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Documentaries about video games and game culture

UPDATE: up until now I only added documentaries, and not mini-series as there's lots of them and what to include or not is not always clear. I started adding mini-series though if they are published as such (so no ongoing web series, or tv shows with seasons) and received a proper release in some way or form. Examples are the documentary series from Double Fine. If you have tips, let me know.

As list of documentaries about video games and game culture: the history of video games, competitive gaming, MMORPGs, game development, fan culture, serious games, virtual worlds, but also documentaries about non-digital games like board games, card games, pinball, live-action role-playing, ARGs and so on. Listed alphabetically...

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  • 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience
  • 8 Bit: A Documentary about Art and Videogames
  • 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars
  • The 8-Bit Philosophy: A Commodore 64 Symphony
  • The Adventures of Paulo Bruscky
  • /afk: Away from Keyboard
  • All In: The Poker Movie
  • All Work All Play: The Pursuit of eSports Glory Live
  • AlphaGo
  • An Alternative Reality: The Football Manager Documentary
  • The Amnesia Fortnight Movie
  • Another Perfect World
  • Arcane: Bridging the Rift
  • The Art of Playing
  • The Art of the Game
  • The Art of Warez
  • The Artists: The Pioneers Behind the Pixels
  • Atari: Game Over
  • Avatars Offline
  • Bang the Machine
  • Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound
  • Beyond the Game
  • The Bits of Yesterday
  • Blip Festival 2006: The Videos
  • Bobby Fischer Against the World
  • Branching Paths
  • Break the Game
  • Breaking Vegas
  • Brooklyn Castle
  • Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest
  • Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe
  • Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
  • Colossal Cave
  • Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
  • Console Wars
  • Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
  • Crokinole
  • Cyber Coolies
  • Darkon
  • Dead Meat Walking: A Zombie Walk Documentary
  • Deconstructing the Bridge
  • Diggin' in the Carts
  • Digital Nation
  • Dirty Tricks
  • Dokument NES
  • Double Fine PsychOdyssey
  • Drakmar: A Vassal's Journey
  • The Dungeon Masters
  • Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary
  • The Dwarvenaut
  • Earthbound, USA
  • Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari
  • E-@thletes
  • Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters
  • Enter the Battlefield: Life on the Magic - The Gathering Pro Tour
  • "Equinox" Serious Fun
  • Europe in 8 Bits
  • Evercracked! The Phenomenon of Everquest
  • Exile - Never Mind Reality
  • Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons
  • Featherfall
  • Focus: A Documentary
  • Foosballers
  • FPS: First Person Shooter
  • Frag
  • Free to Play
  • From Bedrooms to Billions
  • From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years
  • From Bedrooms to Billions: The PlayStation Revolution
  • Game Changers
  • Game Changers: Inside the Video Game Wars
  • The Game Designers
  • Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games
  • Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games
  • Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
  • The Gamechangers
  • Gameloading: Rise of the Indies
  • Gamemaster
  • Gameplay: The Story of the Videogame Revolution
  • Gamer Age
  • Gamer Revolution
  • Gamers
  • Games Computers Play
  • GameStop: Rise of the Players
  • Gaming in Color
  • Gaming the Real World
  • Get Lamp
  • God of War: Unearthing the Legend
  • Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary
  • Gold Farmers
  • GoldenEra
  • Goliath: Playing with Reality
  • Good Game
  • Grand Theft Hamlet
  • The Grannies
  • The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft
  • Grounded: Making The Last of Us
  • GTFO: Get The F% Out
  • Hades: Developing Hell
  • Hand Game