Making Movies About Playing Video Games Is Working, Getting More People Playing

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Movies about video games are… how shall we say...lackluster. Very few, if any, have managed to correctly capture the essence of the game itself. But movies about ‘playing video games’ is a different story. Hitpoints has some of the best examples.

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00:00Movies about video games are, how shall we say, lackluster.

00:05Very few, if any, have managed to correctly capture the essence of the game itself.

00:10But movies about playing video games is a different story.

00:14Here are some of the best examples.

00:16Tron, from 1982.

00:18This cult classic's influence can still be felt across many entertainment forms.

00:23The story of a video game dev who gets trapped inside a virtual world

00:27and forced to compete in some dangerous games to save his life and his work.

00:32War Games, from 1983.

00:34According to Yahoo, Matthew Broderick stars as a teenager

00:37who hacks into the US military supercomputer to play what he thinks is a video game.

00:43Unfortunately, he triggers an advanced AI war simulator

00:46and must fight to beat the game before it kicks off World War III.

00:51Wreck-It Ralph, from 2012.

00:53In Disney and Pixar's love letter to arcades,

00:56the story follows Ralph, a video game villain who dreams of being a hero

01:00and abandons his game for a heartwarming journey of self-discovery.

01:04Voiced by a stellar cast including John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman,

01:09this movie is an instant classic.

01:11And, of course, Ready Player One, from 2018.

01:15Spielberg's adaptation of the incredible book by the same name

01:18surrounds a team of gamers braving a dangerous virtual competition,

01:22all vying to take over the biggest gaming company in the world,

01:27a phenomenal film that hopefully inspires more like it.

01:31See you next time!

01:32Now my next time, remember the real world,

01:33like it.

01:34See you next time.

01:35We'll see you next time.

01:36Bye-bye.

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