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.

His script was criticized for being “lacking life.” Darren, a young writer at a loss for direction, tries to rewrite it. However, something unusual happens: the events he wrote about begin to occur in the real world, exactly as he imagined. From the ridiculous to the illogical, Darren begins to realize that this is no coincidence. What he imagines becomes real, and his life slowly becomes its own story. Well That's Life is a surreal short film about absurdity, imagination, and the blurring of boundaries between fiction and reality. So… who really wrote the ending?
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.
Barry Jenkins' masterpiece holds up as the story of a lifetime centered on the intersection of Blackness and gay identity.
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The Franke kids seemingly lived a normal life, until their mom met the infamous Jodi Hilderbrandt.
If you want to feel the rush, you have to take the risk.
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