Kind of interesting Sunday post as I'm starting off celebrating the birth of one gamer while reviewing the life of another.
The Dreams in Gary's Basement (Kickstarter Link) documentary came out this weekend from the Dorks of Yore (Youtube Channel Link). I backed the Kickstarter for $100 which gets my "name" in the credits as well as a digital download (I haven't figured out how to download yet) and some goodies including an extra copy of the DVD/Blu-Ray which I have already promised to Erik a few years ago......so simultaneously an early and belated birthday gift(?). Probably beats the $5 I've been sending him to buy himself a beer.....
The film has been a long time coming, but the Dorks of Yore have been doing a good job communicating the status of the film for the last five years. The documentary is really more about the man and not the game, but the two are appropriately intertwined and I highly recommend seeing this if you appreciate the history of either. I have a few books on the subject and have a copy of Dave Arneson's documentary. I think The Dreams in Gary's Basement did a really good job. There were a few times graphics were repeated and pretty sure one bit of repeated video, but overall I think it was worth the wait.
Oh, and so I can geek out a bit:
No one should feel bad if they re-used a clip. It happens to professionals, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm not bothered, but I also don't think I'm that.....alert, so when I do notice something like that I assume there's more to it than what I saw. I think if they just flipped the picture I probably wouldn't have noticed.
DeleteHow do we buy or rent this?
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