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King of Kong!
Danelle-ish | 10:24 AM on 01.25.2008 8 comments


So... here I am, joining this lovely destructoid community. Mostly because I wanted to share
this lovely review I wrote of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters DVD. Also because I
was getting sick of that "no friends? Laym!" message on the side of the window. It made me
sad.

Without further ado, I present to you - a shameless plug.

Here’s a possible contender for understatement of the century: most videogame movies are
bad. From lame ‘90s fare like the Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros. flicks to the latest Uwe
Boll train wreck, they almost universally suffer from poor writing, bad direction, and a marked
lack of fidelity to the property they ape. Terrible marketing cash-ins at worst and cheap
popcorn thrills at best, game movies have yet to hit any kind of high ground for either
medium. Thankfully, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters strays far from the usual formula.
The film is actually a documentary, focused on the trials and tribulations of nice-guy Steve
Wiebe as he challenges the ultimate Donkey Kong score (and Ego) of Billy Mitchell, the self
proclaimed king of classic arcade games.

http://www.gamertell.com/gaming/comment/cut-scenes-king-of-kong-on-dvd/

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