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Ah, something's happening
Okay, hey, I'm going Wow!
And now I did it Goodbye
I'm unexpectedly doing very well
Oh, I failed miserably
Pac-Man was one of the last things that I played way back
in the Johnson Administration possibly
And I was just told I'm a button masher
which means you don't know anything about game
so you just... so you just keep mashing up those buttons and...
and not knowing what you're doing, really
That's kind of... That's me in a nutshell
"But times have been a-changing and gaming has evolved"
A hundred and twenty-five million users around the world
Three hundred million dollars in revenue last month alone
"A teenager from Pennsylvania becomes a millionaire in three days"
"winning the first-ever Fortnite solo championship"
Collecting the grand prize three million dollars
Hey
"So, please come with me by the way, I'm Jeff Goldblum"
"as I discover a brave new digital world"
"that's turned into a cultural phenomenon"
We are at a sports arena
What are we gonna see?
We could be here for the Super Bowl
We could be here to see The Rolling Stones or Ariana Grande
But it's none one of those things
We're here for a certain kind of sporting event
In fact, until a little bit ago I didn't even know this was a sporting event
"Well, this is something called Esports"
"It's the ultimate manifestation of gaming"
"A billion-dollar industry which reaches over 400 million viewers"
Welcome to the CORSAIR DreamHack Masters Dallas Finals!
"This is, from what they tell me an Esports tournament"
"of a game called Counter-Strike where 16 elite gaming teams"
"from across the globe go head to head in a shoot-'em-up"
We don't know why they're fighting each other
There's not a good guy or a bad guy
"To help indoctrinate me"
"I'm gonna need one of the European legends of Esports"
"The crack squad that make up the team from France, Vitality"
Right? Vitality That's what we want, Vital...
They're practicing
Hi, guys, I don't wanna interrupt you because this is the big day
- Right - Because what I think you're doing
is warming up, right?
We are currently looking at what our opponents are doing in the game
Most of the best teams in the world are here, so...
It's like the tape It's like in football
You look at the tape... The tape of the opponent Yeah. By the way...
You get any money if you win this, or is it...?
Right The first prize is, uh, 100k
The room is spinning
Did you just say a hundred thousand dollars?
- Yes - Wow!
That's it? Good managing
Well, good luck, I hope I'll see you in the winner's circle
Okay How about "Vitality" on three
- Ready? Don't you do this? Ready? - All right
On... on three, Vitality One, two, three
- Vitality - Vitality
Yeah, less than a hundred percent vital
but, still, bonne chance bonne chance
Let's go Let's get out of their hair
"Put your hands together for Vitality!"
That's our team That's our team
"Our friends from Vitality are about to go three rounds"
"with the Brazilian team, FURIA"
"The crème de la crème of Europe taking on the might of Latin America"
Looks like a quaint European village
has turned out into a combat zone
One...
And they're moderating it as if it's a sporting event
And they're applauding
This is something else
The first match is over
I'm gonna see somebody who can tell me more about all of this
- Hi, Frankie - Hello, hello
My God! Look, and you watch the game and you broadcast to who... whom?
To sometimes billions of people around the world
A lot of our audience watch us on a platform called Twitch
- Oh, Twitch - So, like YouTube, but live
- They'll be watching this. However... - Wait a minute. This is Vitality...
- It's still Vitality and FURIA - Right
So, what we can see right now is Alex is the last player standing on Vitality
He's trying to defend the bomb plant
It's now a one-v-one between arT and ALEX
ALEX is very low on health, He's only got 27 HP but he has got a USP
which is a bit more accurate than the gun that arT has
So, Vitality are in a very, very desperate situation right now
- So this is an upset? - This is definitely an upset
If... if Vitality loses, I... I'm a little bit to blame, possibly
Now... But I think I pestered them a little
maybe throwing them off their game
If FURIA win this second map then that's it
And I have to run out there and do an interview
with one of the players from that team
- And they could win anytime? - We should go to the stage
There she goes She's actually running
Quick sticks! Quick sticks!
"Vitality needs something immediately"
"to try and keep themselves in the tournament"
"ALEX the last one left, then... well that's gonna be all, with a 16-8"
"as FURIA take down Vitality"
"and make their way to the semi-final here at the..."
What happened? What happened? I missed it
- It's over - It's over? Who won?
- They won, Vitality lost - Vitality lost
We'd better hightail it out of here They're gonna be after me
I... I was overwhelmed with so many sights and sounds, and ideas
This business of war play and weaponry...
