Over the past eight years we’ve seen quite a number of remarkable documentaries about video game culture including Seth Gordon’s engrossing documentary about the quest for a Donkey Kong record and the feature-length Free to Play that follows three professional gamers from around the world as they compete for a million dollar prize in the first Dota 2 International Tournament. If you’re like me and you love video games and documentary filmmaking equally, you’re going to take an interest in Man Vs. Snake: The Long Twisted Tale of Nibbler. It tells the outrageous and inspirational true story of one man’s quest for the highest video game score ever recorded: In 1984, 16 year-old Timothy McVey walked into the legendary Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa Iowa; and 44 ½ hours later he walked away with the highest score in video game history – on a single quarter. The film, directed by Tim Kinzy and Andrew Seklir,...
- 9/28/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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