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There were other video games before Pong, but Pong was the first most people had ever seen. By today's standards it's pretty simple and boring, but when it first came out, everybody was amazed by it. You had to stand in line to play it. I remember the console was so jammed with quarters you couldn't fit another in. It's funny thinking back at how mesmerized we all were by it.

I saw this movie by chance and was expecting it to be some low budget flick with gang fights in it, but I was pleasantly surprised at how good this movie was. I put the DVD in and was planning to only watch a few minutes before going to bed, but the movie was so good and interesting that I watched the whole thing.

I'm also surprised this movie didn't win many awards. I notice it only won best director in Japan. This should have at least been nominated for best picture (Schindler's List won that year).

And speaking of surprises, the plot has some good twists and surprises of its own.