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.

If you run across the film please check it out.

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