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I saw a couple of interesting movies recently about 80's videogaming.
The first was the more popular documentary The King of Kong, about 2 people vying for the Donkey Kong world record (who even knew there were world records for video games? lol). After you read up on the movie after watching it, you realize that facts were manipulated to an almost Michael Moore level, but it's still pretty captivating.
After I watched that I downloaded the torrent of the documentary Chasing Ghosts which is more low-key and takes a look at a wider range of 80's video game players, though including some of the same characters as in King of Kong. I don't know what's so captivating, I guess the technology, the passion, obessession, self-destruction...it's kind of a cringe-umentary. Maybe most interesting is the way that some people have moved on and grown....and some...haven't.
The first was the more popular documentary The King of Kong, about 2 people vying for the Donkey Kong world record (who even knew there were world records for video games? lol). After you read up on the movie after watching it, you realize that facts were manipulated to an almost Michael Moore level, but it's still pretty captivating.
Click to viewAfter I watched that I downloaded the torrent of the documentary Chasing Ghosts which is more low-key and takes a look at a wider range of 80's video game players, though including some of the same characters as in King of Kong. I don't know what's so captivating, I guess the technology, the passion, obessession, self-destruction...it's kind of a cringe-umentary. Maybe most interesting is the way that some people have moved on and grown....and some...haven't.