King of Kong

So this movie was much more uplifting than the first. I liked both of them, but this one had a little more humor in it. Maybe it was not intended to be humorous, but that's how I took it. The Bill Mitchell character was a lot of fun to hate. I would be really interested to know if he is truly like that in person, though. Today in class I heard Preston say that apparently he's even worse. The guy needs to get a grip. He has the world record in an arcade game and makes hot sauce, he's not that cool. I thought it was interesting to see inside the gamer culture, a culture I am extremely unfamiliar with. But I think this movie really didn't show it in a very good light. I'm sure not all people who enjoy gaming are as serious as some of these guys or as oddly passionate. I know for a fact my dad absolutely LOVES Galaga, and he's pretty beast at it, but in no way shape or form would he ever devote his life to it. I'd really liked to see if there's a documentary out there about a novice gamer. I'm not exactly sure what it's purpose would be or why anyone would want to do a documentary on that, but it would be a lot more relatable for me. Maybe we could make our own documentary! On an unrelated note, I got Super Meat Boy off of Steam! I was just so curious after watching Indie Game that I had too, even if it was $7.00. It's a fun little game, but I can tell it wasn't meant to be played on a computer. It's a bit challenging with the arrows and space bar, but I like it! I need to play more games, though so I can put a thesis together for my paper!