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Speaking as someone who once dated a girl who took two semesters of film, documentary film-making is the single most boring job an auteur can take on. It's almost impossible to make a modern audience care about any subject not directly involving Vin Diesel, or the addition of flames to a beloved childhood icon, and with that in mind, what the creators of Gamers Unite have accomplished is really rather stunning.

Their documentary strives to provide a voice for gamers in reaction to the widespread media accounts of video games creating murder and mayhem all across the world. The people interviewed are quite eloquent, and make points to rival anything I've ever written as to why the current gamer stereotype is unfounded. Admittedly, PBC Productions doesn't have the budget of that fat dude who keeps blowing judges at Cannes, but what they do manage is quite impressive. I'm reminded of many of the documentaries produced by Shotime and HBO, and that's a high compliment for an effort such as this.

The above clip is the first part of Gamers Unite and if it's any indication of the quality to come from PBC, this is the sort of thing we should be mailing to Jack Thompson in lieu of all the boxes full of bees we've been sending. 

[UPDATE: We just got word that part 2 of the saga will be released this Friday.] 


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BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 09:04
BluDesign
Despite the overwhelming lack of Michael Moore in this documentary...

The Michael Moore Fan Club gives this documentary 4 cheezburgrz!
(The last guy realized he dropped his cheezburgrz and lost it in a fold of fat.)

DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 09:41
DeusPayne
They need better interviews. They all seemed like inner city kids trying to be as non-offensive as possible. Plus, how hardcore can they be? "I think you're hardcore if you can play a game for 6 hours without getting bored of it"... what? That's not hardcore. That's a normal session of gaming.

While this is a step in the right direction, it's not really what is needed. Regardless of who eventually gets to see this, a bunch of kids claiming that video games is a part of their life is not going to sway someone into thinking that video games aren't responsible. If anything, it just makes it worse by claiming that there are many people who play the same game for hours, days, and years on end, without actually explaining the intricacies behind it. There are reasons these people play the games for that long. There's reasons why games can be played for hours straight. Without detailing why, to an outsider, it just looks like someone who is lost in a video world, and loses track of time, forever trapped in the year that their 'favorite' game came out.
waxximis's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 09:41
waxximis
whats the music at the end from?
BlueWolf72's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 10:39
BlueWolf72
The creators of this were http://www.jc-media.com/. JC-Media is know for the events they put together. On event like this many outside individuals came and I was unable to attend the event as I helped JC-Media. I honestly think there needs to be an event like this each month so we the gamers who care about the politics in gaming can be heard.
fromagex's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 10:47
fromagex
whats wrong w/ michael moore? when did this site get run by the republican agenda?
Volcanon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 10:51
Volcanon
@waxximis:

That song is from the Moon level in Duck Tales on the NES.
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 11:02
atheistium
@DeusPayne
6 hours of the same game with no breaks to some people is considered hardcore. I know my friends & family always thought I was pretty obsessed when I do my weekend binge, I would say from about 2 hours after I get up until I go to bed I play some form of game. Unless I am raping people's ears & eyes in vent/stickam.

Nice documentary anyway!
Milofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 11:15
Milofo
Well it seems that Congress is actually doing something right in response to shootings for once as you can read here.
Campbell's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 12:06
Campbell
He's Captain S, and he is one helluva guy.
juniorlikespie's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 12:31
juniorlikespie
i don't hate michael moore. i'm not a republican. but his movies always have spin. he edits and shoots the movies so he can get his point across sometimes dishonestly.
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 12:40
tazarthayoot
Is that the Triforce guy from the Wii launch?
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 13:42
Dexter345
Crap, you've been sending him bees? I'm using scorpions. Am I doing it wrong?
DRAV3N's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 13:48
DRAV3N
What game is that at 5:20?
The one with mario fighting sonic.
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 14:00
tazarthayoot
@Drav3n

It's just a mugen.
TheBrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 16:23
TheBrain
Not sure why they had so many modified games in there as opposed to actual retail ones that people actually play rather than spend 5 minutes with due to the novelty factor.

As for what defines hardcore gamers, I don't think playing the same game for many years really counts. A hardcore gamer is always looking for new things from games, is willing to try new games. Not someone that has played SSB since the N64 days. I'd consider myself hardcore not because I'm going to play Super Paper Mario for 5 hours this evening (I will) but because I go to sites like Destructoid, because I follow the industry so closely.

Maybe I'm more obsessive than hardcore because I can name the subtitle to just about any game and can also list any previous working titles said game had prior to release, but the fact that I follow the industry so closely is what makes me hardcore, in my opinion anyway. Buying any game that remotely interests me and playing it for extended periods of time probably helps, though.
Jecrell's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 16:36
Jecrell
@Nex: Oh cmon, you know you love fat people.
Paul Soth's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2007 16:43
Paul Soth
And this is why I hate political discussions on game sites.
waxximis's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2007 09:13
waxximis
thanks! that music has been popping up everywhere latly! (also i love the avatar! YOU ARE A PIRATE!)
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