Recently presented at Fantasia 2025, we had the chance to check «Good Game», a film that remind us that gaming, even on competitive level, can be enjoyed by anyone, and at any age.
Facing the risk of losing his internet cafe due the lack of customers, and the increasing rent, the middle-age owner Tai decides to enter the One Shot E-sport Tournament, hoping to use the grand-prize to save his business. Seeing that this is a team event, he recruits the only gamers he can convince, creating the most odd team to log in since Steam became a thing.
Among the members of this team called “Happy Hour” Tai has Fay, a rebellious but noble young lady that can’t seem to last at any job she gets, and the internet cafe is the only place where she fits. The other member is Octo (a.k.a. “Golden Arm”), a retired movie star that has taken playing video games as a brain exercise therapy for his wife with a deteriorating mental condition. Knowing the odds are against them, Tai manages to make Solo, a recently fired hot-shot of the E-sports circuit join the team.