"I did find it strongly provocative"
And it did kind of shock me in that way
"Well, at this point, I think it's a good time for a little history lesson"
"so we can all get up to speed"
"1958, and it all began with this Tennis for Two, it was called"
"It was the brainchild, as it turns out, of a nuclear physicist"
"who was on a personal mission to get the average Joe interested"
"in the dull old computer"
"It was a decade later that we had games that we could play at home"
"including the hyperbolically-entitled Chase"
"And then in the '70s, it got a little more exciting"
"when I vaguely remember Pong and Space Invaders"
"And then came the '80s when a Japanese company"
"that started out as a manufacturer of playing cards, Nintendo"
"got into video games"
"Ever since then the big name companies"
"have been on a technological arms race to compete"
"for even bigger and better and more immersive games"
"And then you add the internet to that"
"and live streaming and virtual reality"
"and that, my friends, is how we get to where we are today"
"Look, I'm all for you know, passion"
"but I'll be a ring-tailed monkey if I understand"
"why somebody would wanna play video games"
"for hours and hours and hours"
I know that people get wildly immersed in them
so there must be some craft in... in...
con... constructing the darn things, right?
"So let's take a visit and see if we can meet a couple of these creative types"
"who can... let us in o ne some of the tricks of the trade"
It's beautiful, right?
- Hey - Look at you!
- Welcome to Moonwalk Audio - This is something
Hey, this is something Well, I'd be remiss if I didn't drink you in
"This is Alex, and this is Adam"
"and they're the auditory artists who comprise Moonwalk Audio"
- I love your tattooing - It's part of our work uniform
"They've created the sound design on over 600 video games"
"Of course, they're focused on what you hear, it's not on w hat you see"
"That's the important part to them"
We wanna show you something that we've been working on
Called Wonka's World of Candy
I'm not made for this stuff
I think my brain is... What if I did that
- I got something - You got one, that's awesome
We're gonna have you make some sounds with us
and then we're gonna put them in the game
and show you what they might look like
- Okay - Here's the video of something
that we're gonna add some sound to
Bubbles coming out There's all kinds of stuff going on
Popping bubbles
You can see we have an Oompa Loompa coming up to a crank
- and pulling the lever - I got you
- Let me make some sounds... - Great
to this particular thing
- Okay - Roll those sleeves up
Okay, okay
- Lovely - Lovely?
- Got that sizzle on the end, good - Yeah
We're trying to get a really big squish out of this
- You did it, good job - That's enough of that
God in heaven!
Now, listen to this I like that squeak
Yes, see? You got it
Oompa Loompa pull the lever
- Oh, my God! That is great sound - That's a great sound
Now, I'm gonna blow some bubbles
- Ready? Okay - Yeah
For heaven sakes
Sound design in film is not so different from sound design in video games
The difference is, is how we use those sounds in the games
- How's it different than movies? - Well, when you watch a movie
it's a very linear experience right?
But in a video game
all of that stuff is really player indicated and controlled
We're building very satisfying sounds here
because you're gonna hear them over and over again
Sometimes those sounds act as rewards, too
"While Alex goes off to create some of these rewarding sounds"
"there's one final touch"
"which involves me and I get to noodle a little. Watch this"
What would it do with the keys?
Okay. That's... that's a good one That's a pretty easy one
Now, give me something that's slightly more complex
- Awesome! Keep that in there - That's our show, drive safely
Now, I can add the... The rest of the orchestra to that
and we can pop it in the game
Holy cats! It's cooked? Is it soup yet?
We've got all the sounds in the music's in
- I'm all ears and eyes - All right, so...
By the way, did you know that I can wiggle one ear at a time?
That's fantastic
Here we go
- I'm gonna see it on the screen, too? - Yup, over there
And there's your piano playing
- Yeah, right there, here's your bubbles - Crunch... Oh, there's the bubbles
That's me that's my mouth
- Something big's gonna happen - Splatty-splatters
Do you recognize that music that you played?
Now, with full orchestra
- There we go - Oh, here's the best part
- This is all you - Barbecue
There it is do you feel rewarded?
You know what? I don't know why maybe it's watching the candy
maybe it's being around your positive attitude
- you've won me over - That's great
I knew we would
I think, as with so many things in life, don't you find that...
When you're on the outside it's easier to go
"Oh, tu t-tut not really my cup of tea"
But then you get hands on, you get closer to the circle of people producing
and it just... is a different story
I wonder if I can suggest to us that maybe the next place we go to
is some place where I can get an even more full-bodied immersion
into the game world
"So I just got some hands on with the nuts and bolts"
"but I tell you, I still feel quite the stranger in a strange land"
"around this computer gaming stuff"
I see so me characters now
"So I think that we need an activity that could serve as a kind of a bridge"
"You'll see what I mean"
Could this be my entry into the world of gaming
game playing on the screen?
