About this episode

The episode discusses the film The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and its portrayal of competitive arcade gaming.

This week on Myopia Movie, we got a kill screen coming up! We watched The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, where a middle school science teacher sets a record against a hot sauce magnate on a standee arcade machine...millennials, eat your heart out. Want to pick a movie we do an episode on and record a special commentary just for you? Purchase something from our wish list! We are riffers on Cineprov! Check us out!! How will The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters hold up? Directed by Seth GordonStarring: Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, Mark Alpiger, Adam Wood, Walter Day, Steve Sanders, Steven Krogman, Robert Mruczek

People in this episode

Host: Nic Hoffmann

Topics covered

• arcade games
• documentary
• competitive gaming
• nostalgia
• film review

Keywords

• The King of Kong
• arcade
• gaming
• documentary
• film review
• Seth Gordon
• Steve Wiebe
• Billy Mitchell

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

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