Review of Pure Pwnage

Pure Pwnage (2010)
5/10
Funny but quickly becomes rather one-note
18 September 2021
Kyle is making a documentary video on his brother Jeremy, an avid gamer. Jeremy is a fairly good gamer but this doesn't really help his situation much: he is in his mid-20s, unemployed and still lives with his mom. His best friend is fps Doug who is in a similar situation.

Interesting and funny, initially. The whole gamer sub-culture needed a series, either a comedy or drama, and this does its best to capture it as best it can with some good insights.

However, the series pretty quickly starts to rely on the same old gamer stereotypes and basically repeat its own jokes. It gets quite stale quite quickly.

The highlight of the series is the intensity of fps Doug, who personifies how gaming can alter your perceptions of reality. However, even he wears thin after a while.
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