Comments on: In-Depth With the King of Kong

By: jacob

jacob — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:24:00 +0000

I noticed your review of “The King of Kong”. We are distributing a very similar gaming documentary, “E-Athletes”, which releases on DVD, January 27th, 2009.
Attached is a sell sheet.

We would love to send you a screener for review.

Would you be of interest? If so, what would be the best address to send you a copy?

Thank you so much and look forward to hearing from you.

Best,

Jacob Ripley
Public Relations Representative
Passion River Films
732-321-0711 x135
Jacob@passionriver.com

416 Main Street
Metuchen, NJ 08840
Discover unique films at: http://www.PassionRiver.com

By: Celeste M.

Celeste M. — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:36:17 +0000

After The King Of Kong, I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and say it might have been biased, but I’ve seen him in a multitude of interviews, and in every single one he comes off as an egotistical idiot. All he’s done in two decades was get a couple of high scores, and he tries to capitalize on it as if he actually achieved something.

Great article though!

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:54:29 +0000

I am NOT a gamer, yet I found the movie and this article fascinating.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:09:53 +0000

Thanks for linking this.

My girlfriend and I watched King of Kong a couple weeks ago. We’re both gamers, but she plays more for fun whereas I like notching achievements and high scores–I still remember being at the arcade when I was young, someone would get a high score, but then walk away before putting in their initials. I’d saunter over, type in a KMN and then slink away… go high score!

Throughout the whole movie my girlfriend was freaking out about how none of this mattered and how she hated Billy. While I agreed it didn’t matter, it was definitely an entertaining look at the world I hardly knew, and this read added to it. It might have been 8000 words, but it just flowed by…

I’m still not the biggest Billy fan though.

By: Stick

Stick — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:36:47 +0000

Steve Wiebe is okay, but Mr. Awesome is awesome!

By: Mattie

Mattie — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:58:21 +0000

I thought he came off less evil in the documentary and more as someone who profits off of the hero worship he receives from his fans in his own sport. He gets special treatment by them, which pretty much undermines arcade gaming as a sport. You can’t be partial to one of your players.

By: erin

erin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:42:42 +0000

long live steve wiebe!

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:12:50 +0000

Yes! Great stuff!