MORAL COMBAT

Moral Combat is a recently released documentary movie about violent video games that recieved a META award which is "a Director’s Choice Award for outstanding achievement for media about media" in November 2008.

Directed by Spencer Halpin this movie is a must see for the people interested in this topic, because it is objective, deep and thoughtful analysis of issue. According to the festival president Bart Weiss: "This is not an easy ‘Nasty video games are bad and are the cause of the destruction of man’ type of video. It is thoughtful, very thorough, and it definitely presents both sides of the argument. The film is incredibly well-produced and directed, melding the interview into hi-res images from the games. Indeed, by the end of the film you are exhausted by the barrage of these graphics, many of them violent.

The effect is, well, the effect of these images. For someone like me who is not a gamer... the effect is disconnecting and without playing gives you an idea of what it's about. The film makes you feel what video games really are while you're hearing about their effects; it's very powerful and a must-see. Many documentaries have footage that shows you what the subject is about very few make you feel it like this one does..."

The movie is highly objective, presents both sides of the coin and touches all existing major arguments surrounding this highly polarized debate. It also uses the interviews of game designers, critics and other people involved in this sphere. I think that watching this movie will definitely be useful and productive experience for people interested in violent video games' topic.

The trailer avaliable at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIu3JMGxk3Q