I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Blistering performances.

Video gaming has become a popular sport and VGHS is dedicated to teaching gaming. Brian D (Josh Blaylock) comes from a poor background. He gains public popularity by killing arrogant star The Law and is invited to VGHS. He makes friends with fellow new student Ki Swan (Ellary Porterfield) and roommate Ted Wong (Jimmy Wong). He falls for leading player Jenny Matrix (Johanna Braddy) who has a troubled relationship with her teacher/mother (Cynthia Watros).I found this on Netflix and with the high rating, I decided to take a shot. The first two seasons left me a little concerned. The limited budget makes the production lesser quality. It has a young teen TV show value. The game playing needs a little more imagination. The four lead actors could be better and quite frankly, Blaylock is not hot enough to be the hot nerd lead. It's silly but it's not silly enough to be fun. During the third season, the show decides to take risks with some high concept episodes. It unleashes the deadpan awkward gawkiness of Porterfield. The secondary pairing actually gains parity with the leads. It finally finds its voice but it ends right after. It's too bad that it could not get there earlier.

So it was late one night, scrolling through Netflix, and I thought,Video Game High School, why not? I like Gaming.Am I watching the same show as everyone else!? I had to give up after 17 minutes of excruciating garbage.Set in the future, (bullies fly off on a tandem bike) we are introduced to this nerdy skinny kid, who is playing a FPS Shoot Em Up with his friends. He somehow luckily defeats this "pro", and automatically is now a student at Video Game High School.Everything was painful. The acting was mediocre and way over exaggerated, I felt like I was watching something made in media studies by 16 year old students. Each character is automatically unlikable, geeks are skinny, bullies are broad, every girl is subjectively attractive? And the lines they delivered!? Cheesy, childish and downright stupid.The parts where they were gaming - similar to counterstrike/cod/battlefield with real people - all enemies are out in the open, each player turns into bytes when shot.It is just so off the mark, the gaming in know way represents games at all.To summarise, making a show about gaming could be great, but think about your main audience, late teens to early twenties, gaming enthusiasts who actually might be interested in a show like this. And make it appeal to them, have characters with a little depth, make the gaming as realistic and potentially gory as possible (Playing a war game with no blood or tactics?) This show feels like it is made for very young children ie: simple plot, dialog etc etc I could rant for hours about how terrible this is... But, maybe give it a chance, see if last longer than 17 minutes.

Loved seasons 1 and 2. They were very entertaining and there is nothing that I've found that quite resembles VGHS. Season 3 was horrible. The writers deviated from the formula too much and seemed to just give up. I would recommend making a 4th season if and only if it mimics the creative and fun construct of seasons 1 and 2.Ten lines of text in order to publish?Really?Seems strange.Maybe this will work.Guess we'll find out.

So I first watched this on Netflix. The plot seemed corny, but I like gaming and checked it out. I immediately recognized the kid from Warehouse 13 and was enjoying the in-game action scenes. . .when that Law kid showed up. I seriously wanted someone to shoot him in the head and camp the respawn. I don't know who told him to or let him act that way, but somebody should have told him to stop cause he ruined the whole show. I barely made it to the failed pub stomp (or whatever it was called) before I backspaced and gave the show a 1 star with a bad review.Recently, I gave the show another chance. It was VERY hard to swallow the "spazz acting" from the Law and other minor characters. I called it quits like twice but fortunately I made it through the first episode. I'm pretty hooked on the show now especially since some other really great characters/actors showed up. I would recommend it especially if you like gaming/FPS. It's fun watching the PC gaming cause it reminds me of my first year of college. (ah Urban Terror).p.s That offline beat-down BrianD gave the Law. . .so satisfying. Watched it 5 times. XD