Ok, so it looks pretty. I’ll admit that. For those of you not in the know hulu is a video site put together by NBC and Newscorp in an attempt to monetize the online market and curb illegal downloading etc. Does it still suck, well kinda. Other than having rather limited content, my biggest problem with the site is the ad placement. It’s horrible. It reminds me of movie broadcasts on Sunday mornings sponsored by vinyl siding installers. Rough cuts in the middle of a scene with no regards to how intrusive it is to break the action like that. Below is the movie the Girl Next Door. It’s a fun little flick but it’s also a great example of what I’m talking about. Watch it and see how they chop it up. So if you want to catch an old episode of family guy or one of the 7 movies they have, sure it’s great . Other than that I think it sucks. Oh and you can’t watch it outside of the states.
I’ve been offered countless trial discs for World of Warcraft and turn each and everyone one of them down. I like games, I really do. I even like RPGs but I just can’t get into that whole online RPG scene, I’m just too busy with real life. I couldn’t handle having a virtual one as well. Nonetheless, I know quite a few people addicted to MMORPGs and other such video games. So when I came across this little web gem I couldn’t help but instantly luv it. This is a great web series written by and starring Felicia Day. I’ve included the first 7 episodes below.
I must admit that I love classic arcade games. My vice of choice is Galaga but I tend not to shy away from a Donkey Kong Machine when one is mysteriously adorning the front room of a pizza joint like a relic that the kids give museums glances to before moving on to fancier games. I have fond memories of playing many of the classic games so when presented with a documentary about two guys competing to be the BEST Donkey Kong player I didn’t hesitate to add it to the netflix queue.
I must say this documentary is amazingly compelling, there is a classic rivalry built rather quickly and the 3 act structure works amazingly well in this documentary. Steve Wiebe is the archetypal “good guy”, you cheer and root for him if not aloud in your very center. You clearly want him to succeed. Moreover you find yourself really hating the “bad guy” in this film and quite honestly if I ran into Billy Mitchel on the street there is a good chance I would punch him in the mouth.
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I must admit that I love classic arcade games. My vice of choice is Galaga but I tend not to shy away from a Donkey Kong Machine when one is mysteriously adorning the front room of a pizza joint like a relic that the kids give museums glances to before moving on to fancier games. I have fond memories of playing many of the classic games so when presented with a documentary about two guys competing to be the BEST Donkey Kong player I didn’t hesitate to add it to the netflix queue.
