News

Media Regulator Investigating Misuse Of Video Game Footage

British communications regulator Ofcom is investigating how a UK documentary examining possible connections between Muammar Gaddafi and the IRA confused video game play for actual IRA footage of a helicopter being shot down.


September 27, 2011
News

Documentary Confuses Game For Terrorism Footage

A UK documentary examining possible connections between Muammar Gaddafi and the IRA apparently confused video game play with actual IRA footage of a helicopter being shot down.


July 28, 2011
In Real Life

This Video Game Documentary Looks Gorgeous

Jonathan Drake (aka Animatronic Ackbar) is putting together a documentary on the competitive fighting game scene. It’s looking good!


July 20, 2011
News

Viral Freestyler Eli Porter Gets His Own Documentary

Remember Eli Porter? You probably wouldn’t by name. But he’s the kid who went viral in the “Iron Mic” freestyle competition with the famous “I’m the best man. I did it.” line. And for some reason filmmakers Trent Babbington and Walker Warren decided to make a documentary about that moment – and I’m glad they did.


June 17, 2011
News

Arcade: The Last Night At Chinatown Fair Is Coming Later This Year

Documentarian Kurt Vincent says that after raising over $US29,000 through Kickstarter he plans on releasing his film, Arcade: The Last Night at Chinatown Fair, this spring. [Arcademovie.com]


June 2, 2011
In Real Life

Get Your Minecraft Story In The Minecraft Documentary

2 Player Productions is currently toiling away on a very slick-looking documentary about indie sensation Minecraft. Want to be in the flick? Here’s how.


April 27, 2011
News

New York’s Chinatown Fair Arcade Could Live On In Documentary

New York’s infamous and grungy arcade holdout, Chinatown Fair, shut its doors earlier this year. Should you have happened to miss this momentous occasion or simply miss the sights and sounds of the decades-old hangout, it’s now the subject of a documentary, one that you can help become reality.


July 31, 2010
In Real Life

The History Of Adventure Games, Get Lamp, Ready To Get

Do you love the computer adventure game? You know, Zork, Planetfall, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and anything that falls under the “interactive fiction” description or bears the Infocom publishing label. Then get Get Lamp, Jason Scott’s long-in-the-making documentary.


June 11, 2010
In Real Life

This Could Be The Beginning Of A Beautiful Mass Effect 2 Cosplay

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Holly Conrad wants to be part of a Comic Con documentary. To do so, she and her friends are creating the ultimate Mass Effect 2 cosplay, complete with female Shepard, Tali, the Illusive Man and an animatronic Grunt.


May 19, 2010
News

You Can Help Fund Indie Game: The Movie

After covering the 2009 Game Developers Conference, BlinkWorks Media decided they wanted to create a documentary film that studies independent game developers as a way to understand the medium and the theory behind video games.