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SummarySecond Skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by online virtual worlds. An emerging genre of computer software called Massively Multiplayer Online games, or MMOs, allows millions of users to interact simultaneously in virtual spaces. Of the 50 million players worldwide, 50 percent consider t...

Second Skin

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Metascore
Generally Favorable
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Austin Chronicle
Second Skin might just be the most accurate and entertaining glimpse of the economy and psychology of technology since Tron.
By Darcie Stevens
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Variety
The human dramas of individual gamers are what really make this technically polished documentary so fascinating and potentially commercial.
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San Francisco Examiner
An excellent human-interest documentary that unlike so many others has a genuine appeal beyond someone already interested in the subject matter.
By Michael Soucy
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Los Angeles Times
Entertaining portrait.
By Gary Goldstein
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Film Threat
Second Skin is pretty interesting fare. The film delves into some insane outsourcing to China that gamers are involved with as well as the effect the games can have both positively and negatively.
By Don R. Lewis
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Boston Globe
This is a well-made film that will seem revelatory to moviegoers unfamiliar with the huge, worldwide gaming culture. They’re going to be pretty hard to find, however.
By Joel Brown
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Production Company:
  • Pure West Films
Release Date:Aug 7, 2009
Duration:1 h 34 m
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