Anyone seen King of Kong?
It's a full-length documentary made last year about an attempt on the world record for arcade Donkey Kong (which has stood since 1982).
It sounds boring but I can assure you its not. It's about a guy who was laid off by Boeing and whilst out of work came across the Twin Galaxies website and thought that he could beat the Donkey Kong record.
It's a fascinating study of rivalry and is really worth watching. Some of the geeks in it are so obviously geeks its funny. It highlights the current record holder as a bit of an arrogant bastard to be honest, although I've since read that the film deliberately portrays him in this light.
It sounds boring but I can assure you its not. It's about a guy who was laid off by Boeing and whilst out of work came across the Twin Galaxies website and thought that he could beat the Donkey Kong record.
It's a fascinating study of rivalry and is really worth watching. Some of the geeks in it are so obviously geeks its funny. It highlights the current record holder as a bit of an arrogant bastard to be honest, although I've since read that the film deliberately portrays him in this light.
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I dunno.
I'll watch it one day I'm sure, as I like things like that even if they're only worth watching once just to say you've seen it basically.
If you've seen the film you'll know that Twin Galaxies is now recognised by Guinness as the official world record hosts for video games. That means you could get your name in the Guinness Book of Records! I might send them an email and see what rules we have to adhere to (judging by the film, a video recording is required) - I wouldn't mind my name in that book!
Hmm! How about loading Jetpac and camping on the plane level for a couple of days? That should give a pretty high score!
Hmmm, I'm thinking SPIN, rollback, cheating at world records, haha! Rollback will become the steroids of the videogame olypics :lol:
That Billy bloke with the stupid hair, hes so arrogant its quite funny. Still think the bloke who set that record should have spent more time with his kids who were crying out for attention than constantly playing Donkey Kong non stop just to set a record !
Oh, and when Mitchell walks into the arcade and responds to Wiebe's "Hi Billy" by saying to his wife "There's some people you just don't want to talk to." I wouldn't have blamed Wiebe for getting off his stool and smacking him one - what an arrogant wanker!
See my wife thinks I'm a bit of a nerd cos' I play retro games, but I still live the life of a human being which means I'll probably never in my life ever again be good at games like I used to be when I was a kid, because sometime in my teen years I was fortunate to not be some grotesque anemic fatty who locked himself away in a 8x10 room playing Doom all day. I actually unplugged on occasion, which meant I became a normal person.
If some full blown freak said something like that to my wife at some place like that regardless of the cameras or the location I'd have sparked the bastard out right there and then. Sometimes there's a place to be smarmy and a bit clever, but using someones wife at an event to disrespect your opposition is stupidity.
The only thing I can think motivated him is that he thought he was actually some kind of important person in the real world, because he was good at Donkey Kong, which in reality is very sad and deluded.
What are you doing here then? :-P
You mean "conspiring against...!" :o
*hides behind the couch*
C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1 :D
Sorry, I made it sound like he said it to the other guys wife when he in fact said it to his own. Still totally out of order though.
Apparently Billy Mitchell is quite successful outside of videogames. He owns a restaurant franchise and has some hot-sauce that is distributed globally, so he's not short of a bob or two.
I've read up a bit more on the film and it seems that the director/producers to dramatise the story really painted Billy Mitchell as the bad guy and Steve Wiebe as the underdog. The film makes out that they only ever meet in that arcade but according to many that is not true - they had met and played against each other many times. There's obviously a lot we don't see so you have to take some of it with a pinch of salt. It's still a fascinating study of rivalry though.
Oi! I am normal, I am, I am.
Well as normal as can be expected :D