Subject: Early arcade video games and the people who mastered them
Director: Lincoln Ruchti
It's hard what to make of this documentary - on the one hand, it seems awfully trifling. Lacking the drama of its bigger brother The King of Kong, Chasing Ghosts instead settles for an overview of what happened to the video gamers who converged on Ottumwa, Iowa in 1982 for the first video game championship. It spends far too much time on a recollection of this event, but on the other hand, it feels like a life-altering meeting for all who attended. The documentary captures the feeling of being young and being great at *something* and being recognized for it, in spite of what other flaws you (probably) have. It's also a fascinating look at a dead world - not only is the arcade almost gone, but so too are the days when a person could be recognized for having been in a big-time magazine. Both fame and video games have undergone radical alteration in the last 30 years.
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