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World of Darkness

An in-depth look into how the World of Darkness and Vampire: The Masquerade created a phenomenon in the 1990's - a zeitgeist that helped shape film, literature, fashion, club culture, and ultimately fans, whose lives it forever al...

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None of the cool kids
played role-playing games. - World of Darkness

None of the cool kids played role-playing games.

- I think that that is
where I found more of a - World of Darkness

- I think that that is where I found more of a

I was teased, not invited
to birthday parties. - World of Darkness

I was teased, not invited to birthday parties.

(radio chattering in the background) - World of Darkness

(radio chattering in the background)

- Part of the role-playing game
hobby and prior to everybody - World of Darkness

- Part of the role-playing game hobby and prior to everybody

- You can buy books that give you stories - World of Darkness

- You can buy books that give you stories

- Stewart Wieck, White Wolf's founder, - World of Darkness

- Stewart Wieck, White Wolf's founder,

The first couple issues looked
like their stapled together, - World of Darkness

The first couple issues looked like their stapled together,

- We pooled money ourselves
and we bought a box of - World of Darkness

- We pooled money ourselves and we bought a box of

I mean, we made like 100
copies of the first issue - World of Darkness

I mean, we made like 100 copies of the first issue

We're not succeeding
because this looks like - World of Darkness

We're not succeeding because this looks like

(upbeat techno music) - World of Darkness

(upbeat techno music)

There was a decision point to like, okay, - World of Darkness

There was a decision point to like, okay,

That's the point at which
we borrowed some money - World of Darkness

That's the point at which we borrowed some money

(upbeat music) - World of Darkness

But, the way we really got
traction with the magazine - World of Darkness

But, the way we really got traction with the magazine

- Gen Con is the oldest
tabletop role-playing - World of Darkness

- Gen Con is the oldest tabletop role-playing

It's where if you make a physical product - World of Darkness

It's where if you make a physical product

- So, we would drive up all
these copies of the magazine - World of Darkness

- So, we would drive up all these copies of the magazine

- Gen Con was a place where you always saw - World of Darkness

- Gen Con was a place where you always saw

(soft music) - World of Darkness

It was very artful, the
contents were spectacular. - World of Darkness

It was very artful, the contents were spectacular.

- Ars Magica was this phenomenal game - World of Darkness

- Ars Magica was this phenomenal game

At the time, we were not doing well - World of Darkness

At the time, we were not doing well

- [Announcer] These are
serious fantasy game players - World of Darkness

- [Announcer] These are serious fantasy game players

So, for financial reasons,
Lion Rampant and White Wolf - World of Darkness

So, for financial reasons, Lion Rampant and White Wolf

(upbeat music) - World of Darkness

Thought was that we were
going to do everything - World of Darkness

Thought was that we were going to do everything

- White Wolf moves from the
environments of a little - World of Darkness

- White Wolf moves from the environments of a little

- The house was always a
weird kind of eclectic mess of - World of Darkness

- The house was always a weird kind of eclectic mess of

- We're all stuck in this
house together and it was nuts. - World of Darkness

- We're all stuck in this house together and it was nut...

- So, here was this
little company with this - World of Darkness

- So, here was this little company with this

I had never seen a place, it
just looked like time forgot. - World of Darkness

I had never seen a place, it just looked like time forgot.

It was the worst. - World of Darkness

It was the worst.

(somber music) - World of Darkness

He saw the complete and
utter disdain for humanity. - World of Darkness

He saw the complete and utter disdain for humanity.

(intense music) - World of Darkness

(intense music)

It wasn't the automotive
companies that destroyed - World of Darkness

It wasn't the automotive companies that destroyed

Mark was like, "Probably vampires." - World of Darkness

Mark was like, "Probably vampires."

(screaming)
(intense music) - World of Darkness

(screaming) (intense music)

Like back then, the
idea of being a vampire - World of Darkness

Like back then, the idea of being a vampire

- In role-playing games, - World of Darkness

- In role-playing games,

- Vampires were always something
in Dungeons and Dragons - World of Darkness

- Vampires were always something in Dungeons and Dragons

- You know, now it seems
so normal and ordinary - World of Darkness

- You know, now it seems so normal and ordinary

But at the time, it was a definite glitch. - World of Darkness

But at the time, it was a definite glitch.

Normally, at Gen Con, which
is the great one convention, - World of Darkness

Normally, at Gen Con, which is the great one convention,

This convention, I didn't party at all. - World of Darkness

This convention, I didn't party at all.

