Gamer

A movie came out this year called Gamer staring Gerard Butler (hot), Amber Valletta and Michael C. Hal. It’s about a man, Cable that was accused of murder and sentenced to jail. By the way it is based in the future so the prisoners are the avatars in a game played by people in their homes. The game is based on Call of Duty or other military games where the point of view is the face of the shooter in the game. This man is really talented at killing with the help of the kid that controls his movements.

His wife is part of a Second Life/SIMS world but she is a prostitute controlled by a really gross fat man. They show the world and it is very eclectic with bright colored outfits and graphic sexual scenes. The parts in this world are very intense with rapid moments and music to match. It looks like Second life would look if it were to be in the real world. There are names over the avatars heads and people can change their identity.

There is not a relationship between the players and the gamers because of the player being prisoners and having the possibility to die at any battle. In Cable’s situation he is the best ever in the game and could win his freedom and back with his wife and daughter. His daughter is actually being taken care of by the creator of the whole real person gaming system and the one who put Cable in jail on purpose. His character is pretty intense; he even has a song and dance number, which is entertaining.

This movie was not at all what I thought it was going to be like. I was surprised how they incorporated Second Life and SIMS but I thought it was interesting. Although I hope if this were to happen in the future, it would not be all about sex and prostitutes. Hopefully it would be more like how it is now but have the ability to be in two places at once with the help of avatars. There would be a world I could not imagine and probably will never happen, but you never know.