Comments on: A Fistful of Quarters http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: kgagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-8215 kgagne Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:20:20 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-8215 A recent issue of <A HREF = "http://www.harpers.org/" TITLE="Harper's Magazine"><em> Harper's Magazine</em></a> has <A HREF = "http://laweekly.blogs.com/joshuah_bearman/files/harpers_billy_mitchell.pdf" TITLE="The Perfect Game (PDF)">an extended article</A> about Billy Mitchell, written by one of <em>King of Kong</em>'s contributing producers over the course of five years.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8215','kgagne'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8215','kgagne','A recent issue of <A HREF = \"http:\/\/www.harpers.org\/\" TITLE=\"Harper\'s Magazine\"><em> Harper\'s Magazine<\/em><\/a> has <A HREF = \"http:\/\/laweekly.blogs.com\/joshuah_bearman\/files\/harpers_billy_mitchell.pdf\" TITLE=\"The Perfect Game (PDF)\">an extended article<\/A> about Billy Mitchell, written by one of <em>King of Kong<\/em>\'s contributing producers over the course of five years.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> A recent issue of Harper's Magazine has an extended article about Billy Mitchell, written by one of King of Kong's contributing producers over the course of five years.
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]]> By: maginnis http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-7992 maginnis Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:12:44 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-7992 The mysterious "kill screen" bug has apparently been "fixed". http://www.donhodges.com/how_high_can_you_get.htm<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7992','maginnis'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7992','maginnis','The mysterious \"kill screen\" bug has apparently been \"fixed\".\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.donhodges.com\/how_high_can_you_get.htm'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The mysterious "kill screen" bug has apparently been "fixed".

http://www.donhodges.com/how_high_can_you_get.htm

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]]> By: kgagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-7435 kgagne Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:42:39 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-7435 AOL calls this <A HREF = "http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/best-movies-of-2007" TITLE="The 50 Best Movies of 2007">the 16th best film of 2007</A> -- pretty impressive, considering there were <A HREF = "http://www.showbits.net/2008/01/08/2007-hiphops/" TITLE="The 2007 Hiphop Awards">over 500 films released last year</A>!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7435','kgagne'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7435','kgagne','AOL calls this <A HREF = \"http:\/\/movies.aol.com\/movie-photo\/best-movies-of-2007\" TITLE=\"The 50 Best Movies of 2007\">the 16th best film of 2007<\/A> -- pretty impressive, considering there were <A HREF = \"http:\/\/www.showbits.net\/2008\/01\/08\/2007-hiphops\/\" TITLE=\"The 2007 Hiphop Awards\">over 500 films released last year<\/A>!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> AOL calls this the 16th best film of 2007 — pretty impressive, considering there were over 500 films released last year!
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]]> By: maginnis http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6665 maginnis Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:19:31 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6665 I'm really looking forward to seeing the extras on this. Maybe the bonus footage will make Billy seem like less a jerk.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6665','maginnis'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6665','maginnis','I\'m really looking forward to seeing the extras on this. Maybe the bonus footage will make Billy seem like less a jerk.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I'm really looking forward to seeing the extras on this. Maybe the bonus footage will make Billy seem like less a jerk.
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]]> By: kgagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6660 kgagne Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:05:26 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6660 <A HREF = "http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=79878" TITLE="King of Kong DVD price search">This movie comes out on DVD</A> on January 28th.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6660','kgagne'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6660','kgagne','<A HREF = \"http:\/\/www.dvdpricesearch.com\/cgi-bin\/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=79878\" TITLE=\"King of Kong DVD price search\">This movie comes out on DVD<\/A> on January 28th.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This movie comes out on DVD on January 28th.
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]]> By: maginnis http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6242 maginnis Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:12:11 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6242 <A HREF = "http://forum.picturehouse.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=2993&sid=1fbd7992426c8521f10fe4aac38652bd" TITLE="The Ignored Donkey Kong WR Holder">This page</A> has more details on the Tim Sczerby exclusion.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6242','maginnis'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6242','maginnis','<A HREF = \"http:\/\/forum.picturehouse.com\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=2993&sid=1fbd7992426c8521f10fe4aac38652bd\" TITLE=\"The Ignored Donkey Kong WR Holder\">This page<\/A> has more details on the Tim Sczerby exclusion.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This page has more details on the Tim Sczerby exclusion.
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]]> By: kgagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6236 kgagne Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:31:00 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6236 Shortly after this review was published, I happened to pick up the September 2007 (#173) issue of <A HREF = "http://www.gameinformer.com/Magazine/Insider/Articles/Article/200709/A07.0816.1605.38375.htm" TITLE="King of Kong on Game Informer Unlimited"><em>Game Informer</em></a> magazine. Its monthly "Classic GI" spread -- "where the past comes alive" -- features this month on pages 132-133 interviews with Steve Wiebe and Walter Day. The latter had some interesting corrections to make about the documentary: <ul> <li>Steve and Billy did in fact play head-to-head at Classic Gaming Expo 2004; and</li> <li>By 2004, Billy had already lost the world record to Tim Sczerby, who Steve beat.</li> </ul> I can understand being biased, but omitting facts? That just ain't right.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6236','kgagne'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6236','kgagne','Shortly after this review was published, I happened to pick up the September 2007 (#173) issue of <A HREF = \"http:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/Magazine\/Insider\/Articles\/Article\/200709\/A07.0816.1605.38375.htm\" TITLE=\"King of Kong on Game Informer Unlimited\"><em>Game Informer<\/em><\/a> magazine. Its monthly \"Classic GI\" spread -- \"where the past comes alive\" -- features this month on pages 132-133 interviews with Steve Wiebe and Walter Day. The latter had some interesting corrections to make about the documentary:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Steve and Billy did in fact play head-to-head at Classic Gaming Expo 2004; and<\/li>\r\n<li>By 2004, Billy had already lost the world record to Tim Sczerby, who Steve beat.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nI can understand being biased, but omitting facts? That just ain\'t right.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Shortly after this review was published, I happened to pick up the September 2007 (#173) issue of Game Informer magazine. Its monthly "Classic GI" spread — "where the past comes alive" — features this month on pages 132-133 interviews with Steve Wiebe and Walter Day. The latter had some interesting corrections to make about the documentary:

