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Video and computer games represent a $6 billion a year industry. One out of every ten households in American owns a Sony Playstation. Children who own video game equipment play an average of ten hours per week. And yet, despite capturing the attention of millions of children worldwide, video games remain one of the least scrutinized cultural industries.

Game Over is the first educational documentary to address the fastest growing segment of the media through engaging questions of gender, race and violence.

Game Over offers a refreshing dialogue about the complex and controversial topic of video game violence, and is designed to encourage high school and college students to think critically about the video games they play.

Sections: Intro | Video Games: The New Media | Play Like a Man: Video Games and Masculinity | Buxom Babes: The Female Heroine | Narrow Vision: Race in Video Games | Video Game Violence | Sim Violence: Teaching Kids to Kill | Conclusion: Virtual Violence

Duration: 41 min
ISBN: 1-893521-51-6
Date Produced: 2000
Subtitles: English

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Filmmaker Info
Executive Producer: Sut Jhally
Producer, Director: Nina Huntemann
Editor: Jeremy Smith
Camera: Susan Ericsson, Sanjay Talreja, Jeremy Smith, Bryan L Donnell
Location Audio: Jeremy Smith, Marianna Yarovskaya
Post-Production Audio: Thom Monahan
Graphics: Jeremy Smith, Ed May
Original Music: Thom Monahan
Assistants to the Producer: Amanda Fraleigh, Michael Lance

Screenings
The Popular & American Culture Association in the South joint meeting
Nashville, TN | October 5, 2000
Marxism 2000: Rethinking Marxism's Fourth International Gala Conference
University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA | September 23, 2000
Console-ing Passions: International TV, Video & Feminism Conference
University of Notre Dame | South Bend, IN | May 11, 2000