Comments on: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The Battle For Donkey Kong http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/ an online resource for art, culture and technology Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Val http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-542721 Val Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:39:44 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/#comment-542721 Hi i just finished watching the movie and then i decided to search the internet for more info and i was delighted when i read the billy's video tape entry of the world record was actually taken off after 48 hours. because i thought that it was wrong for them making it the world record in the first place when they didnt let steve have his record that he sent in. overall it was a good movie showing this side of games that i have never seen before and that all records should not be accepted throguh a video tape and only in person Hi i just finished watching the movie and then i decided to search the internet for more info and i was delighted when i read the billy's video tape entry of the world record was actually taken off after 48 hours. because i thought that it was wrong for them making it the world record in the first place when they didnt let steve have his record that he sent in. overall it was a good movie showing this side of games that i have never seen before and that all records should not be accepted throguh a video tape and only in person

]]> By: Joe Reifer http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-525131 Joe Reifer Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:28:26 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/#comment-525131 Hey Scott, I just watched this movie the other night and really enjoyed it. And the DVD special feature that shows Billy and Steve's playing styles side by side was super cool. Cheers, Joe Hey Scott,

I just watched this movie the other night and really enjoyed it. And the DVD special feature that shows Billy and Steve’s playing styles side by side was super cool.

Cheers,

Joe

]]> By: Michael Fox http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-525127 Michael Fox Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:12:16 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/#comment-525127 Jason Scott wrote two excellent articles about this film here: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000580.html and a shorter, original version here: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000574.html . He is in the process of creating an arcade documentary himself and has some fascinating criticism of the narrative added to the film and its effects on his obtaining interviews, etc while making his own film. That being said, I saw the movie at the Parkway in Oakland and enjoyed the Hell out of it. Jason Scott wrote two excellent articles about this film here: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000580.html and a shorter, original version here: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000574.html .

He is in the process of creating an arcade documentary himself and has some fascinating criticism of the narrative added to the film and its effects on his obtaining interviews, etc while making his own film.

That being said, I saw the movie at the Parkway in Oakland and enjoyed the Hell out of it.

]]> By: Diego http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-525120 Diego Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:11:17 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/#comment-525120 Here's the link to the MIX Donkey Kong event: http://visitmix.com/blogs/News/The-King-of-Kongs-Steve-Wiebe-joins-MIX08-for-a-special-screening-of-the-movie-and-an-attempt-to-rec/ Here’s the link to the MIX Donkey Kong event: http://visitmix.com/blogs/News/The-King-of-Kongs-Steve-Wiebe-joins-MIX08-for-a-special-screening-of-the-movie-and-an-attempt-to-rec/

]]> By: Diego http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-525119 Diego Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:07:41 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/#comment-525119 Steve is going to try for the world record in March at MIX. Steve is going to try for the world record in March at MIX.

]]> By: Jackson West http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-525117 Jackson West Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:54:17 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-the-battle-for-donkey-kong/#comment-525117 I agree, that was a lot of fun. I thought the production did a fantastic job of pulling together a narrative arc and letting the people portray their real depth as characters, when it could have taken a much more patronizing tone and gone for cheap schadenfreude. I agree, that was a lot of fun. I thought the production did a fantastic job of pulling together a narrative arc and letting the people portray their real depth as characters, when it could have taken a much more patronizing tone and gone for cheap schadenfreude.

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