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Movie Review: Beta Test Needs Some Serious Upgrades.

Beta Test Written and Directed by: Nicholas Gyeney Starring: Manu Bennet, Larenz Tate, Linden Ashby, Sara Coates The correlation of violence in video games leading to violent behavior in real life – it’s a hotly debated topic everyone has an opinion on, whether they’ll admit it or not. Andrew Kincaid, the big boss at a gaming industry giant called Sentinel. is no different. Kincaid thinks that guns in games can be more therapeutic than harmful. His rationale being that the digital release of aggression can be cathartic, making it less likely that said aggression will pour over into the real world. Kincaid and Sentinel’s chief security officer, Orson Creed, seem to be at odds on this issue. Creed is rumored to be pushing for Sentinel to be contractors, creating tech for military use. Kincaid is focused rather on giving players the highest level of game interactivity, and Creed is about to find out just how interactive it can get. A

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Aug 20, 2016
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Beta Test Arrives In Select Theaters July 22

Imagine a world where your character in a video game unknowingly controls real person’s actions. That’s what the premise of the new film, titled Beta Test, from producer/writer/director Nicholas Gyeney. Starring Arrow’s Manu Bennett and Larenz Tale (House of Lies), Yuji Okumoto (Inception), and Linden Ashby (Teen Wolf), Betta Test is produced by Mirror Images LTD. From the Press Release: The film’s storyline revolves around Max Troy (Tate, House of Lies, Hush), a Seattle-based video game champion and game tester who is about to test the latest game sensation from global video game juggernaut, Sentinel. As Max begins procedural dissection of the game, he begins to realize this new game is not like any other. As Max completes new tasks, events in the real world begin to mirror them. Soon, Max uncovers a deep-rooted conspiracy from within the walls of Sentinel, which leads him to discover that the game’s protagonist, Orson Creed (Arrow), is a real man, in the real

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Jun 23, 2016

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Movie Review: Beta Test Needs Some Serious Upgrades.

Beta Test Written and Directed by: Nicholas Gyeney Starring: Manu Bennet, Larenz Tate, Linden Ashby, Sara Coates The correlation of violence in video games leading to violent behavior in real life – it’s a hotly debated topic everyone has an opinion on, whether they’ll admit it or not. Andrew Kincaid, the big boss at a gaming industry giant called Sentinel. is no different. Kincaid thinks that guns in games can be more therapeutic than harmful. His rationale being that the digital release of aggression can be cathartic, making it less likely that said aggression will pour over into the real world. Kincaid and Sentinel’s chief security officer, Orson Creed, seem to be at odds on this issue. Creed is rumored to be pushing for Sentinel to be contractors, creating tech for military use. Kincaid is focused rather on giving players the highest level of game interactivity, and Creed is about to find out just how interactive it can get. A

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Aug 20, 2016
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Beta Test Arrives In Select Theaters July 22

Imagine a world where your character in a video game unknowingly controls real person’s actions. That’s what the premise of the new film, titled Beta Test, from producer/writer/director Nicholas Gyeney. Starring Arrow’s Manu Bennett and Larenz Tale (House of Lies), Yuji Okumoto (Inception), and Linden Ashby (Teen Wolf), Betta Test is produced by Mirror Images LTD. From the Press Release: The film’s storyline revolves around Max Troy (Tate, House of Lies, Hush), a Seattle-based video game champion and game tester who is about to test the latest game sensation from global video game juggernaut, Sentinel. As Max begins procedural dissection of the game, he begins to realize this new game is not like any other. As Max completes new tasks, events in the real world begin to mirror them. Soon, Max uncovers a deep-rooted conspiracy from within the walls of Sentinel, which leads him to discover that the game’s protagonist, Orson Creed (Arrow), is a real man, in the real

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Jun 23, 2016