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Posted September 24, 2014
How many devils can dance on one side of a D20?

Dark Dungeons: The Movie, a mock-mockumentary that wants to save your soul by raising awareness of the "satanic cult" that is RPG, is available 40% off on GOG.com. That's only $2.99 for the next 48 hours!

In Dark Dungeons: The Movie, college freshmen Debbie and Marcie are excited to start their new lives at a Pacific Northwest university but after being invited to a Zeta Omega Epsilon party the two suddenly find themselves in the strange and occult world of Role Playing Games. The duo are soon hooked on the highly addictive experience that is RPGing and the game quickly becomes a habit that consumes their lives. After Debbie’s intense pagan training through the RPGs lead her to accept an invitation to join a witches’ coven, her grades begin to plummet and she is in danger of flunking out of college. That's just the beginning of the downward spiral that takes young people dabbling in "role-playing" right to the Devil's doorstep! See the horrors that the contemporary college freshmen are facing daily, and educate yourself to prevent them.

Witness the disturbing truth about the troubled youth and their RPG lifestyle in Dark Dungeons: The Movie, for only $2.99 on GOG.com. The 40% off release discount will last only until Friday, September 26, at 9:59AM GMT.

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Post edited September 24, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted September 24, 2014
I thought this might be a movie I started watching on Youtube once, but it's not.
Oh well, someday I'll find out what the title of that one was.
This looks.. cute.
Posted September 24, 2014
That's interesting and a step towards the right direction. Well done, GOG! :)
Posted September 24, 2014
BOUGHT! for 2.99 could be fun, and these 'gamer chicks' turned down the 'dark path of RPGs' look cute. ;)

Like others suggested, GOG you should add Felicia Day's 'The Guild' series or Sandeep Parikh's 'Legend of Zelda' parody series as video offerings here!!!! GOG, that would be a great move, if possible. I already own them on DVD, and you can watch them on YouTube on the Geek & Sundry channel but maybe this method of digital distribution would also work. AND as someone else also suggested, check out Spoony's rants.. AWESOME stuff. His review of 'Mazes & Monsters' is QUITE classic.
Posted September 24, 2014
Ms Frost is on my avatar, so it's an obvious instabuy. Great job, GOG.
Posted September 24, 2014
RPGs treated like a fanatic religion? Lol XD
The short is nice and well made, even if it seems like a kind of black comedy adaptation, more than a "totally silly" parody.

I'm maybe thinking about buying it, but mainly for supporting the authors and GoG movies.
Post edited September 24, 2014 by phaolo
Posted September 24, 2014
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Smannesman: I thought this might be a movie I started watching on Youtube once, but it's not.
Oh well, someday I'll find out what the title of that one was.
This looks.. cute.
Maybe "The Gamers"? Quite a funny one.

http://deadgentlemen.com/projects/the-gamers-series/the-gamers/

"One late night in a college dorm, four socially inept geeks immerse themselves in a fantasy world of their own creation. As their characters journey through forbidden kingdoms, ancient ruins, and the forsaken wilderness, the players attempt to solve a mysterious puzzle that could ultimately mean the difference between getting a life and death. Who is The Shadow? Where is The Princess hidden? Will any of them ever find a date? And how long do they have before their annoyed neighbors call the cops"
Posted September 24, 2014
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Smannesman: I thought this might be a movie I started watching on Youtube once, but it's not.
Oh well, someday I'll find out what the title of that one was.
This looks.. cute.
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Carradice: Maybe "The Gamers"? Quite a funny one.

http://deadgentlemen.com/projects/the-gamers-series/the-gamers/

"One late night in a college dorm, four socially inept geeks immerse themselves in a fantasy world of their own creation. As their characters journey through forbidden kingdoms, ancient ruins, and the forsaken wilderness, the players attempt to solve a mysterious puzzle that could ultimately mean the difference between getting a life and death. Who is The Shadow? Where is The Princess hidden? Will any of them ever find a date? And how long do they have before their annoyed neighbors call the cops"
No it was more serious than that, I think the story was about a new player being introduced into a gaming group or something like that. I only watched the first fifteen minutes and it was a while ago.
Posted September 24, 2014
Well done, GOG! I just bought my first movie.
Posted September 24, 2014
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Kunovski: and it gave me a thought - how about introducing Felicia Day's "The Guild"?
Given that The Guild is freely available online, there might not be a great incentive for people to buy it here.

