Ben X
Ben X is the online moniker of a Belgian teen who is a master at playing “Archlord” over the internet where he most often teams up with the also anonymous Scarlite. In the game he is strong, powerful – everything that he is not in real life. Ben is autistic yet does very well in school where he is bullied unmercifully and is helpless to stop the persecution. Greg Timmermans is the impressive newcomer playing Ben whose pathetic solution to the problem is to contemplate suicide. When Scarlite suggests that they meet in person their rendezvous inspires the creation of that satisfactory end game. The mixture of intriguing gaming with live action sometimes presented documentary style make Ben X interesting. Also captivating is the insight into the world of autism and the underlying scolding with regards to bullying.