palms of Swirsky and Pajot’s hands. The film primarily follows two indie game projects, Super Meat Boy and Fez, as their creators struggle through video game development, from their highest highs to their lowest lows. In between their stories, time with Jonathan Blow of Braid is spent to emphasize how life after success isn’t always what its cracked up to be. Blow talks about being confused for months after Braid came out, because many people simply took the game for face value without appreciating the plot nuances articulated in painstaking detail by...
Directed by: James Swirsky, Lisanne Pajot
Written by: James Swirsky, Lisanne Pajot
Starring: Edmund McMillen, Tommy Refenes, Phil Fish, Jonathan Blow
USA, 2012
With the documentary rooted as independent as its subjects, Indie Game: The Movie started as a Kickstarter project and went all the way to Sundance in 2012, with aspirations gripping the palms of Swirsky and Pajot’s hands. The film primarily follows two indie game projects, Super Meat Boy and Fez, as their creators struggle through video game development, from their highest highs to their lowest lows. In between their stories, time with Jonathan Blow of Braid is spent to emphasize how life after success isn’t always what its cracked up to be. Blow talks about being confused for months after Braid came out, because many people simply took the game for face value without appreciating the plot nuances articulated in painstaking detail by...
- 2/1/2015
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
Do you like documentaries? Do you love getting things on the cheap? Then this is the perfect pre-Christmas gift. Vhx is offering a sweet new deal that gives film fans three great documentaries for one low price. This could be perfect last-minute gift for that movie lover on your list. For $14.99, buyers get DRM free access to This Is Not a Conspiracy Theory, Indie Game: The Movie and Rewind This!. The best part (well, the best part aside from getting to watch three great documentaries) is that if you already own one of these through Vhx, you can get the other two for free! The greatest hurdle to bundle purchasing (rebuying things you already own) has now been removed. Customers can nab this sweet deal from now until midnight on January 1, so act fast. Having seen both...
Read More...
Read More...
- 12/25/2014
- by Mike Bracken
- Movies.com
Super Meat Boy has been driving fans of platformers crazy since 2010, when the game’s fun but tough gameplay and cute protagonist debuted on the Xbox 360. The game, which was also featured in the documentary Indie Game: The Movie, has since been released on a number of platforms but has remained noticeably absent from phones and tablets. The game’s developer, Team Meat, revealed a solution to this problem during Pax Prime with the reveal of Super Meat Boy Forever.
In an announcement post on the team’s website, developer Edmund McMillen explained that Forever will not be a simple...
In an announcement post on the team’s website, developer Edmund McMillen explained that Forever will not be a simple...
- 9/2/2014
- by Jonathon Dornbush
- EW.com - PopWatch
Vhx has made more than $3.4 million in revenue though its digital distribution platform, but the site's latest endeavor is giving several titles away for free. It has launched the 'Creativity Bundle', a collection of four critically-acclaimed films that are available at a "pay what you want" price. The four titles in the Creativity Bundle are all documentaries, and they all focus on a specific topic related to creativity or creative individual. Indie Game: The Movie follows the lives of independent video game developers, Helvetica dives into the world of fonts, Sign Painters hones in on its titular profession, and Beauty Is Embarrassing takes artist Wayne White as its subject. While viewers can pay whatever they want for this collection, Vhx has three suggested prices: $5, $10, and $15, with the top tier also providing access to bonus features. This model is a familiar one to fans of the Humble Bundle, which has spent...
- 7/17/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The following guest post by Indie Game director Lisanne Pajot was supplied by Vhx. — Editor Vhx is an internet distribution platform built for premium video that empowers artists to sell their work from their own websites. The company has enlisted Lisanne Pajot, co-director of Indie Game: The Movie, as their first Filmmaker Ambassador, providing guidance and tips for filmmakers for selling their films online directly to audiences. In the following post, Lisanne discusses the importance of deluxe editions. As a Vhx Filmmaker Ambassador, I talk to creators everyday. I am often asked: “What should I use as a teaser?” “How many minutes of extras should I include?” “What kind of content should be in my Deluxe...
- 6/19/2014
- by Lisanne Pajot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The following guest post by Indie Game director Lisanne Pajot was supplied by Vhx. — Editor Vhx is an internet distribution platform built for premium video that empowers artists to sell their work from their own websites. The company has enlisted Lisanne Pajot, co-director of Indie Game: The Movie, as their first Filmmaker Ambassador, providing guidance and tips for filmmakers for selling their films online directly to audiences. In the following post, Lisanne discusses the importance of deluxe editions. As a Vhx Filmmaker Ambassador, I talk to creators everyday. I am often asked: “What should I use as a teaser?” “How many minutes of extras should I include?” “What kind of content should be in my Deluxe […]...
- 6/19/2014
- by Lisanne Pajot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Even if Magic: The Gathering isn’t right up your alley, chances are you at least know a half dozen people who are obsessed with it. Taking advantage of the massive appeal the game has, Wizards of the Coast has teamed up with leading game developers to create 14 unique cards for the release of Magic 2015, which will be available on July 18.
