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Second Skin

Second Skin (2008)

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Since video games arrived on the home entertainment market in the '70s, they've grown in sophistication by leaps and bounds, and with the rise of the internet came games that allowed competitors in different parts of the world to challenge one another. The latest wrinkle in video game technology is the new genre of Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs), in which literally millions of people can assume characters and interact in a digital environment though their personal

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

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Aug 25, 2009

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Critic Reviews for Second Skin

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You don't need to be a gamer to appreciate this involving and well-paced character study.

August 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
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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.

August 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Joel Brown
Boston Globe
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A sometimes celebratory, sometimes cautionary look at the phenomenon of massively multiplayer online computer games (MMOs).

May 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Joe Leydon
Variety
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As with most of the ideas tossed around by Second Skin however, it's never fully explored or realized

September 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Bill Gibron
Filmcritic.com

...an intriguing yet undeniably overlong documentary...

May 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
David Nusair
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I'm not sure why I'm drawn to these films, but I keep watching them. This one is another can't-look-away train wreck.

March 15, 2010
Beefy
Steve K

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Want to feel better about your own life? Watch this collection of complete losers!

January 25, 2010
shiftyeyeddog
Martin Bishop

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