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Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast

Venganza Media, Inc.

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film:film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2018

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

The Now Playing Arcade is now open!  Justin, Stuart, and Arnie are reviewing every movie based on a video game in a new retrospective that kicks off with The King Of Kong. Is this 2006 documentary about the heyday of coin-op machines (and the geeks who never stopped playing them) worth your quarters? Listen now and find out!

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0:00.0

Welcome to now playing podcast review of The King of Kong.

0:25.0

The long-awaited game will always be the argument that video games are meant to be played for fun.

0:29.0

We played at home, relaxing on a couch amongst friends, and that's fun.

0:35.0

But competitive gaming, when you want your name written into history, you have to pay the price.

0:42.0

Parts of now playing video game movie review series.

0:46.0

Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Miss Pac-Man, and Gallagher, and Defender, these are the games that caught the public eye.

0:54.0

These are the games people care about.

0:56.0

Hosted by Arnie.

0:58.0

I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs.

1:01.0

I play video games, which I think is for superior in addiction than any of those other ones.

1:08.0

Justin.

1:10.0

You know, everything about him is perfect.

1:12.0

Ed Stewart.

1:14.0

Everybody wants to crowd around him, everybody wants to see him.

1:17.0

This podcast may contain detailed plot spoilers and mild language.

1:22.0

There's some poor bastard out there who's getting the screws put to him.

1:26.0

Listener discretion is advised.

1:30.0

I really think we need to settle this thing for the best man win.

1:40.0

Today we're discussing the King of Kong of Fist Full of Quarters.

1:46.0

Steve Weebie, Billy Mitchell, Walter Day, Ryan Koo, directed by Seth Gordon.

1:53.0

This is the now playing host who knows no punk bastard ever got a gnarly piece of punetang by being sensitive and considerate.

2:00.0

Arnie, level up and Stewart.

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