For those of you who don't live in New York or California you probably got your chance to see this movie this week when it came out on DVD. Just like I did.
This is BY FAR. the best movie of any kind that has come out about video games. But just as SO many other movies about sports this movie really isn't about video games. It's about people. Billy Mitchell one of the most self promoted video game champions in history against Steve Weibe, one of biggest underdogs in history.
The movie portrays these classic video game champions as a club of guys. A kind of clique in it's own right. In this clique Billy Mitchell is King. Which I think is side effect of his charisma and his self promotion. Steve is just an ordinary guy trying to break a record. He doesn't understand the politics going on here or anything; which seems weird to me. This is the way things are played out in the movie and Billy Mitchell seemed to think it was an unfair portrayal of him in the situation so maybe some creative editing turned this into a much more dramatic story than it was in reality.
Believe whatever you want, the movie is excellent and while I was raiding in World of Warcraft last night it made a wonderful distraction. I say buy it, rent it, just watch it.
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