Fresh
You don't need to be a gamer to appreciate this involving and well-paced character study.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Second Skin
2009 · 1h 34m · Unrated
Documentary
Directed by
Juan Carlos Pineiro-Escoriaza
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Second Skin
Overview
Second Skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by online virtual worlds. An emerging genre of computer software called Massively Multiplayer Online games, or MMOs, allows millions of users to interact simultaneously in virtual spaces. Of the 50 million players worldwide, 50 percent consider themselves addicted.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Tomatometer
Rotten
Most of the movie's revelations will be old hat to anyone who's paid modest attention to pop culture for the last 10 or 15 years.
Joel Brown, Boston Globe
Fresh
A sometimes celebratory, sometimes cautionary look at the phenomenon of massively multiplayer online computer games (MMOs).
Joe Leydon, Variety
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