The group of developers involved with creating new cards makes up a laundry list of big names in the industry, ranging from indie game designers to personalities such as Notch and Lord British. Check out the full list below for a better idea of what to expect:
George Fan: designer of Plants vs Zombies Mike Krahulik & Jerry Holkins: Gabe and Tycho, creators of Penny Arcade Markus Persson: “Notch,” creator of Minecraft and founder of Mojang Richard Garriot: “Lord British,” creator of the Ultima series David Sirlin: designer...
The group of developers involved with creating new cards makes up a laundry list of big names in the industry, ranging from indie game designers to personalities such as Notch and Lord British. Check out the full list below for a better idea of what to expect:
George Fan: designer of Plants vs Zombies Mike Krahulik & Jerry Holkins: Gabe and Tycho, creators of Penny Arcade Markus Persson: “Notch,” creator of Minecraft and founder of Mojang Richard Garriot: “Lord British,” creator of the Ultima series David Sirlin: designer...
- 4/18/2014
- by Christian Law
- We Got This Covered
Glitches and bugs are an inescapable part of game development, but they usually get squashed with extreme prejudice. That's too bad, though: as this collection of images from "Fez" developer Renaud Bédard shows, glitches can sometimes be beautifully striking
"Fez"' legacy as an ornate, intricate, perspective-bending puzzle game has been somewhat (and unfortunately) overshadowed by its lead designer, Phil Fish. His prominent role in Indie Game: The Movie and his highly-public cancellation of "Fez 2" have hogged most of the discussion about the series.
Perhaps the most enduring brouhaha was Polytron's inability (or refusal, depending on who you ask) to patch a rare, game-breaking bug found in the Xbox Live Arcade port, shining a light on Microsoft's publishing policies that eventually led to some major reversals: Microsoft no longer charges developers to update Xbla games and have instituted the ID@Xbox program to encourage self-publishing on the Xbox One.
That's well and good,...
"Fez"' legacy as an ornate, intricate, perspective-bending puzzle game has been somewhat (and unfortunately) overshadowed by its lead designer, Phil Fish. His prominent role in Indie Game: The Movie and his highly-public cancellation of "Fez 2" have hogged most of the discussion about the series.
Perhaps the most enduring brouhaha was Polytron's inability (or refusal, depending on who you ask) to patch a rare, game-breaking bug found in the Xbox Live Arcade port, shining a light on Microsoft's publishing policies that eventually led to some major reversals: Microsoft no longer charges developers to update Xbla games and have instituted the ID@Xbox program to encourage self-publishing on the Xbox One.
That's well and good,...
- 9/25/2013
- by Joseph Leray
- MTV Multiplayer
Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky, directors of Indie Game: The Movie, are not only skilled filmmakers but also very savvy businesspeople. They chose to self-distribute their film rather than sell themselves short by giving it away to a distributor, and did a brilliant job of connecting with their audience and maximizing the potential of their product. (You can read their evolved thinking on self-distribution in a Filmmaker article they penned earlier this year.) Now the pair say they have reached “the end of a life-changing, 3-year odyssey” of Indie Game with the just-announced the release of a Special Edition, which …...
- 7/24/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
A movie blog making a documentary movie called Movie Blog Movie, about other people who run movie blogs, which cover movies made by people who read movie blogs. It's like we are making the Inception of documentaries.
So why make such a meta-layered movie? The answer is that we are fans of our colleagues, and we want to know more about them. Things like how they named their site, what inspired them to start, and what keeps them writing.
Right now most of us know very little about the people who influence us, guide us, and share cool stuff with us. We want to learn more about their influences, experiences, and opinions. How did they gather their teams and why did they get into this business? If these stories are not documented, they will just fade away.
We plan to keep Movie Blog Movie focused on the first generation of...
So why make such a meta-layered movie? The answer is that we are fans of our colleagues, and we want to know more about them. Things like how they named their site, what inspired them to start, and what keeps them writing.
Right now most of us know very little about the people who influence us, guide us, and share cool stuff with us. We want to learn more about their influences, experiences, and opinions. How did they gather their teams and why did they get into this business? If these stories are not documented, they will just fade away.
We plan to keep Movie Blog Movie focused on the first generation of...
- 7/17/2013
- by Free Reyes
- GeekTyrant
By Matt Hawkins
Video game documentaries are all the rage. You have ones dedicated to where games are played and who plays them like 100 Yen, to ones that details who makes games in the first place, like Indie Game: The Movie.
There's also documentaries that simply cover a single game, from the indie sandbox sensation Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, to Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters, which highlights what many believe to be the greatest video game of all time.
But what about the greatest game peripheral of all time? I'm talking about the Power Glove of course. Well, its time has finally come, courtesy of the forthcoming The Power of the Glove.
It promises to answer every question you've ever had about the future of gaming, as originally foretold in a 100 minute long commercial for Super Mario Bros 3 starring the Wonder Years' Fred Savage, but didn't realize you had.
