34. "The King of Kong"
Fuck you, Billy Mitchell! Long live Steve Wiebe!
"The King of Kong" is about Steve Wiebe's attempt to break Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong high score. Wiebe does it at his home. The people who say whether or not the record is legit don't think he did it legitimately. Wiebe travels to their home arcade and sets another record there. A few hours later Mitchell announces he has a tape with another high score. The tape screens. Wiebe goes home. It goes on like this for a while. Point is, Wiebe is a normal guy that fell on hard times and used Donkey Kong as an escape. He seems like a loving husband and father and seems to enjoy his job teaching junior high science. Billy Mitchell is an ego maniac with a warped sense of accomplishment. The filmmakers make it easy to root for one and jeer at the other.
Watch this film. I don't play video games and was interested from the start.
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