3/3 9:30 PM San Jose Repertory Theatre, 3/4/2007 6:15 PM Camera 12, 3/10 1:15 PM Camera 12

Take a trip into a foreign land: NERO Seattle, a monthly event where hardcore gamers converge on a public park and engage in live-action role playing for 48 hours straight. It’s like World of Warcraft brought to life as player characters (“the good guys”) and non-player characters (“the bad guys”) square off and fight each other with mock weapons to see whether the good guys can save the world. “Monster Camp” takes you inside the tight-knit group of gamers during one of the biggest events of the year, and shows both the triumph and the hardship of staging such a huge event every month. This is a fascinating look into a subculture that even some geeks regard as a little too geeky for them.