Video game documentaries are all the rage. You have ones dedicated to where games are played and who plays them like 100 Yen, to ones that details who makes games in the first place, like Indie Game: The Movie.
There's also documentaries that simply cover a single game, from the indie sandbox sensation Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, to Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters, which highlights what many believe to be the greatest video game of all time.
But what about the greatest game peripheral of all time? I'm talking about the Power Glove of course. Well, its time has finally come, courtesy of the forthcoming The Power of the Glove.
It promises to answer every question you've ever had about the future of gaming, as originally foretold in a 100 minute long commercial for Super Mario Bros 3 starring the Wonder Years' Fred Savage, but didn't realize you had.
- 7/10/2013
- by MTV Video Games
- MTV Multiplayer
We’re about six months away from Christmas, so why not highlight a film about Santa Claus? Actually it’s a very appropriate time to discuss this particular film, because it’s about the off season for guys who play the role of St. Nick. Titled I Am Santa Claus, it’s a documentary that follows six Kris Kringles, including none other than pro wrestling legend Mick Foley. WWE Raw fans may be familiar with his appearances in the ring dressed as the jolly old icon, but for this film he went a bit further by even dying his hair and beard and fully trying out the gig as many men do every December. Additionally Foley is a producer of the doc, which is directed by relative newcomer Tommy Avallone. He’s been thanked in the credits for the films Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles and Indie Game: The Movie, which...
- 6/15/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Video Games: The Movie has achieved Kickstarter funding, Mediajuice Studios has announced.
Aiming to tell the story of the video game industry through a series of interviews with developers, publishers and consumers, filmmaker Jeremy Snead's Mediajuice Studios were seeking $60,000 in Kickstarter funding.
Having passed its original target, Mediajuice has introduced a number of stretch goals to appeal to new backers.
Raising $80,000 will see the studio hire a celebrity narrator, with $100,000 the filmmakers will purchase the rights to popular songs for the soundtrack, while $120,000 will see MediaJuice employ a famous band or composer to create an original score.
Aiming for a late summer release, the film features interviews with the likes of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, celebrity gamer Will Wheaton, Capcom's Yoshinoro Ono and Deus Ex creator Warren Spector.
Other contributors include Gearbox co-founder Randy Pitchford, Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, industry veteran David Perry and Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey.
Aiming to tell the story of the video game industry through a series of interviews with developers, publishers and consumers, filmmaker Jeremy Snead's Mediajuice Studios were seeking $60,000 in Kickstarter funding.
Having passed its original target, Mediajuice has introduced a number of stretch goals to appeal to new backers.
Raising $80,000 will see the studio hire a celebrity narrator, with $100,000 the filmmakers will purchase the rights to popular songs for the soundtrack, while $120,000 will see MediaJuice employ a famous band or composer to create an original score.
Aiming for a late summer release, the film features interviews with the likes of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, celebrity gamer Will Wheaton, Capcom's Yoshinoro Ono and Deus Ex creator Warren Spector.
Other contributors include Gearbox co-founder Randy Pitchford, Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, industry veteran David Perry and Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey.
- 5/29/2013
- Digital Spy
Feature Ryan Lambie 17 May 2013 - 05:47
Here's a fresh batch of worthy, geek-friendly crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye this week...
The best part of putting together this weekly crowdfunding column? While trawling through the dozens of ideas that appear online every day, we stumble on all kinds of weird and wonderful things.
Some ideas are semi-practical - a new kind of flip-flop with soles made from astro turf, for people who want to feel as though they're walking on grass all day long - while others are downright strange - such as a set of tabletop gaming figures shaped neat like little human backsides.
Some ideas are commercial and enticing enough to sale past their funding goal - a zombie Lego Batman mash-up animation's already doing well - while others are rather more niche - we spotted a strip poker text adventure, which has, unsurprisingly, attracted rather less interest so far.
Here's a fresh batch of worthy, geek-friendly crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye this week...
The best part of putting together this weekly crowdfunding column? While trawling through the dozens of ideas that appear online every day, we stumble on all kinds of weird and wonderful things.
Some ideas are semi-practical - a new kind of flip-flop with soles made from astro turf, for people who want to feel as though they're walking on grass all day long - while others are downright strange - such as a set of tabletop gaming figures shaped neat like little human backsides.
Some ideas are commercial and enticing enough to sale past their funding goal - a zombie Lego Batman mash-up animation's already doing well - while others are rather more niche - we spotted a strip poker text adventure, which has, unsurprisingly, attracted rather less interest so far.
