king of kong
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Former Pac-Man Champ Billy Mitchell Can Now Sue World Record Leaderboard Group
Billy Mitchell, a pro gamer best known for making the numbers on an arcade machine get really big, is going to court. As spotted by Axios’ Stephen Totilo, a U.S. appeals court gave the green light yesterday for Mitchell to proceed with a defamation suit against Twin Galaxies, the popular gaming leaderboard site.
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The (Fake) True Story Of The Wreck-It Ralph High Score Wars
Oh my lord this is amazing. You have most likely watched the classic documentary The King of Kong — the story of the Donkey Kong high score, Billy Mitchell and Steve Weibe. Classic stuff. Now Wreck-It Ralph’s Director Rich Moore has just hosted a 30 minute parody documentary which does the precise same thing for…
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The World’s Best Donkey Kong Players Throw Down In The Kong Off
Has any game has as much celluloid devoted to it as Donkey Kong? First we had Seth Gordon’s brilliant The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Then we got the feature short Dr Kong about Hank Chien, the guy who unseated Steve Wiebe to become the new DK record holder.
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Record Holder Says ‘I’m Playing Donkey Kong So I Can Get Laid’
Hank Chien, the plastic surgeon who is the two-time (and current) world high score champion in Donkey Kong, is the subject of a documentary getting its second screening tomorrow.