Everyone who watched The King of Kong (well, nearly everyone) left it feeling satisfied that good had triumphed over evil. Mild-mannered schoolteacher Steve Wiebe had reclaimed his high score in Donkey Kong from nefarious villain Billy Mitchell, and all was right with the world. That is, till they realized that in the time it took to release in theaters, the mulleted hot sauce salesman had already beaten his score. Oops.
Over the years Wiebe has attempted a few live events, including a truly exciting (snicker) live webcam at E3 last year, and the title has changed hands a couple of times. Just this March newcomer Hank Chien managed to get a top score, only to have it taken back by Mitchell in July. But now Twin Galaxies, the videogame scoring organization made famous in the film, has announced that Steve Wiebe has managed to claim a whopping 1,064,500 points and reclaim his crown. That’s 1,700 more points than Mitchell’s best.
Is this the end of the feud? Of course not. The film has elevated the high score of the game to arguably the most important in videogamedom, if there is such a thing, and everyone wants a piece of it. Sure, King of Kong might have been as fair and balanced as certain news organizations but it damn sure was entertaining, and everyone likes to see David best Goliath. Kudos to you, Wiebe!
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Cool. While King of Kong was certainly biased toward Wiebe, Mitchell came across as such an arrogant prick that I can't imagine in even a "fairer" take where most still wouldn't want to see Wiebe defeat Mitchell.
King of Kong was a fantastic and exciting documentary – only marred upon learning that Mitchell (best movie villain since Vader?) was actually on top. So all is right agian is the universe…for now.
Absolutely NO news source is "fair and balanced". Its just the MOST biased one of them advertises itself that way. Nice political injection (sarcasm).
Ahyhoo, Billy Mitchell only came across as the villian because he portrayed himself as some sort of rockstar. And he certainly wasn't very forthcoming (had to talk to people off camera). He's just a sore loser with shady conections to Twin Galaxies.
I take it you're talking about CNN?
msnbc?
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