Saturday, December 22, 2007

Brugamers Review: King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters.



King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters, directed by Seth Gordon, is a mockumentary that portrays a sort of Big guy versus the small guy senario, its like the Empire against a small rebellion faction, where the latter is just one normal guy. The movie is epic in proportion depicting some sort of truth in the realm of competitive gaming.

The story follows a normal joe, Steve Weibe as he tries to beat Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong high score record... a whopping 874,300 points! What follows here is a compelling tale of manipulation and deceit, some bad blood, trials and tribulations and its all wholesome fun.

Now how is this movie relevant to us? Well, if you're the classic gamer who thinks that games (read: Joust, Pac-man, Donkey Kong... anything from the 1980's) are all about the skills, then you would probably like this film with a dose of reality. Normal people may think to see this as a geek fest... but regardless, its a nice movie to watch.

In what most film critics calls as a "mockumentary" I assume people won't be offended how evil Billy Mitchell is... I doubt he isn't. (EGM confirmed it anyway) Anyway! For the Brugamers-movie buffs out there, look out for this flick!

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