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NOT the Dead Gentlemen Productions (i.e. "Dorkness Rising") Movie
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My husband and I are big fans of tabletop RPG movies, and we absolutely loved Dead Gentlemen Production's "The Gamers: Dorkness Rising". We'd heard that "Dorkness Rising" was a quasi-sequel to another movie by the same company called "Gamers", and we picked this up, expecting that this was the same movie.

Well, firstly, it's not. "The Gamers" by Dead Gentlemen Productions is here: The Gamers. So if you've been redirected here looking for the prequel to "Dorkness Rising", run away as fast as you can.

This movie is utterly horrible and without any amusing lines whatsoever. The "plot" is that the same group has been playing the tabletop RPG "DND" (Dungeons, Nymphs, and Dragons) for a record-breaking number of hours, and a TV crew has been dispatched to interview the players before their big record breaking night. The entire movie consists of watching the...

Avoid at all cost....even free
Are you an RPGer? Then this movie isn't for you.

Are you a fan of comedy? Then this movie is definitely not for you.

I rented this with low expectations to begin with, but since I was a roleplayer I figured there would be some decent "inside jokes" about gaming and it might be at least enjoyable.

WRONG!

The very little it does have on actual gaming is just juvenile and plain stupid. I've heard it compared to Napoleon Dynamite...not even close. I found absolutely nothing enjoyable in this and would sue the makers for the time back if I could. It really is that awful. I think I softly chuckled at maybe two or three little bits, but those are quickly forgotten under the deluge of lame attempts at humor everywhere else in the film.

Don't waste your money, don't waste your time. Please....

Gamer Hater
This movie is not only not funny, it's also mean. It doesn't parody the genre or the gaming hobby, it just makes fun of it. If you are a gamer, this movie will probably offend you. If you're not a gamer, you won't be offended, but neither will you be amused.

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