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Donkey Kong Record Shattered

Hank Chien is the best damn Donkey Kong player in the history of the planet Earth. The New York plastic surgeon recently scored 1,110,100 points on the archaic arcade machine, and thus became the envy of old school game fans the world over. Chien didn't even reach the final "kill screen" of the game in his historic performance. ...

Posted May 29, 2012
Nintendo Files Trademark For Phrase "It's On Like Donkey Kong"

The phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong” has been part of the pop-culture vernacular for decades, but now Nintendo is attempting to claim ownership of the nostalgic idiom by filing a trademark request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Read More?

Posted November 10, 2010
Billy Mitchell Retains King of Kong Title

There can be only one King of Kong. Colorful hot sauce mogul and old-school gaming legend Billy Mitchell was officially given the world record for the original arcade version of Donkey Kong, with a score of 1,062,800 points. He then went on to take the Donkey Kong Jr. prize with a score of 1,270,900. Never one to resist a flourish, in both...

Posted August 9, 2010
Nugget From The Net: If Scorpion Was Mario...

It's a pretty slow news day in video game land, so take a moment and enjoy this video that answers an age-old question: What if it wasn't Mario in Donkey Kong, but Scorpion from Mortal Kombat instead?

Posted October 16, 2009
E3 2009: Steve Wiebe Fails To Break Donkey Kong Record

While E3 is generally a time of great joy in which the triumph of the human spirit is on display at every video game booth, for old-school video game legend Steve Wiebe, this year's E3 will forever be tinged with the bitter regret of having failed to earn the World Record at Donkey Kong. Wiebe, whose previous Donkey Kong record attempts were...

Posted June 3, 2009
Sessler To Pereira: "It's On!"

Watch Larger Version of this Video Adam Sessler isn't one to take criticism lying down, so he responded to Kevin Pereira's criticism of Fable II being picked for Game of the Year in Tuesday's X-Play's Best of 2008. Sessler has accepted Pereira's challenge, and is poised to head to Attack of the Show to provide a response. Exactly what that...

Posted December 11, 2008| 122 Comments
Miyamoto Named Mover, Shaker

Everyone knows that Shigeru Miyamoto is the man, but now, Vanity Fair has recognized him as 'The Man,' adding him to their list of 'New Establishment' that delineates the movers and shakers of our society from those who don't mean quite as much. Miyamoto, designer of Nintendo franchises including Donkey Kong and Wii Fit, comes in at Number 73...

Posted September 3, 2008| 3 Comments
G4 To Air 'King of Kong'

Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe's epic battle to determine Donkey Kong supremacy, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, is going to be broadcast on television exclusively here on G4, where it belongs. Beginning June 1st, King of Kong will air on our network, and we will be the first to offer the film via VOD, as well. “The King of Kong...

Posted March 25, 2008| 27 Comments