Chasing Ghosts
Video game doc!
Chasing Ghosts is a documentary about the best videogamers from yesterday. It's amazing to see images of them then, and now. From heroes to zeroes in just a few years as games like Streetfighter came out and changed gaming forever. We're talking about Donkey Kong, Centipede, Tempest, etc. It all started in a small town in Ohio, I can't remember the name, but that's where gaming happened. The doc is sort of in the vein of Dogtown, except no skating, it's just machines and nerdy kids. I played games at arcades during this era at Captain Videos and like most arcades, it bit the dust somewhere in the early to mid 80's. It's sad how not one of these gamer dudes has a career in the current world of gaming. At best one of them is a stat keeping for game scores! He watches videotape of games! This is a worthwhile documentary and if you can see it, check it out. It's funny, and at the same time sad, but the energy of the best games live on.
Chasing Ghosts is a documentary about the best videogamers from yesterday. It's amazing to see images of them then, and now. From heroes to zeroes in just a few years as games like Streetfighter came out and changed gaming forever. We're talking about Donkey Kong, Centipede, Tempest, etc. It all started in a small town in Ohio, I can't remember the name, but that's where gaming happened. The doc is sort of in the vein of Dogtown, except no skating, it's just machines and nerdy kids. I played games at arcades during this era at Captain Videos and like most arcades, it bit the dust somewhere in the early to mid 80's. It's sad how not one of these gamer dudes has a career in the current world of gaming. At best one of them is a stat keeping for game scores! He watches videotape of games! This is a worthwhile documentary and if you can see it, check it out. It's funny, and at the same time sad, but the energy of the best games live on.
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posted by gr @ PERMLINK: 4:26 PM
4 Comments:
this is the one i'm excited for
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3K7wpatALDQ
buzz on this one is huge. i think new line is getting ready to make a feature based on it.
Captain Videos! Damn that brings back memories....
But I'm pretty sure it survived into the mid-90's (By the Westside Pavillion... where Jack Spratt's is now)
no. definitely not where Jack's is at, it's where the movie theater is at, next to where Picwood bowl was at. I'm pretty sure it didn't survive that long, did it? GR started in 1994, I'm sure, it wasn't around then. Westworld, however lasted!
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/contests/Jan1985/
Take a look at this link. I knew Kelly Kobashigawa a bit, of course he lived on Sawtelle.
Yeah, I heard the King of Kong is supposed to be great too.
Ah, memories...
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