- 5/16/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Don't get us wrong -- from the moment we laid eyes on "Noobz," a sinking feeling set in. The final product could prove generic at best or a travesty at worst, one of those interminable films that's just bad. Still, a tiny pocket of hope lingered, a miniscule possibility that this film could in some way capture the passion, obsession and community that "Indie Game: The Movie" highlighted to great effect. "Noobz" snuffs out that hope early on, despite co-writer, director, and co-star Blake Freeman's repeat attempts to capture base gamer culture. This is due in part to the script, co-written by Freeman and Marvin Wilson, which briefly touches on the aimless, low-ambition lives of four gamers and then spirals off into the done-to-death road-trip-to-the-big-money-tournament plot. Freeman also damages his own production by playing one of the characters -- Cody, a cocky, careless pit of bottomless pessimism who elicits the least sympathy since Seth.
- 1/23/2013
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- The Playlist
Sorry Oscars. But after the Indie Spirit Awards, the number two spot in terms of Award Season importance are the Cinema Eye Honors. Seems like it was only yesterday when Aj Schnack & Thom Powers teamed up for one basic, logical concept: an event that would reward yearly output of documentary film in a rightfully sound manner. With the wind in their sails, the 6th annual edition was held last night and deservingly so, adding to its double wins at the Idfa and Sundance, it is 5 Broken Cameras that took the top honors for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking. Co-directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi – political activism via you guessed it, five video cameras. The film was released via Kino Lorber.
The night’s only double winner, could be regarded as the silver medal doc film of the year: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Detropia grabbed the Outstanding...
The night’s only double winner, could be regarded as the silver medal doc film of the year: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Detropia grabbed the Outstanding...
- 1/10/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Although we already announced the winners of the 2012 Readers' Choice Awards on the latest episode of the Film Junk Podcast, I know you're all just dying to see the full voting breakdown. After all, this is where you get to praise your fellow Film Junkies for their great taste in movies and/or mourn their total ignorance of quality cinema. Most of the categories had pretty decisive winners, but by far the two closest races were between Prometheus and Looper for Best Sci-fi / Fantasy and Holy Motors and Headhunters in the Foreign Film category. The Animated category had the highest number of votes spread around to all five nominees. So what do you think, do you agree with these results? Are there any big surprises? Check out the final tallies after the jump. Best Comedy 1. 21 Jump Street — 61% 2. Ted — 17% 3. Goon — 9% 4. Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie — 4% 5. Wanderlust — 2% Best Horror 1. The Cabin in the Woods...
- 1/2/2013
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
2012′s best documentaries understand people. It’s as simple as that. They include beautiful character portraits, from group pictures like Indie Game: The Movie and El Gusto to individual pieces like Jiro Dreams of Sushi and Marley. Even the most issue-oriented films achieved their strength through keeping things personal, building powerful political and social arguments through the lives of their subjects. They chronicle the lives of victims who are also heroes, filmmakers who are also subjects, and unique characters who end up representing us all. 12. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God We all think we know plenty about the crisis of abuse in the Catholic Church. It’s been in the news for years now, ever more so as the scandal moves from the United States to Europe. Yet it isn’t easy to grasp the full breadth of the story. Alex Gibney brings a great deal of valuable context to the issue in...
- 12/30/2012
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
In case you missed it, the latest collection serves up nine games, a movie, and ten soundtrack in support of indie development and the Child's Play charity.
Just in case you didn't quite get all of the games you were looking for over the holidays, the Humble Indie Bundle--currently in its seventh outing--is offering up a handful of titles, soundtracks, and a feature documentary to fill out your video game collection.
The current bundle is packed with several throwback style platformers ("Cave Story+," "Snapshot,") a pair of RPGs ("The Legend of Grimrock," "Dungeon Defender"), and some experimental games from the guys at Team Meat with "The Basement Collection" should you choose to pay more than the $6.45 average paid by most buyers. The other big item is the inclusion of "Indie Game: The Movie" in the basic tier along with donations to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child's Play.
I'm just...
Just in case you didn't quite get all of the games you were looking for over the holidays, the Humble Indie Bundle--currently in its seventh outing--is offering up a handful of titles, soundtracks, and a feature documentary to fill out your video game collection.
The current bundle is packed with several throwback style platformers ("Cave Story+," "Snapshot,") a pair of RPGs ("The Legend of Grimrock," "Dungeon Defender"), and some experimental games from the guys at Team Meat with "The Basement Collection" should you choose to pay more than the $6.45 average paid by most buyers. The other big item is the inclusion of "Indie Game: The Movie" in the basic tier along with donations to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child's Play.
I'm just...
- 12/28/2012
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" won the top prize at the Utah Film Critics Association awards. The hunt for Osama bin Laden took the Best Movie of 2012 award but Bigelow was just a runner-up. Wes Anderson won the Best Director award for his fantastic "Moonrise Kingdom."
Here's the complete list of winners; for nominees/winners of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Best Picture . "Zero Dark Thirty" (runner-up: "Looper")
Directing . Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom" (runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty")
Lead Actor . Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master" (runners-up: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln," and John Hawkes, "The Sessions")
Lead actress . Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook," and Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty" (tie)
Supporting Actor . Dwight Henry, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (runner-up: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master")
Supporting Actress . Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables" (runner-up: Ann Dowd, "Compliance")
Original Screenplay . Rian Johnson, "Looper" (runner-up: Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard, "The Cabin in the Woods")
Adapted Screenplay . Stephen Chbosky,...
