I signed up for a free month of Netflix (if you would like the same deal...let me know...I can hook you up) and received my first three movies today: Once, Little Miss Sunshine, and King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. I have been dying to see King of Kong since I heard about it, and it did not fail to deliver. I loved it. Probably because I am a gigantic video game geek, especially classic video games. This tells the story of two men in a battle for the world record high score in Donkey Kong. Like any story worth telling, there is a good guy, Steve Weibe, and a bad guy, Billy Mitchell. Don't worry, I won't spoil the ending.
There are so many things I love about this movie. The nerds, first and foremost. It's their life. They live for it. It never ceases to amaze me, too, how many random sub-cultures exist that we have no idea about. I also love how engaged I got in the characters, and how I was literally on the edge of my seat wondering how it would all end. I love the supportive wife. It's such a great movie, if video games are your thing. Or if they used to be your thing.
Apparently there is a website, Twin Galaxies that lists all the top video game scores. Of course, I had to check the Tetris top scores for my own curiosity. I wondered if my recent Tetris game would have had a chance at the record. And wouldn't you know it? My 179 lines would have put me in 7th place. And I would have been the only chick on the list. Don't believe me? Click here! I would totally be all over this site, except you have to submit your score via video, and we are video camera-less. However, my motivation to get one has now just increased by a LOT.
Watch this movie.
2 comments:
Why haven't we discussed our love for Donkey Kong? I guess I don't know if you LOVE it but I can sure tell you that Donkey Kong Country has got to be the best game I've ever played...that's including the Wii and everything. LOVE IT....I also have the soundtrack to it. Too nerdy? I'm pretty sure you would think it was awesome since you are the only chick to play Tetris with that high of a score! Hahaha...you crack me up.
IDK that bully mitchell guy looks pretty boss, I totally want to be him and girls want to be with him! DID you see his american flag tie? That has to be the most killer tie ever, I think I'm gonna buy one now, no I'm gonna buy two!
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