I caught the videogame culture documentary King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters after its cinematic release in the UK on Friday. Excellent. Truly excellent.
The plot follows two challengers for the throne of Donkey Kong high scorer - incumbent Billy Mitchell and down-and-out dad Steve Wiebe. Both are old enough to know better. Both have loads at stake. The prize is a place in the giddy heights of gamer glory, and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
I've got a closer analysis of the film and its issues in Thursday's paper (how different the arcade competitions are from the bling of games events with modern titles!), but wanted to give the blog a heads up that we'll be running a competition for copies of the DVD (released on Monday), starting in two days' time. We have an interview lined up with Steve Wiebe: what would you like to ask the first man who broke 1 million points in the arcade classic, and who holds the world record for Donkey Kong Jr.?
