Steven Spielberg, the King of Kong?

David Weiner

June 07, 2012

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Almost everyone likes to blow off steam by playing video games, and Steven Spielberg is no exception. But is the legendary director the "King of Kong"?

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In our vintage footage from the tail end of a 1982 interview with Spielberg just months before the release of Poltergeist and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (note the E.T. pin on his lapel), the director shows off his skills – or lack thereof - playing Donkey Kong in his office while chit-chatting with the interviewer.

"You really can get out all your hostilities on this game," declares Spielberg before losing.

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Random, but kind of neat to see that Spielberg was just like the rest of us. Sort of.

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And that, film geeks, is your moment of Zen for today…


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