Here's the complete list of winners; for nominees/winners of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Best Picture . "Zero Dark Thirty" (runner-up: "Looper")
Directing . Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom" (runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty")
Lead Actor . Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master" (runners-up: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln," and John Hawkes, "The Sessions")
Lead actress . Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook," and Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty" (tie)
Supporting Actor . Dwight Henry, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (runner-up: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master")
Supporting Actress . Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables" (runner-up: Ann Dowd, "Compliance")
Original Screenplay . Rian Johnson, "Looper" (runner-up: Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard, "The Cabin in the Woods")
Adapted Screenplay . Stephen Chbosky,...
- 12/24/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Utah Film Critics Association has announced its 2012 winners, and, big surprise, "Zero Dark Thirty" took top honors. But the group went in a couple of different directions elsewhere, tapping Dwight Henry for Best Supporting Actor, Wes Anderson for Best Director and "Indie Game: The Movie" for best doc. Check out the full list of winners below and keep track of the season via The Circuit. Best Picture "Zero Dark Thirty" (Runner-up: "Looper") Best Director Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom" (Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty") Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master" (Runner-up: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln" and John Hawkes, "The Sessions")...
- 12/21/2012
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
"The Imposter" and "Searching for Sugar Man" each received 5 nods from the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. 31 features and 5 shorts will vie for the best of the best in documentary filmmaking. Check out the full list of nominees below including the Audience Award and Heterodox Award.
Winners of the 6th Annual Cinema Eye Honors will be announced on January 9, 2013 as Cinema Eye returns for a third year to New York City.s Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
5 Broken Cameras
Directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Produced by Christine Camdessus, Serge Gordey, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Detropia
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Produced by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady and Craig Atkinson
The Imposter
Directed by Bart Layton
Produced by Dimitri Doganis
Marina Abramović The Artist is Present
Directed by Matthew Akers
Produced by Jeff Dupre and Maro Chermayeff...
Winners of the 6th Annual Cinema Eye Honors will be announced on January 9, 2013 as Cinema Eye returns for a third year to New York City.s Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
5 Broken Cameras
Directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Produced by Christine Camdessus, Serge Gordey, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Detropia
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Produced by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady and Craig Atkinson
The Imposter
Directed by Bart Layton
Produced by Dimitri Doganis
Marina Abramović The Artist is Present
Directed by Matthew Akers
Produced by Jeff Dupre and Maro Chermayeff...
- 12/11/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
★★★★☆ Jonathan Blow, developer of the hugely popular Braid, once said: "Let me take my deepest flaws and vulnerabilities, put them in the game, and see what happens." Chronicling the figures at the forefront of the 'indie game' revolution, Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky's Indie Game: The Movie (2012) focuses upon the personalities rather than their global product. Indie games are those produced outside of the mainstream studio system, away from the industry giants. Rather than small, streamlined creative firms, the people behind these ventures are often just two-man programming teams, devoting their lives to developing their games.
Read more »...
Read more »...
- 11/29/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss the greatness of Indie Game: The Movie, try to get excited about a Deux Ex film, and get scared by the plausibility of The Campaign. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: No Related [...]...
- 11/28/2012
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
After taking their film "Indie Game: The Movie" to Sundance and SXSW, directors/producers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky ventured into self-distribution territory. An increasingly popular question for filmmakers who first find support through crowd-funding ("Indie Game" used Kickstarter), is how to continue the momentum once you have the film? This "Indie Game" series may hold some answers. The filmmakers have posted a blog series about "Indie Game"'s unique distribution model. In the series they look at how they used technology to make the film as well as how they released the film themselves through the U.S. and Canada. It involved a cross country roadshow and became the first film on video game platform Stream as well as the first film to have direct downloads from their website via Vhx. The key question in their series is whether this form of distribution, modeled after comedian Louis Ck's direct-to-audience sales,...
- 11/21/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
When playing games it’s more about the experience than just the looks. Yes, a game that graphically impresses always gets a lot of attention, but with a control system that annoys and with mediocre music part of the enjoyment can be impacted on. Music can be just as important as graphics for some, some may not even notice the music yet it still plays a part in their game, it sets atmosphere and it sets the tone of the scene. It’s arguable that music is just as important in a game as it is in a movie, it has the power to make or break it at times. The Greatest Video Game Music 2 CD is the second in a collection of game music released by X5 Music Group and all you have to do to realise the quality is to read the front cover and see “played by...
- 11/9/2012
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
The Sundance Institute announced Thursday that 11 independent films supported by its Artist Services Program are now available on Hulu, Netflix and SnagFilms (Indiewire's parent company). The Artist Services Program gives Sundance alumni exclusive opportunities to self-distribute, market and find finance solutions to their work. "Brother to Brother," "Children Underground," "Enemies of the People" and "Dirty Work" are now available for immediate streaming, and Artist Services films can also be found on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Entertainment Network, SundanceNOW, Vudu and YouTube. To see bonus video content for select titles, visit this link. Read More: 'Indie Game: The Movie,' 'The Woods,' 'Enemies of the People' & More Sundance Titles Now Available on iTunes Official information about the films, their availability and their newly added platforms (in bold)...
