'Zero Charisma': The RPG Movie You Have All Been Waiting For (Well, At Least I Have Been Waiting For...)

I love... or should I say "LOVED"... the era of role playing games. I caught the tail end of the RPG craze in the late 80s and loved every second of it. Not only Dungeons & Dragons, but games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Marvel Superheroes, and Talisman. I spent many hours using my imagination to become a warrior, a thief or a wizard... so many great memories. I also feel like I ended up pretty well adjusted... but that was not always the case. RPG players have often been characterized as chubby nerd who drink a lot of soda and are socially awkward. While that is not always the case (I for one and quite handsome and very socially accepted by my peers...lol), it certainly fits the mold. Zero Charisma is a wonderful look in on the life of one of these adult RPG players and what it is like in your life when "The Game" is the most important aspect of your life. Scott is a metal loving geek who lives with his elderly grandma and works a shit job. But one day a week he is the man, a 'Dungeon Master' in charge of running the RPG for a group of fellow nerds he plays with. But when they add a new member to the group, things start spiraling out of control for Scott. Changes in his personal and fantasy life push him to the edge, and he is on the verge of a breakdown. How will he respond? This movie looks great, and will be screening at this years South By SouthWest so will probably begin receiving some major attention soon. That is where distribution and future release plans will be secured. Check out the trailer after the jump...



   

Lost: The Role Playing Game

If you grew up in the 80s then chances are you were a fan of Role Playing Games, or RPGs for short. the most popular of these games was definitely Dungeons and Dragons, but there were literally thousands of these games on the market with subject areas from everything from war to super heroes (the Marvel Comics & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPGs was my favorites of all time). The basic premise was simple: you created a character by rolling dice to get you certain attributes (strength, agility, etc) and then your character was put through an adventure by someone leading the game (a Dungeon Master in D & D). There could be multiple players and anytime you encountered a task you would role dice to determine the outcome. The game was played entirely in your mind, and it was loads of fun. Then with invention of better gaming systems like NES and Genesis we saw the rise of video game RPGs. Final Fantasy comes to mind, and later games like Knights of the Old Republic and Fable. The basic elements of the original RPGs were there, but instead of using your imagination it was right their on your Television for you to see. Since the guys over at College Humor are a bunch of geeks, they thought it could be cool to imagine what an RPG that was set on Lost Island would be like. The following video is great as usual, cause the College Humor guys rarely disappoint. Check out the video after the jump for a trip back to the good old days of RPGs, albeit with plot holes, unexplained character threads and polar bears aplenty!

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