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Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007)
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1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life. | add synopsis
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Billy Mitchell and Mr. Awesome are back at it again!
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(Credited cast) | Ronald Bailey | ... | Himself |
| Sam Blackburn | ... | Himself |
 | Leo Daniels | ... | Himself |
| Walter Day | ... | Himself |
| Kent Farries | ... | Himself |
| Ben Gold | ... | Himself |
| Billy Mitchell | ... | Himself |
| Darren Olsen | ... | Himself |
| Todd Rogers | ... | Himself |
 | Steve Sanders | ... | Himself |
| Joel West | ... | Himself |
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Rated R for violence, language and brief drug use.
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USA:90 min (Sundance Film Festival)
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I don't know what it is about these Video Game docs, but they entertain at really high levels. The King of Kong was a fantastic one driven by two amazing characters who excel at Donkey Kong. And with Chasing Ghosts it gives us a closer look into the lives of the past arcade champions.
In Chasing Ghosts you get to understand the intricacies of attaining a perfect game in Pac-Man, "realizing" that Missile Command was the manliest arcade around, discovering that some high scores are folly when it comes down to playing a certain game fairly, and even that Arnold Schwarzeneggar attained all his money by being a drug-dealin whore....I kinda had hunch about that one though.
Chasing Ghosts succeeds in many fashions, but the two that spoke to me most was seeing how good they actually were. There was one guy who was just flat out sick at Centipede. If you've played that game, you know how simple it seems to be, but when watching this dude play it's utterly jaw-dropping. And the other aspect that was truly memorable was hearing the background story to each of these gamers lives. Some had very tough roads, some didn't. Friendships were made, and some were lost. Celebrities on TV shows one day, nothing the next.
With a combination of great footage of the classic era and the portrayal of a plethora of unique personalities, this is yet another fantastic documentary on video gaming. Definitely see it if you enjoyed The King of Kong or if you have any interest in gaming at all.