- 8/23/2012
- by Srimathi Sridhar
- Indiewire
“Indie Game: The Movie,” “The Woods” and “Enemies of the People” are among the ten titles recently added to the Sundance Institute’s Artist Services program. The initiative is designed to help indie films made by Sundance alumni find digital distribution through iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Entertainment Network, SundanceNOW, Vudu, YouTube and the like. New Video is the exclusive aggregation partner for distribution across these Artist Services portals, which will also include Hulu, Netflix and SnagFilms in the coming weeks. "The films available today represent a sampling of the broad spectrum of independent films we have supported at the Sundance Film Festival or through our Labs,” said Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam. “For audiences, these offer a window into the legacy of independent film, spanning nearly 20 years and leading up to exciting, more recent work by these unique...
- 7/18/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Kickstarter seems to be having a major impact on just about every industry it touches, from comics to video games to technology, giving creators the financial freedom to develop their products without any pesky corporations controlling the process. It has been a boon for indie filmmaking as well, particularly documentaries, with such success stories as Indie Game: The Movie, Urbanized and Matthew Lillard's Fat Kid Rules the World. How long will it be before we start to see A-list actors and directors turning to Kickstarter to have their artistic vision realized without having to compromise? Well, this week a very significant project has appeared on Kickstarter: Anomalisa, a stop motion animated film written by Charlie Kaufman. It also has Dan Harmon (Community) and Dino Stamatopoulos (Morel Orel) on board as producers, and it is being animated by Starburns Industries. While it might seem strange for a big name like...
- 7/12/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Just sharing some news of stuff I was involved in at Sheffield Doc/Fest... The Awfj Eda Award for Best Female-Directed Film went to Going Up The Stairs, directed by Rokhsareh Gaeme Maghami. According to the Awfj Jury (comprised of Awfj members Linda Barnard, Nikki Baughan, MaryAnn Johanson, Karen Krizanovich and Jennifer Merin), the film is about a “most unlikely artist, a 50 year old illiterate Iranian woman who is consumed by her need to create, but has also embraced her role in a traditional marriage to an older man who controls her destiny. Her creativity bursts forth, as though it has a will of its own. and she simply can’t stop painting. Akram’s riotous, colourful, primative canvasses - and her endearing personality - reach out to the viewer and grab hold. We present this year’s Eda Award to Going Up The Stairs. Bravo to director Rokhsareh Ghaem...
- 6/28/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
When most people think of video game movies, they think of Super Mario Bros. They think of the sacrilege committed time and time again by Uwe Boll, such as Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead. In terms of narrative film, directors have unerringly failed when trying to convey the video game experience. Oddly enough, it seems to be documentarians, creating the likes of The King of Kong and this, Indie Game: The Movie, who best prod the heart and soul of the oft-maligned medium and capture what it really means to people.
If James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot’s doc is anything, it is passionate. The pair follow the skeleton-crew developers of three independent video games – Braid’s Jonathan Blow, Super Meat Boy’s Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, and Fez’s Phil Fish – representing the apparent “past, present and future” of indie gaming (Braid is long-released,...
When most people think of video game movies, they think of Super Mario Bros. They think of the sacrilege committed time and time again by Uwe Boll, such as Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead. In terms of narrative film, directors have unerringly failed when trying to convey the video game experience. Oddly enough, it seems to be documentarians, creating the likes of The King of Kong and this, Indie Game: The Movie, who best prod the heart and soul of the oft-maligned medium and capture what it really means to people.
If James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot’s doc is anything, it is passionate. The pair follow the skeleton-crew developers of three independent video games – Braid’s Jonathan Blow, Super Meat Boy’s Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, and Fez’s Phil Fish – representing the apparent “past, present and future” of indie gaming (Braid is long-released,...
- 6/19/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
This week on Operation Kino we're donning elaborate wigs and singing songs into Malin Akerman's ass as we review the new jukebox musical Rock of Ages. From there we get into a conversation about the recent flap over Lola Versus and its directors challenging the critics who didn't like their movie, and talk about how independent filmmakers can engage with their audiences and fans without doing more harm than good. Before any of that, though, there's a lightning round asking about Adam Sandler's past work, and then tidbits, in which Da7e celebrates the all-powerful ear worm "Call Me Maybe" (which you'll hear a lot on this episode), David celebrates the very different film Call Me Kuchu, Katey isn't crazy about the season finale of Mad Men, and Patches takes a look at Indie Game: The Movie, thanks to a suggestion from listener Chris Cookson. Take a listen...
