This was recommended because I had watched Darkon. I'm a bit disappointed with this one. Darkon created a specific event that the documentary focused on; a power struggle between two competing players. Monster Camp is much more unfocused. It's interesting, mostly because the game is so much more complicated than Darkon.
I find most of this behavior is stuff I can't do. I can't play things like D&D because I can't lose myself to a fiction the way some people can. And yet, I feel comfortable acting when I know my lines.
The structure of NERO seems much more interesting. I like the division between participating as a player character, or as a non-player character. That's a great way to approach the game, and it allows people to play in a way that better suits their personality.
The lack of focus does hurt this. Normally, a skillfully-made documentary doesn't have to rely on having an audience that is interested in the subject matter; they get sucked in despite their interests. In this case, if you don't have much interest in the LARPing culture, there's nothing to see.
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