Man
Vs. Snake 8/10
Whoever
would have thought that a documentary about a 80's video game that I
never heard of could be so damned good? Man Vs. Snake is about the
quest to get the world record in this game called Nibbler. I grew up
playing a lot of video game sin arcades as a child and never heard of
this one. The modern equivalent of it is called Snake. In 1984 in the
small town of Ottumwa, Iowa a 16 year old kid named Tim McVey (not
the terrorist as they point out) spent two days playing the game and
set a world record for it. He got a key to the city and everything.
It was a big deal. The way the game is set up if you have enough
lives you can take a break and just let the character die for a few
minutes.