- 6/15/2012
- cinemablend.com
Indie Game: The Movie
Written and directed by Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
I was born into the gaming generation; games have been around me my whole life and gave me the dream to be a developer, something that I did in fact manage to do, though not making games (yet). Indie Game: The Movie turned out to be not only a documentary about making games, but about people I could relate to, and understand when they put their lives into a dream and become obsessed with reaching that goal of making something they always wanted to do.
Indie Game: The Movie takes three different viewpoints by looking at three games and their makers. There is Super Meat Boy, a game in development and very near completion. The documentary looks at how it affects the developers behind it and shapes their whole lives. Then there is Fez, this game at the...
Written and directed by Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
I was born into the gaming generation; games have been around me my whole life and gave me the dream to be a developer, something that I did in fact manage to do, though not making games (yet). Indie Game: The Movie turned out to be not only a documentary about making games, but about people I could relate to, and understand when they put their lives into a dream and become obsessed with reaching that goal of making something they always wanted to do.
Indie Game: The Movie takes three different viewpoints by looking at three games and their makers. There is Super Meat Boy, a game in development and very near completion. The documentary looks at how it affects the developers behind it and shapes their whole lives. Then there is Fez, this game at the...
- 6/14/2012
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Minding the time in a nondescript cafe a few minutes away from the IFC Center, "Indie Game: The Movie” co-directors Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky and composer/indie rocker Jim Guthrie share an easygoing parlance that showcases the spirit of effective collaboration. Of course, one of the notable ways to spot excellent craftsmanship is seeing something difficult made to look easy. “Indie Game: The Movie” manages that trick, and we fell in love with the film at Sundance, calling it “the most mature look at video games yet, and a fine documentary in its own right,” that served “as a powerful document for why games deserve consideration as a legitimate artform.” High praise for a documentary that was but a seed on Kickstarter almost two years ago.
“What we thought would take a year, probably six months,” says Swirsky, adding "Basically our thinking as, we own all the equipment, we...
“What we thought would take a year, probably six months,” says Swirsky, adding "Basically our thinking as, we own all the equipment, we...
- 6/12/2012
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- The Playlist
Known for their inventive videogame series, stemming off Half-Life and resulting in such creations as Portal, Team Fortress, Counter-Strike and Left 4 Dead, Valve is beginning to step into the feature film business. Their Steam distribution service is currently making available their first feature-length film with the fitting Indie Game: The Movie. Now, Variety reports that the company is stepping into the production side.
They’ve teamed with Shane Acker, coming off his Tim Burton-produced animation 9, as well as the Irish outfit Brown Bag Films to develop a new feature titled Deep. In the action adventure, Acker continues in a post-apocalyptic landscape, this time following Wwiii with a setting underwater in fallen ships. The film will follow “Sullivan, a captain of a nuclear sub. He makes contact with a splinter group of superior scientific intelligence, the Wayfarers, which has the power to save the earth. But that could come at a terrible cost.
They’ve teamed with Shane Acker, coming off his Tim Burton-produced animation 9, as well as the Irish outfit Brown Bag Films to develop a new feature titled Deep. In the action adventure, Acker continues in a post-apocalyptic landscape, this time following Wwiii with a setting underwater in fallen ships. The film will follow “Sullivan, a captain of a nuclear sub. He makes contact with a splinter group of superior scientific intelligence, the Wayfarers, which has the power to save the earth. But that could come at a terrible cost.
- 6/11/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Solid shirts make their way to Japanese clothing store Uniqglo's UK, Hong Kong, and Japanese locations.
Over the weekend, Konami tweeted the image above revealing that ten shirts celebrating the 25th anniversary of Snake sneaking are available at Japanese t-shirt seller Uniqlo. Right now the shirts are available on Uniqlo's Japanese, Hong Kong, and UK sites, retailing in Europe for £14.90 or about $23 Usd and change, or you can get two for £19 as part of a sale on the UK site, with four limited-edition Revengance shirts debuting in Tokyo. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this collection has yet made its way stateside, but we'll reach out to Konami to see if this might be changing in the future.
You can check out a gallery of the shirts below and definitely tell Konami that you want these over here today.
Related posts:
Mutliplayer Replay for Week of 5/26
Indie Game: The Movie to...
Over the weekend, Konami tweeted the image above revealing that ten shirts celebrating the 25th anniversary of Snake sneaking are available at Japanese t-shirt seller Uniqlo. Right now the shirts are available on Uniqlo's Japanese, Hong Kong, and UK sites, retailing in Europe for £14.90 or about $23 Usd and change, or you can get two for £19 as part of a sale on the UK site, with four limited-edition Revengance shirts debuting in Tokyo. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this collection has yet made its way stateside, but we'll reach out to Konami to see if this might be changing in the future.
You can check out a gallery of the shirts below and definitely tell Konami that you want these over here today.
Related posts:
Mutliplayer Replay for Week of 5/26
Indie Game: The Movie to...
- 5/29/2012
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
Happy Memorial Day
Too lazy to hit that scroll wheel? Well, don’t fret; we wouldn’t want you to break a sweat. You can find the most exciting news, previews, and trailers from the past week in one convenient place. Check out your weekly dose of all things Multiplayer below!