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On the other hand, something like Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog, which is no longer freely available online, but is aimed at much the same audience, would fit here very well.
Post edited September 24, 2014 by Wishbone
Posted September 24, 2014
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Fever_Discordia: Sounds like a parody of 'Mazes and Monster' to me! (no WAY was that Tom Hanks BTW - blimey!)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084314/

LOL didn't think THAT would be ninja'd - obscure, Tom Hanks TV movie based ninjaisation! Blam!
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Exoanthrope: I think I need to find this movie now, it looks funny but I don't think it's supposed to.
You're correct, it's not supposed to be funny, which is the saddest part. Never seen the movie, but I once read the original book by Rona Jaffe. Here's a Wikipedia excerpt that tells you pretty much everything you need to know, and why Mazes & Monsters is unpopular amongst gamers:

The novel is based in large part on the largely apocryphal "steam tunnel incidents" of the late 1970s. These urban myths developed during the infancy of role playing games, generally purporting that university students playing a live action version of Dungeons & Dragons or similar game disappeared into the utility tunnels of the school and became lost, and in some cases died of hypothermia or other causes. The legends had risen due to newspaper reports concerning the disappearance of a Michigan State University student named James Dallas Egbert III. Egbert had played Dungeons & Dragons and did in fact go into the steam tunnels of his school, but with the intent of committing suicide. When his attempt on his life failed, he hid at various friends' houses for several weeks. During this time the private investigator hired by Egbert's parents to find him speculated in the press that perhaps Egbert had gone into the steam tunnels to play a live version of the game and gotten lost. The media reported the theory as fact and caused controversy over the effects of playing the game.

The public received the novel amidst a climate of uncertainty regarding the new pastime of role-playing games. Jaffe's account was read by many as a legitimate depiction of role-playing games, as many of her readers had no prior knowledge of the subject. In fact, in 1985 psychiatrist and anti-television violence activist Thomas Radecki of the National Coalition on Television Violence cited a fictitious letter written by a character in this novel as "proof" that D&D had caused the death of gamers.
Post edited September 24, 2014 by Luned
Posted September 24, 2014
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Carradice: Maybe "The Gamers"? Quite a funny one.

http://deadgentlemen.com/projects/the-gamers-series/the-gamers/

"One late night in a college dorm, four socially inept geeks immerse themselves in a fantasy world of their own creation. As their characters journey through forbidden kingdoms, ancient ruins, and the forsaken wilderness, the players attempt to solve a mysterious puzzle that could ultimately mean the difference between getting a life and death. Who is The Shadow? Where is The Princess hidden? Will any of them ever find a date? And how long do they have before their annoyed neighbors call the cops"
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Smannesman: No it was more serious than that, I think the story was about a new player being introduced into a gaming group or something like that. I only watched the first fifteen minutes and it was a while ago.
If not Mazes & Monsters, either, maybe Skullduggery?
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullduggery_(1983_film]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullduggery_(1983_film[/url])
Posted September 24, 2014
Now, that's something I'm actually wishlisting! :D
Posted September 24, 2014
what do you know, bought it too... this is probably the movie that will make most of the GOG users actually look into the "movies" section to see what's there :)
Posted September 24, 2014
I suspected GOG would sooner or later release a movie I actually want, forcing me to eat crow about my stance on their movie initiative. This is the one. I fear I will have to buy this one, but before I do, will it appear on a separate shelf or mixed in with my games?

Meanwhile, HAW HAW HAW!
Posted September 24, 2014
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IAmSinistar: I suspected GOG would sooner or later release a movie I actually want, forcing me to eat crow about my stance on their movie initiative. This is the one. I fear I will have to buy this one, but before I do, will it appear on a separate shelf or mixed in with my games?

Meanwhile, HAW HAW HAW!
Separate shelf :P

edit: you should see two tabs : Games and Movies :)

edit 2: I recommend some good ketchup for that there crow :P
Post edited September 24, 2014 by JudasIscariot
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