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Video Game Documentary Stirs Up Controversy
Game Master writes "Billy Mitchell has long been one of the gaming industry's most recognizable players. He appears in a new documentary, King of Kong, which has been screening to very positive reviews at film festivals around the country, and has been picked up by a major motion picture distributor. The movie, which portrays Billy in a very negative light, has come under fire recently in an article posted at MTV.com, where Billy and others spoke out about what they believed to be an unfair portrayal in the film. 'Ultimately, the documentary hasn't settled the Mitchell/Wiebe debate, which has been going on for nearly a half-decade. Mitchell, Day, Mruczek and several other arcade aficionados are now compiling a response to the film, a timeline they plan to post on TwinGalaxies.com in June. An early draft of the document lists [what they refer to as] KOK fiction, like, "Billy Mitchell will stop at nothing in order to keep his DK score," and promises facts that will prove those assertions wrong.' The end of the article seems to imply that legal action may follow."
The guy who formally set the world record for Donkey Kong (considered a stand-up guy) feels he was unfaithfully portrayed in the new movie King of Kong which apparently paints him as a bit of dick (despite the fact that he plays himself).
Sigs are for suckers.
"Billy Mitchell has long been one of the gaming industries most recognizable players..." Really? Maybe I'm not that clued in, but I can't find anyone who knows who this guy is-- and we do a lot of gaming around these parts (and most of us can remember Donkey Kong when it was 'in the arcade'). That doesn't mean they can't make a documentary about him or whatever, but a little more context would help.