I just sat and wrote and wrote and wrote. - World of Darkness

I just sat and wrote and wrote and wrote.

- Being in that dark side takes me away - World of Darkness

- Being in that dark side takes me away

You gotta explore the
deprivation and violence - World of Darkness

You gotta explore the deprivation and violence

You don't have to actually
expose yourself to those dangers - World of Darkness

You don't have to actually expose yourself to those dan...

You can just get a bit of an understanding - World of Darkness

You can just get a bit of an understanding

I met a lot of people I've
been friends with for years - World of Darkness

I met a lot of people I've been friends with for years

- Vampire at the Masquerade clearly draws - World of Darkness

- Vampire at the Masquerade clearly draws

It also draws from some
of the entire spectrum of - World of Darkness

It also draws from some of the entire spectrum of

- Vampires have been depicted
differently in different eras. - World of Darkness

- Vampires have been depicted differently in different eras.

In the very earliest
stories about vampires, - World of Darkness

In the very earliest stories about vampires,

The Lord Ruthven is
somebody who is handsome, - World of Darkness

The Lord Ruthven is somebody who is handsome,

But Dracula really is ground
zero for our contemporary - World of Darkness

But Dracula really is ground zero for our contemporary

He is where it starts, the
idea of the seductive vampire, - World of Darkness

He is where it starts, the idea of the seductive vampire,

Anne Rice's Interview
with a Vampire was a real - World of Darkness

Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire was a real

- That provided the contemporary idea of - World of Darkness

- That provided the contemporary idea of

Of course, what I didn't
realize was that all these - World of Darkness

Of course, what I didn't realize was that all these

- What vampire did was it
essentially took ownership - World of Darkness

- What vampire did was it essentially took ownership

(soft music) - World of Darkness

- Stewart was very much
the sounding board for me. - World of Darkness

- Stewart was very much the sounding board for me.

His office is across the hallway from me - World of Darkness

His office is across the hallway from me

"Okay, we're gonna have
clans and these clans will be - World of Darkness

"Okay, we're gonna have clans and these clans will...

"They'll be like social
groups but they won't - World of Darkness

"They'll be like social groups but they won't

"They will, they will, but they won't." - World of Darkness

"They will, they will, but they won't."

- One of the most powerful
design ideas in Vampire - World of Darkness

- One of the most powerful design ideas in Vampire

- Monster entertainment
always, I think, has appealed - World of Darkness

- Monster entertainment always, I think, has appealed

- That idea that you would inherit - World of Darkness

- That idea that you would inherit

- [Tim] When I first started
in role-playing games, - World of Darkness

- [Tim] When I first started in role-playing games,

There was gaming art before
Tim and then there was Tim. - World of Darkness

There was gaming art before Tim and then there was Tim.

So many things before that
were very high fantasy art - World of Darkness

So many things before that were very high fantasy art

Ya know, classic swords and sorcery, - World of Darkness

Ya know, classic swords and sorcery,

Vampire was the first
time where I really sunk, - World of Darkness

Vampire was the first time where I really sunk,

Instead of having this
character on this page that - World of Darkness

Instead of having this character on this page that

- He basically brought
this real world grittiness - World of Darkness

- He basically brought this real world grittiness

I would say, - World of Darkness

My best friend, Joel, who
modeled for everything for me - World of Darkness

My best friend, Joel, who modeled for everything for me

The absolute, quintessential,
gypsy white trash - World of Darkness

The absolute, quintessential, gypsy white trash

(spooky rock music) - World of Darkness

(spooky rock music)

- It immediately makes it like
wow, this is our vampires. - World of Darkness

- It immediately makes it like wow, this is our vampires.

- I don't know whether
or not I realized how big - World of Darkness

- I don't know whether or not I realized how big

- Tim Bradstreet's artwork was one of the - World of Darkness

- Tim Bradstreet's artwork was one of the

- The full pages were it. - World of Darkness

- The full pages were it.

Funny thing is, we had no
money left for a cover. - World of Darkness

Funny thing is, we had no money left for a cover.

- They had actually
commissioned a piece of artwork, - World of Darkness

- They had actually commissioned a piece of artwork,

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An in-depth look into how the World of Darkness and Vampire: The Masquerade created a phenomenon in the 1990's - a zeitgeist that helped shape film, literature, fashion, club culture, and ultimately fans, whose lives it forever al...

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Director: Giles Alderson

Writer: Kevin Lee

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2017

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ImdbRating: 6.4

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Released: 11 May 2017

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