The Name of the Game
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Finland · 2018
1h 35m
Director Jarno Elonen, Paul J. Vogel
Starring Harry Kruger, Eugene Jarvis, Mikael Haveri, Tommaso De Benetti
Genre Documentary
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The Name of the Game is a feature-length documentary about the team up between the legendary arcade game designer, Eugene Jarvis, and the Finnish game developer, Housemarque. The end result of the collaboration was the critically acclaimed PS4/PC title Nex Machina. The film gives the audience an unprecedented access to the unpredictable and plain crazy world of making a video game – uncensored.
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