  • Steve and Billy did in fact play head-to-head at Classic Gaming Expo 2004; and
  • By 2004, Billy had already lost the world record to Tim Sczerby, who Steve beat.

I can understand being biased, but omitting facts? That just ain't right.

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]]> By: maginnis http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6215 maginnis Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:31:22 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6215 Yep. Once you see/hear/read some of the interviews Billy and the TwinGalaxies crowd have given since that film came out, it becomes clear <em>KoK</em> had a heavy pro-Steve bias.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6215','maginnis'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6215','maginnis','Yep. Once you see\/hear\/read some of the interviews Billy and the TwinGalaxies crowd have given since that film came out, it becomes clear <em>KoK<\/em> had a heavy pro-Steve bias.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yep. Once you see/hear/read some of the interviews Billy and the TwinGalaxies crowd have given since that film came out, it becomes clear KoK had a heavy pro-Steve bias.
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]]> By: kgagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6210 kgagne Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:00:02 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/09/29/king-of-kong/#comment-6210 Due to its limited distribution, I haven't seen this film, but Billy Mitchell sounded much more amicable in an interview he gave on the <A HREF = "http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/05/06/show-224-the-one-with-e-and-the-pac-man-expert.aspx" TITLE="Show #224 The one with e and the Pac-Man expert">Major Nelson podcast</A>.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6210','kgagne'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6210','kgagne','Due to its limited distribution, I haven\'t seen this film, but Billy Mitchell sounded much more amicable in an interview he gave on the <A HREF = \"http:\/\/www.majornelson.com\/archive\/2007\/05\/06\/show-224-the-one-with-e-and-the-pac-man-expert.aspx\" TITLE=\"Show #224 The one with e and the Pac-Man expert\">Major Nelson podcast<\/A>.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Due to its limited distribution, I haven't seen this film, but Billy Mitchell sounded much more amicable in an interview he gave on the Major Nelson podcast.
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