I saw an interview with Billy not long ago where he claims to have never seen King of Kong. He also claims that he no longer plays Donkey Kong because he has become so good at it that it bores him now.

Sounds legit!

I think it's a different trick, but you know, in all my years, I've never heard of ANY Pac Man tricks. And now, in a single day, I've learned two.

COINCIDENCE?

It's the exact same area where you are suppose to be inmune to the ghosts. The difference i see is that Arino was never attacked by any ghost while he left pac man there, here a ghost does pass trough that area, but didn't hurt pac man.

Different trick, though. I Googled it up just to be sure, and sweet Jeebus, there's a lot I don't know about Pacman:

http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Pac-Man/Tips
According to this, the "safe zone" trick is a product of the various AI routines that the different ghosts follow. Hiding in the "Arino corner", assuming you aren't being actively pursued, causes each ghost to lock itself into a pattern that ignores Pacman completely.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=69109.0
Apparently passing through ghosts is a well-known (amongst Pacman nerds?) trick that's caused by a hit detection glitch. With the proper timing and technique, Pacman appears to touch the ghost, but they don't occupy the same hitbox during the detection check, so you pass through the ghost unharmed. There's an official name for this move- a "booey"- and there's videos of people performing two or three of them in a row.

What is the sound of one hand fapping?

(points to koan)

I bet she said the same thing Billy said after doing the trick.

That is something screamed a hundred times at the TV the first time anyone watches King of Kong.

Funny enough, another movie about the exact same subject with the exact same people came out right about the same time. It's called Chasing Ghosts and it's pretty much King of Kong without a narrative stringing it together. Still worth a watch because these people are still so sadly hilarious.

Things you will get from Chasing Ghosts that weren't in KoK:

- Mr Awesome's speech on how Missile Command is superior because missiles are phallic.

- One of the champion's collection of dozens of tarantulas and cats.

- A further look into Walter Day's self-proclaimed "Video game capital of the world" empire in some two traffic light Colorado town.

- Discussion of video game groupies, cutting to a shot of Billy Mitchell with a hickie.


Chasing Ghosts is on Netflix instant!