Screenshot from www.retroland.com. Not the title-winning shot, clearly.It's definitely my inner geek crying out, but I sought out and loved the documentary, The King of Kong, which traces one pretty regular man's quest to be the best in one of the most famous games of arcadeland. There's something so fascinating about humans and their obsessions - and how scarily good people can get at something when they devote hours upon hours of their lives.
So a little cheer for this plastic surgeon, who saw the movie, and thought, I can do that. And did.
The best part? He's gotten two referrals out of the media attention following his claim on the championship.
Me? I admit I'm more of a pinball kind of girl, and I'm nowhere near approaching 10,000 hours of play. Something to shoot for, I guess. In the meantime, back to the grind at good ol' Duet...
