Review of Video Games: The Movie (2014) by Bryan W — 25 May 2015

If you grew up playing video games, this is a great look back.

This review of Video Games: The Movie (2014) was written by Bryan W on 25 May 2015.

Video Games: The Movie has generally received mixed reviews.

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Review of Video Games: The Movie (2014) by Bryan W — 25 May 2015

More Reviews of Video Games: The Movie

I wish there was more classic video game info for naustalgic reasons. The new style of games online takes up half off the movie…

I just couldn't sit through more than half of this documentary…

Video Games: The Movie is an informative but equally entertaining journey through the evolution of gaming, from Pong to Donkey Kong to Super…

A watchable enough edutainment documentary that doesn't really offer anything new that computer game fans know about, and is more focused on…

Interesting but I didnt like the whole back and forth. Would have enjoyed it better if it started from the past to present…

I liked it but felt some things were too summarized here…

If you grew up playing video games, this is a great look back…

This movie doesn't really cover much or have much of a point at all…

I enjoyed this film alot. Being from a generation of gaming, I thought it was interesting and really entertaining…

Amazing to see the history of games and how far we've come…

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