If you hear the words “professional video game player”, you probably picture somebody who is, well, the exact opposite of awesome. As fair or unfair as that is (sorry professional video game players!), that’s what happens.
You can keep your “good v evil” motif from King of Kong, for me, the film’s highlight was the appropriately-named Mr. Awesome (aka Roy Schildt). Becase, yes, he was/is awesome. As such, this interview with the man behind the legend – over at The -Minus World – is essential reading. Because if you don’t read it, you’ll miss stuff like this:
As they say in the King of Kong, this society is based on war and games. The real war is to get the higher score Missile Command score recognised and the war in Iraq is to get democracy recognised over the assholes. It’s the same mindset with a different goal.
You’ll also miss the raving-mad Schildt ponder beating Billy Mitchell to death if locked in a room with him for five minutes, so please, go read it.
Don’t Get Chumpatised: Missile Commander Roy Schildt Speaks Up [The -Minus World]
