Synopsis
Follows the dramatic journeys of video game developers as they create and release their games to the world. It's about making video games, but at its core, it's about the creative process, and exposing yourself through your work.
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Cast
- Jonathan BlowSelf
- Phil FishSelf
- Edmund McMillenSelf
- Tommy RefenesSelf
Recommendations
- 90
The New York Times
Along the way comes a bracing, honest confession about these interactive creations, voiced by one designer but no doubt applying to many more makers of all kinds: "I made it for myself." - 88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Video-game developers: Geeks, nerds, socially adrift obsessives. Indie Game thankfully gets past such base introductions in a flash and graduates to far more engrossing levels – levels which open up into the real worlds of the best independent game developers working their craft. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Well-crafted and intelligent, this film is an illumination of the agony of creation – the self-doubt, the obsession, the life sacrifices – that are the core, not merely the side-effects of those define themselves through "art." - 70
Variety
The picture scores big points by drawing a sharp distinction between corporate vidgame programmers and indies. - 70
Village Voice
An insightful new geek documentary, well directed by first-timers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Fortunately, Pajot and Swirsky don't overdo the minutiae (this is a movie even non-gamers can enjoy), offering just enough insight into the creative process to feel enlightening. - 63
Slant Magazine
Makes a compelling case for games as not only clever hand-eye coordination exercises, but also as manifestations of their creators' emotional and philosophical viewpoints. - 60
Time Out
This is a movie about a subculture, made for that subculture; only hard-core Xboxers need apply.