Since I'm not so familiar with that
I thought I could get an in by having a real-life experience
I've never done anything like this
Even a Renaissance fair
I've always avoided aggressively... but what's this?
- How's it going? - Hello, my name be Jeff
Well, back here we're out of character so you're totally fine to talk regular
Is this the, what we call the gazebo of a non-character?
- It can be if you wanna... - May I step, uh, hither?
Okay, what's LARP?
So LARP is improvisational theater mixed with sport
I guess I've got a character, too
When you take on a character role you're not yourself any more
you're that person so you have to think like them
- you have to behave like them - Is there a parallel to...
to this real-life... game-playing
to video games that you... you know about?
Here, you actually get to feel like you're in the world
You're fully immersed in it You're living your characters
Instead of a keyboard and mouse we have swords and spears
We're gonna send assassins after you
So you need to know what'll happen if you get attacked
Okay
Holy cats!
These weapons typically they're latex
but we try to emphasize the theater elements as much as possible
Break arm
So now his arm's disabled until someone can mend it
The abilities we use in-game are...
Some of them are like video games skills
your character has a list of skills they can do
- Let's have you kill PJ - Okay, here we go
- I've killed you - So now you'll say
how you wanna kill him
- Impaling, like the vampire - Okay
Straight through the heart
- And then at this point I... - All right, now role play it
In our game, you could have a...
A moment where you're, like taunting his dead body...
I'm taunting your dead body
- Sorta - So we still need to kill him
If he gets me... Wow!
So you're gonna RP like you're dying And then...
This is where the tears come don't be surprised
if tears come out at this point
- Yes - And then...
Well, you missed by a mile
In this is case... all right In this case I'll do deathblow... impale!
You'll be playing Lord Darius of White Hall
Wait a minute, I'm already intoxicated with my own identity
Watch this Say, "Hey... hey, Jeff"
Hey, Jeff Hey, Darius
Yes? You see that?
I didn't even try to do that
Lord Darius is probably the most hunted person alive
Oh, now you tell me
How come they're after me? What did I do?
Your character is basically the largest threat to an enemy nation
- called the Nadine Empire - I hate them already, Nadine
Their emblem is a shrike
and they want you dead above any one in the world
- Really? - You should be incredibly paranoid
All right So everybody listen up
You have been let into the Garrison
to serve as escort of Lord Darius into town Are you ready?
Every muscle is like a wound spring
- Yes - Then let's get you in the game
- Move out - Yes, sir
- Need you to move over - Yes, yes thank you
All right
We're sitting ducks out here Keep moving Do not let them stop us
Lord Darius, some of these people might not even be who they...
He believes they are
You should be on the look out
Be careful
Get Lord Darius
- Die! Die! - Hey, hey, hey
I've been hit I was... I was hit s... somehow
- I don't know - You're fine, m'lord
Oh, good I feel fine
You... you took a scratch, but... they tended to you
It's a flesh wound Merely a flesh wound
- You're nothing - Hey!
What the heck happened?
Another flesh wound No
- We're almost there - Really?
The stage is just ahead
"Well, with only two failed assassination attempts"
"I've completed the mission and made it to this theater"
"Maybe I should address my people at this point"
"Hey, I've got something up my sleeve, wait"
Let me start by saying this
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community
And while I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can
I wanna be thoroughly used up when I die
For the harder I work the more I live
Are you with me?
Well, what now?
Excellent Thank you so much
- Jeez. Who was that? - Shrike's agents
But, uh... but not her best from the looks of it
For the shrike!
I think I get the whole appeal of playing, you know
"It's not unlike acting, really"
"And, you know, getting immersed in a part"
There's such a power in play and group strategy and activity like this
So can we say that the principals of game playing are universal
and that the... the way that people get into it here
is the same thing they get out of it with video games?
People play games to experience things
whether it's something they cannot do
or they wanna do or just to enjoy interactions with the community
"Yeah, yeah"
All right Let's, uh... let's get you out of here
Okay, come on, thank you Well, hopefully, we'll...
