I seriously can’t say enough good things about this movie. I love it to death. A group of nerdly college guys get together to play a session of (thinly veiled) D&D; the camera moves between the players and the characters. It makes fun of all the usual fantasy gaming tropes and points out some of the absurdities of the genre. The story is typical high fantasy schtick: a group of adventurers are given a quest to save the princess from “The Shadow”; on the way, the Thief manages to steal someone’s pants, someone gets backstabbed by siege artillery and the frustrated girl down the hall keeps on bursting and complaining about all the noise. I have so lived this before. Biting satire on the hobby we all love.
The production is by the immensely talented guys at Dead Gentlemen Productions. Check out the website for more of their work.
Apparently, The Gamers found a distributor and is doing quite well. So much so that there’s now a sequel, The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising, now featuring a decent production quality.
Go check it out.
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