Lighthearted but Shallow: 1Up's Take on Women in Gaming
In a post-Gamergate media landscape, it's ambitious to have a film confront the harsh reactions to women in gaming from a comedic lens.

An ordinary suburban town. The presence of law enforcement in the neighborhood leads to a confrontation between young people and the police when night falls. The eldest son of a fatherless family, an illegitimate child and asthmatic, is sent by his mother to find Mehdi, the 17-year-old youngest son, the beloved child.
In a post-Gamergate media landscape, it's ambitious to have a film confront the harsh reactions to women in gaming from a comedic lens.
Ever since the mid-’90s, the Mortal Kombat game franchise has seen multiple attempts to make it on the big screen, or at least adapted into other media.
The major flaw of the series is that it’s hosted on Netflix and barely makes malicious comments about it despite being focused on the lives of people directly affected by the Capitalist mentality of the OTT corporation.
Apatow’s latest film, The King of Staten Island, is no different. The movie tells the story of Scott (Pete Davidson), the 24-year-old son of a deceased firefighter who passed away when Scott was 7
Behind all the action, 'Space Sweepers' is a surprisingly heartfelt and progressive story about building community.