Kombat won a Director's Choice Award from the Dallas Film and Video Festival in the Meta Media category. Festival director and founder, Bart Weiss, in summarizing the documentary for attendees said, “This is not an easy ‘Nasty video games are bad and are the cause of the destruction of man’ type of video. It is thoughtful, very thorough, and it definitely presents both sides of the argument. The film is incredibly well-produced and directed, melding the interview into hi-res images from the games. Indeed, by the end of the film you are exhausted by the barrage of these graphics, many of them violent. The effect is, well, the effect of these images. For someone like me who is not a gamer (well I play basketball, that's real ball, not a Wii game), the effect is disconnecting and without playing gives you an idea of what it's about. The film makes you feel what video games really are while you're hearing about their effects; it's very powerful and a must-see. Many documentaries have footage that shows you what the subject is about very few make you feel it like this one does. As a festival that is very much interested in the effects of media on our psyche, this is a must see.” References External links Moral Kombat Movie Trailer Released - Film Explores Game Violence Controversy 2009 films American documentary films Documentary films about video games 2009 documentary films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films