Avoid any assassination attempt on the way out
"I get the connection between playing a role and onscreen game play"
"but let's hit the pause button for a moment"
To fans they represent a challenge
- How long do you spend playing it? - Seven, eight hours
But to critics, they are a menace
"From their inception, video games have been strongly polarizing"
I'm not talking about Pac-Man or Space Invaders anymore
We're talking about video games that, too often, glorify violence
"The World Health Organization is expected"
"to include gaming disorder on its list of mental health conditions"
"as a part of addictive behaviors"
He was online all the time Every waking moment
"So, at this point"
"let's raise some of these bigger questions around gaming"
"Now, there have been news reports"
"that say that gaming is creating a generation"
"that is sleepwalking through life"
"But they tell me that there's some recent research that argues"
"that the brain of gamers is quite alive"
"with areas of the brain actually increasing in size"
"There are people who worry that staring at the screen is isolating"
"and a lonesome experience"
"but there's studies that claim that players"
"are part of a virtual community that allows them to connect with people"
"all over the globe in some kinda shared experience"
"And then there's the argument against the glorification of weaponry"
"and the simulation of violence"
"which may actually in certain situations"
"they say, help people to explore risk and morality"
"Well, bookmark it there but, you know, let's..."
"let's continue the conversation"
"What am I doing here?"
Well, as you know, I love play even if I'm left to my own devices
Sometimes I play rock, paper and scissors with myself
One, two, three Shoot
So a... anyway... I don't do that I'm not a total idiot
But in any case, play and games and technology
what if they could be used for a purpose that's mighty and enlarging?
"So we got a rendezvous for me with a leading mind"
- "in the field of virtual reality" - Hi
- Hi, my name is Jeff. You're kidding - My name is Jeff
- Come here, - Come here immediately
"And he claims in the right hands"
"gaming techno logy can change the world"
What's great about games is that they can take you
into new settings new environments
that you might not naturally find yourself in all the time
Can we use this technology to enhance our lives
and to enhance the lives of our world and where we're going?
Absolutely, I think there's a lot of questions that you can understand better
with more context, right?
I can tell you to save the forest It matters
- But when I put you amongst trees... - Yeah
It's a real different discussion
That sort of experience is afforded by virtual reality
- It's very immersive - Yeah
It's very... it gives you the... the feeling that you're there
Yeah And so it's about virtual spaces
And you can explore scenarios... and make them more illustrative
What is the vision for moving the species and moving the world forward?
Yeah, perhaps for the younger generation...
- They need interactivity... - Yeah
to really understand and contextualize the problems that we're facing
"Professor Bellamy directed me through this forest"
"to a virtual reality experience which he promised would change"
"how I think about gaming"
I see you in the shadows
You're giving off something radiant even before you speak
Something deeply joyous
- My name is Jeff - My name is Milica, nice to meet you
So have you ever played the role of a tree in your life?
You know, that was the punchline to like
"Hey, I got a part in the school play"
"What they cast you as?" "Well, I'm a tree"
- You know, it was the... - So you've never done it?
From the start, I had some kind of quality
that allowed me to play one... More meatier roles, but...
So, today, you're gonna be the tallest tree in the rainforest
So, first, I'm gonna ask you to take one seed
And you will be now planting that seed
So, the next thing that's... that's gonna happen
when you put the virtual reality equipment on...
you will be transported inside the soil
and your body will become a tree
I like it
Okay. So I'm putting it on
Wait a minute That's the seed that I planted
- That's the seed - Okay
I hope this isn't playing a trick and everybody's gonna leave
and I'm just gonna be here by my...
I'm growing
Oh, I see other roots of other... other plants
Hey, I'm getting near the surface
Here I come
Little insects carrying leaves fantastic!
Hey, I'm growing in a good forest
Oh, wow!
Those are my leaves Those are my leaves
Oh, a colorful parrot
Parrot just almost hit me in the... Oh, my gosh, the Moon!
Look at that
Wow! Wow, the night breeze
Oh, no!
"Hot, hot"
Oh, my gosh!
"Oh, no!"
There's the seed that I was
Oh, my golly!
Absolutely amazing! Absolutely amazing!
I could smell the soil and everything
It was very, very... you know, uh, real
And then I didn't know anything was gonna happen like that
There was a fire and I felt the heat
And getting burned
Seeing all your friends burned Ho... Horrible
We, as humans, take care mainly of our personal and immediate problems
- Yes - So that was the goal with Tree
to personalize this problem of deforestation
- Empathize - Yeah
So now I'm giving you this seed as a seed of hope
Thank you very much
Ms. Zec, she's given me hope
She's renewed my hope in mankind, and womankind
"Maybe living in virtual worlds that are nourishing, useful"
Engaging, contributive could do us some good
I think it's transformed my whole view of the notion of games
Gaming can be a vehicle for our advancement
"To the extent that games can be a..."
realization of the wonderful world aspect of life
But, you know, while we're here, why not have a little fun I guess?
That's my final word on... on games, you know
Enjoy yourself Hey, you know that song?
"Enjoy yourself it's later than you think"
"Enjoy yourself while you're still on the brink"
It's... Hey, alternate title for the episode, "Enjoy yourself"
There we go, all right And cut
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