Games You Can’t Win explores “empathy” gaming, a new video game movement in which developers are sharing some of their most intimate or traumatic personal experiences through artful, documentary-style video games. Using a combination of intimate verité footage and video capture from the games, the short film tells the stories of three developer and the personal experiences that inspired their game.
Boss Level
2021
6.9/10
The Hunger Games
2012
7.2/10
eXistenZ
1999
6.8/10
Ready Player One
2018
7.6/10
Barbie Video Game Hero
2017
6.8/10
Piper
2016
8.1/10
The Island
2005
6.7/10
Atari: Game Over
2014
6.6/10
Video Games: The Movie
2014
6.1/10
The Legend of Ochi
2025
6.1/10
OtherLife
2017
6.4/10
Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.1/10
Once Upon a Forest
1993
6.6/10
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
6.9/10
Vincent
1982
7.9/10
Sympathy for the Devil
2023
5.9/10
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
2018
6.8/10
Zero Days
2016
7.3/10
Fuck
2006
6.4/10
Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
2022
7.8/10
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
6.25/10
