No. No. No! -- This is what Hollywood thinks of gamers

Are we all lazy slobs who can't handle sexuality? That's apparently what the movie Noobz thinks about us.

[NagaSotuva]

If its biggest star is Casper Van Dien we have nothing to worry about.

[cooksauce]

i didn't know Casper Van Dien was a star

[Heisenburger]

Exactly.

:)

[wita]

I can't even bear to watch the video with sound.

[Lifeequals42]

I think you might be blowing this out of proportion...just a tad. It looks like your typical teen/coming-of-age comedy with all the endemic Hollywood caricatures and stereotypes. I don’t see anything from this preview that casts gaming in a particularly bad light – any more so than your typical flawed, Hollywood protagonist – though as Bitmob and GamesBeat have slavishly documented, online and competitive gaming has made great strides to earn many of these stereotypes – be it the rampant sexism, homophobia, racism, or general immaturity.

[JeffGrubb]

I don't know... "Fraggett."

[SybaRat]

Wow. In theaters for a whole four days.

[izumo_lee]

It's satire although a very poorly done attempt at it.

[JeffGrubb]

What is it satirizing?

[izumo_lee]

Like Lifeequals42 said above its just another stereotypical buddy comedy movie with their take on the gaming community as a backdrop.

I don't think it is supposed to be taken seriously & i don't think it puts gamers in a bad light. Look gamers & video games in general have been put under a microscope lately cause of the violence that has occurred & being blamed for the horrific tragedies involving gun violence.

Although i agree that this is & will be a terrible movie i believe it is okay to make fun of the industry now & than which i think this film is attempting to do.

[ziggurcat]

"Are we all lazy slobs who can't handle sexuality?"

uh... has the author never been to any gaming convention and/or comicon?

[JeffGrubb]

Never been to Comicon, but I've been to PAX -- and the people I always meet there almost all have their shit together.

[Alos88]

I'm willing to bet Sessler won't realize he's in this movie until somebody tells him on Twitter, at which point he'll sue for defamation of character.

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

This film looks freakin awful.

[r21]

Agree, saw this a few weeks back and this is how they portray games? I knows its supposed to be a comedy but its just cringe worthy IMO