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GAMESMASTER, GAMESMASTER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

Director: Brian Pope and Andrew Clark
Starring: Dave Avallone, Andrew Clark, Jennifer Long, Brian Pope
Rated: Not rated - Contains language, situations, and subject matter that are not appropriate for children
Release: 2004
Website: www.breakfastofdemons.com
IMDB listing: none
Find it at: www.breakfastofdemons.com

In Gamesmaster, Gamesmaster, What Have You Done?! a GM discovers that he's short a player (you can't play D&D with a DM and three players? I've done it with one). So to compesate, he summons and binds a demon, using the instructions from the back of an old Boglins toy and a bit of leftover Big Mac microwaved for six minutes and sixty-six seconds (which my inner pendant wants to point out is really seven minutes and six seconds, but that number isn't quite as evil).

Tortured with the fact that he has been summoned, bound, and forced to play a paladin character, Boglin proceeds to find any way that he can to ruin the game for everyone.

GMGMWHYD?! was created with a camcorder by a group of gamers on a day when they were feeling particularly silly. And really, it shows - the characters, premise, plot, acting, and some (but not all) of the special effects are downright dumb.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. In fact, if you watch GMGMWHYD?! with this in mind, it becomes a lot more fun to watch. This is even doubly so when watching the movie with the commentary track turned on, and listening to the cast mocking their own performances.

Rating System 0 dice - The worst. Ever. 1 die - Very poor 2 dice - Not so bad 3 dice - Good 4 dice - Very good 5 dice - Excellent Total Score No dice - the worst imaginable score 5 dice - might be good for mocking 10-13 dice - (average) a renter 15 dice - don't miss it 20 dice - a keeper 25 dice - the best possible score

STORY - There's not a lot of story here.

CHARACTERS - The characters

LAUGHS & GASPS - You'll likely find yourself laughing at this film more than laughing with it, but the directors and cast have made it clear that it's all okay. In fact, they mock themselves in the commentary. Therefore, GMGMWHYD?! gets five dice.

REFERENCES & REALITY - Lance's character is called a "midget," rather than a halfling or gnome (or whatever he's really supposed to be).

BONUS DICE - GMGMWHYD?! gets XX Bonus Dice. One die is for the cover. Yeah, it's superficial, but the cover art for the DVD is great. Another dice is tossed in for the special effects, which were added to the film before the DVD release, and are actually very good (It might've been a neat touch to have a DVD extra with the original, pre-SFX scenes in a side-by-side comparison).

DICE BAG - Gamesmaster, Gamesmaster, What Have You Done?! has earned a bag of XX dice. It's

"Your jester has begun to fester!"

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