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MAN VS SNAKE: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler – Webcast Premiere on Twitch.tv
Highly Acclaimed Arcade Game Documentary Distributed by FilmBuff Archives the Story of an Original eSports Champion.
MAN VS SNAKE: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler, the highly acclaimed documentary chronicling Tim McVey’s journey to reclaim the highest video game score of all time, will make its webcast premiere on Twitch.tv on August 26th. The film hearkens back to the very first heroes of eSports and competitive gaming, as man sets out to best machine (and his fellow man). The film, distributed by FilmBuff, will premiere as part of Twitch Weekly on Friday, August 26th and is currently available online for download on all major On Demand platforms including iTunes, Steam, Google Play, Xbox, Playstation, Amazon and Vudu.
View the official trailer for MAN VS SNAKE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20SDLMbxwU&feature=youtu.be
As a 16-year-old in 1983, Tim McVey slipped a quarter into the unassuming arcade game, Nibbler (an analog of Pac-Man and Snake) and began what would end up being 44.5 hours of grueling, non-stop play, becoming the first man to earn over one billion points on any videogame. Decades later, a mild-mannered McVey learns that his title as the unofficial king of Nibbler is in question due to Italian kickboxer Enrico Zanetti, and sees no choice but to return to the arcade to take back his title. With the support of his exceedingly patient wife Tina, Tim will have to overcome psychological exhaustion and the limits of his physical condition — not to mention a handful of brassy retro-philic upstarts seeking a piece of the arcade glory — if he hopes to ascend the halls of video game fame.
MAN VS SNAKE took home ‘Best Documentary Film’ at Fantastic Fest 2015 and Calgary Underground Film Festival 2016. Featuring cameos from The King of Kong stars, competitive arcade gamer and entrepreneur Billy Mitchell, businessman, historian (and founder of Twin Galaxies) Walter Day, Jr., and gaming bad boy Dwayne Richard; MAN VS SNAKE is a geek’s anthem and a tale of a hero all can rally behind. Created by Battlestar Galactica editors and professional geeks, Andrew Seklir and Tim Kinzy, the project ran a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, where it raised a total of $61,440 USD from several hundred backers.
“We’re really excited for the opportunity to stream MAN VS SNAKE on Twitch! The film is a competition doc which captures the life of a die-hard gamer, battling odds to accomplish the impossible — it’s a ton of fun and totally inspirational. We think the Twitch audience will feel right at home.” said Andrew Seklir, Producer/Director/Editor.
“We now live in a world of eSports – where competitive gaming is the norm and it is broadcast on TV and covered by top-tier journalists, but that wasn’t the case back in 1983. Today, through Twitch, gamers can share their games and gaming experiences with a worldwide audience, it’s incredibly awesome,” said Tim Kinzy, Producer/Director/Editor.
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About the Filmmakers:
Andrew Seklir (Producer/Director) is a producer, director and Emmy nominated editor of episodic television HBO (“Westworld”), AMC (“Turn”), Xbox Studios (“Atari: Game Over”), SyFy (“Defiance”, “Warehouse 13”, “Battlestar Galactica”, “Eureka”), Warner Bros. (“Alcatraz”) and NBC/Universal (‘Bionic Woman’).
Tim Kinzy (Producer/Director) is an episodic television editor whose credits include: Freeform (“Beyond”), TNT (“Falling Skies”), SyFy (“Alphas”, “Eureka”, “Battlestar Galactica”).
