I mean, I knew, but did you? I don’t think you did.
Fortunately, a University of Oregon film student using the embarrassingly AOL chatroom-esque handle “ddrfreak5o3” filmed a documentary all about our city’s most Hadouken-prone gamers.
Despite the brief 11-minute run-time, it’s actually a pretty solid film, as far as documentaries go. Normal folk might be put off by the bits that delve into the more hardcore aspects of fighting games, but even that is handled well enough that the completely oblivious can grasp the basic ideas being presented with only a modicum of frustration.
You’d think I’d have a bit more snark to end this blog post, but no. I’m content with this thing. Nice work poorly-named U of O film student, you’ve done me proud.
I’m not expert, but I’m not sure that 11 minutes can count as either a ‘film’ or a ‘documentary.’ It’s like the difference between a pamphlet and a book, right?
If the topic is gaming, 11 minutes is about 6 minutes too long.
Do my eyes deceive me or was there actually a cute girl in that video? I mean, it was only a split second, so it could’ve been a dude with long hair and a skirt.
HA that girl was a “girl” I met alot of these people in the fighting game club at PSU long ago. I just wish people still played guilty gear.