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 later.
01:32See you later.
01:34See you later.
01:36You'll see you later.
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