Get a Look at This Gameplay Footage From "Marvel Heroes"
News
Seems everything is getting delayed until next year. Hope you've kept your schedule free for January and February!
"Darksiders II" Producer Explains The Delay, And Why Despair Is So Important To Death Devil May Cry Release set for Jan, 2013. Mayans Push Back End of the World to Compensate "Aliens: Colonial Marines" Dated for Next February, Here's a New Trailer Bungie's Upcoming SciFi Shooter 'Destiny' Due in 2013, New Marathon Game in the Works
Besides what's coming out in 2013 there's been some interesting news this past week.
In spite of...
Too lazy to hit that scroll wheel? Well, don’t fret; we wouldn’t want you to break a sweat. You can find the most exciting news, previews, and trailers from the past week in one convenient place. Check out your weekly dose of all things Multiplayer below!
Get a Look at This Gameplay Footage From "Marvel Heroes"
News
Seems everything is getting delayed until next year. Hope you've kept your schedule free for January and February!
"Darksiders II" Producer Explains The Delay, And Why Despair Is So Important To Death Devil May Cry Release set for Jan, 2013. Mayans Push Back End of the World to Compensate "Aliens: Colonial Marines" Dated for Next February, Here's a New Trailer Bungie's Upcoming SciFi Shooter 'Destiny' Due in 2013, New Marathon Game in the Works
Besides what's coming out in 2013 there's been some interesting news this past week.
In spite of...
- 5/26/2012
- by Clint Mize
- MTV Multiplayer
By Jeffrey Matulef
Award-winning documentary Indie Game: The Movie will be available to the public via digital distribution June 12, 2012 on iTunes, Steam and at IndieGameTheMovie.com, where you can also pre-order the Blu-ray and DVD. The movie will be $9.99, with 10% off ($8.99) for pre-orders on Steam.
Directed by James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot, Indie Game: The Movie follows the exploits of Fez creator Phil Fish, Team Meat's Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, and Braid creator Johnathan Blow.
Filmed over the course of the last two years, the film covers the process leading up to and following Super Meat Boy's release, as well as Fish's legal and emotional struggles to complete Fez, a game he'd been working on for five years.
Having seen the film last month I can say that it's a fantastic piece of cinema that focuses on the human element behind games. While Indie Game: The Movie is about game creators,...
Award-winning documentary Indie Game: The Movie will be available to the public via digital distribution June 12, 2012 on iTunes, Steam and at IndieGameTheMovie.com, where you can also pre-order the Blu-ray and DVD. The movie will be $9.99, with 10% off ($8.99) for pre-orders on Steam.
Directed by James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot, Indie Game: The Movie follows the exploits of Fez creator Phil Fish, Team Meat's Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, and Braid creator Johnathan Blow.
Filmed over the course of the last two years, the film covers the process leading up to and following Super Meat Boy's release, as well as Fish's legal and emotional struggles to complete Fez, a game he'd been working on for five years.
Having seen the film last month I can say that it's a fantastic piece of cinema that focuses on the human element behind games. While Indie Game: The Movie is about game creators,...
- 5/25/2012
- by MTV Video Games
- MTV Multiplayer
Plot: Charting the rise of independent video game design, this documentary follows the production of three indie games; the break-out hit .Braid. by Jonathan Blow, it.s potential successor .Super Meat Boy. by the underdog team of Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, and the long-delayed .Fez. by Phil Fish. Review: As someone who truly doesn.t know a thing about modern gaming, I assumed Indie Game: The Movie wouldn.t be something I.d find terribly interesting. I missed it at Sundance, but...
- 5/25/2012
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
I used to want to design games when I was a kid. Until I realized you needed, you know, actual talent. Oh well. Now I just play them. Frankly, I’m probably part of the problem when it comes to supporting independently created/financed games like the ones being featured in Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky’s new documentary “Indie Game: The Movie”, which chronicles the path of independent game developers as they try to make it in a world dominated by the likes of “Call of Duty”, “Halo”, and games designed by thousands of people instead of, well, just one guy in his apartment. Check out a trailer for “Indie Game: The Movie”. You don’t have to be a gamer (casual or otherwise) to find it fascinating, but it probably helps. With the twenty-first century comes a new breed of struggling independent artist: the indie game designer. Refusing to toil for major developers,...
- 5/24/2012
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Editor’s note: With Indie Game: The Movie opening up in Los Angeles today as it begins its theatrical run, we thought it only appropriate to re-run this Sundance review, originally posted on January 20. They say to truly be happy you should “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life,” but what does it mean to take something you love doing and try and make it your career? Or at least something you dedicate the majority of your time to? Those who are writers or make films or music usually get into it because they love reading/writing, movies and music, but there is a caveat to this idea that people do not always realize. Even if you are “pursuing your dreams,” at the end of the day, work is work. It may be more exciting and different than your average 9-5 cubicle life, it...
- 5/18/2012
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.