I'm pretty sure Seth Rogen stole the plot from a tasty bit of 1980s SciFi, "The Last Starfighter". Alex Rogan lives with his mom IB a trailer park and can't afford college. But he is the world's a best player at a video game placed on earth to find pilots who might be able to save the galaxy. Heey! I thought that I had an original observation. The Futurman protagonist just called it out as a Last Starfifhter retread:-)