FPS: First Person Shooter

The documentary tells the history of the first person shooter game by game. The account starts from the simple wireframe graphics of early works like Maze War and Spasim. From there it comes up to the genre reaching millions of players. A period of forty eight years is covered. Titles such as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, GoldenEye, Half-Life and Halo are each taken up in turn. John Carmack, John Romero and Tom Hall are among those who speak. The film rests on what the people who made the games have to say. The two hundred and seventy five minutes are spread over a long history. The account gives the building of the genre together with its technical side. Christopher Stratton’s American documentary was completed in 2023.