Family movie nights are back. Actually, they didn’t really go anywhere, but Family Movie Night by Wal-Mart and P&G are back with a Game of Your Life which is a new feature that is sure to entertain even the geekiest ones in your family.
This time, we meet highschooler Zach Taylor – a.k.a. technology wiz, gamer, and a young man who proves that being “geeky” is totally cool. Zach is one of several students who is accepted to the Digital Institute of Game Design (DIGD) which is a prestigious learning institute where the best of the best in technology and design attend. This rare opportunity offers hims the chance to study under gaming legend Marcus Bentton and gives him the major jump-start he needs to pursue his dreams of becoming a professional video game designer. Zach’s first challenge is making it through the first three months which is the “make it or break it” period for the freshman class during which many students will be eliminated from the program.
Zach is partnered with his two roommates (stereotypical, but occasionally funny geeks) and a former online game friend that make up a team to tackle their first school project that depends on the special skills of each member; Zach being a designer. Everything is running smoothly, until Zach learns that his father’s financial struggles are continuing to grow which could result in loosing everything he has known – his father’s business and Zach’s childhood home that is the only place he has left to remind him of his mother who died years earlier.
When Zach is presented with an opportunity to work on a special secret project with Marcus Bentton and also earn some money, he jumps at the chance despite the warning given to the students at the beginning of the year to only concentrate on their school work. With the belief that he can handle the work required of both projects, Zach begins dividing his time and energy which soon proves to be too much for him. While trying to juggle everything, Zach begins to let down his teammates who trusted him, threatens his academic status in school, and also eventually learns that the one he admires is truly not one to be trusted.
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Game of Your Life is a nice addition to Family Movie Night. As the movies in this project continue to be released, I have to tell you that I get excited when I learn of a new title coming out. I also like that there was more racial diversity in this movie which I hope continues. I think regardless of race, we all like good family-friendly movies and it is nice to see some of all of us depicted in a positive manner at one point or another.
We watched this movie on one of our family movie nights and it was fun to enjoy an upcoming television show that my children (and yours) and I could watch together without me having to worry about the content being inappropriate. I also like the fact that these movies provide lessons to be learned by the characters which opens up an opportunity for discussion during (I talk all of the time.) and after the movie.
Put this one on your schedule to watch on Friday, December 2 on NBC. You can connect with other Game of Your Life fans on Facebook and also see what people are tweeting about the movie on Twitter.
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