The King of Kong

I missed this film a couple of years ago when it opened. The trailer below makes it look well worth a rental, as does this review.

Surely there's not a lot of things weirder than obsessive videogame world-record competitions...

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Comments

Donkey Kong was for whooses! Qix ruled!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/29/09 at 11:13 AM

This looks like a great "It's Sunday morning and I have nothing to do" movie.
I would watch it.

Posted by AGFH on 01/29/09 at 12:08 PM

o...I never thought about them. I watch that now and then at night.

Posted by AGFH on 01/29/09 at 12:20 PM

I'd rather play video games on Sunday mornings when there's nothing to do than watch a movie about people playing them. That of course only if I'm not trying to recover from Saturday night.

Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 01/29/09 at 12:20 PM

Tommy can you hear me

Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 01/29/09 at 12:29 PM

Jules, pinball was my game of choice as a kid, until Dad came home with a pong video game console. Pong and squash!!!

Posted by Madd Maxx on 01/29/09 at 12:33 PM

"Sort of like the abortion issue"?

Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 01/29/09 at 12:40 PM

Pinball, 5cents a play and play all day on 5cents if you were good enough!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/29/09 at 01:00 PM

What truth? That a plumber could beat a gorilla?

Posted by Madd Maxx on 01/29/09 at 01:29 PM

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