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Netflix | Release Date: August 19, 2020

4.5	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Ratings

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TrailesqueAug 17, 2022

Good documentary that tells the story of the people behind the creation and expansion of the video games industry.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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fede01_8Oct 21, 2020

I knew the toxic alt-right would bomb review this as soon as they see a minority talking about videogames. Great job proving the gaming community is the worst.

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

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metacritiqueurAug 19, 2020

Even in a documentary about video games, Netflix places transgender propaganda from the first minutes. It's about high score, but hey, you're gonna get your dose of indoctrination. Can't wait for the episode 2 about ghosts minorities in PacEven in a documentary about video games, Netflix places transgender propaganda from the first minutes. It's about high score, but hey, you're gonna get your dose of indoctrination. Can't wait for the episode 2 about ghosts minorities in Pac Man. Lmao Netflix, just lmao...… Expand

3 of 6 users found this helpful33

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bball4224Aug 27, 2020

The series has some interesting topics discussed but it feels it needs to force in pointless political narratives that offer very little to the episodes as a whole, and generally feel like a waste of time.

We want to talk about a video gameThe series has some interesting topics discussed but it feels it needs to force in pointless political narratives that offer very little to the episodes as a whole, and generally feel like a waste of time.

We want to talk about a video game tournament, well lets find the one person who is transgender and highlight them.
We are talking about RPGs and just showed Amano who is famous among Final Fantasy fans. Let's randomly transition to a gay man during the AIDS pandemic, spouting vitriol against preachers and Republicans. He made this one game that nobody has heard of and it literarily no longer exists, but he says it happened so that's enough to include him.

These decisions feel forced and redirect the narrative being built. They also feel completely out of place when surrounded by titans in gaming history.

My other gripe is every clip of gameplay shown from games made in the past 20 years, always look like somebody recorded the game being played on a tv or computer. There are obvious lines across the screen and it looks terrible. There's really no excuse for that.… Expand

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

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Vl_czAug 28, 2020

This is a film about gay, black and feminists who made second-rate games. Typical shiitflix

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

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OrphanTwinAug 30, 2020

Thought this would talk more about the real history and makers of video games. Instead it’s quickly turns into a trans guy, and some guy who says he made an RPG but lost it, haha! What? oh and he’s gay and the “right wing” was mean to him.Thought this would talk more about the real history and makers of video games. Instead it’s quickly turns into a trans guy, and some guy who says he made an RPG but lost it, haha! What? oh and he’s gay and the “right wing” was mean to him. What a coincidence! Who cares? What does this have to do with video games? Why does Netflix insist on inserting their politics and a “lesson” in every single thing? Video games are under attack by these people. Did they forget how to entertain? The answer is yes. Canceling my sub.… Expand

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Luiz1Aug 31, 2020

Why add politics into a video game documentary? Not worth watching for the actual video game content.

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Tony1984Sep 24, 2020

Middle-aged talking nerd heads reliving the early days of video games, with pseudo-Super Mario graphics added in for fun. The Japanese contribution was especially interesting. Enjoyable from a nostalgia point of view. Be aware that it goesMiddle-aged talking nerd heads reliving the early days of video games, with pseudo-Super Mario graphics added in for fun. The Japanese contribution was especially interesting. Enjoyable from a nostalgia point of view. Be aware that it goes out of its way to include LBGTQ/PoC. It's Netflix after all.… Expand

1 of 4 users found this helpful13

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BalaamsDonkeyNov 9, 2021

High Score: Putting the Gay in Gamer

Woke politics don't belong here. It would be a much higher score without the woke agenda crap.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

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ShlizerDec 2, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First episodes were actually ok, but more you watch, the more you're bombarded by nothing else but propaganda.
We got gay that made a game that noone knows, noone cares and even there are no trace of it. We got trans boy/girl that won an arcade years ago and it's more important to constantly tell that she's trans than something about games. There's also black guy that his reason that he's in document it's that his father was into this industry, but more important is that he's black.. after that my **** went out. Don't wanna lose any more second on it.… Expand

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KranzFeb 28, 2021

Obviously anyone who knows anything about videogame history was not a target audience and while it was entertaining the whole series just had a feeling of a hot mess about it. The RPG episode jumped from Sierra to Ultima to final fantasy toObviously anyone who knows anything about videogame history was not a target audience and while it was entertaining the whole series just had a feeling of a hot mess about it. The RPG episode jumped from Sierra to Ultima to final fantasy to an obscure gender identity game, which I assume was meant to give the series a sense of emotional magnitude? To me it just felt disjointed.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

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MaksRobotENGRAug 12, 2023

Good documentary, The doom and Nintendo episodes are probably the best. This series gets a lot of hate for the "woke" "propaganda" in it, but I'm glad they talked about Jerry Lawson and the channel F, he deserves to be as talked about asGood documentary, The doom and Nintendo episodes are probably the best. This series gets a lot of hate for the "woke" "propaganda" in it, but I'm glad they talked about Jerry Lawson and the channel F, he deserves to be as talked about as Nolan Bushnell and Gunpei Yokoi. Overall a good documentary if you're into video games… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

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