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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Steve Wiebe, featured in the acclaimed documentary “The King of Kong”, has reclaimed the world record high score for Donkey Kong Jr. after briefly surrendering it to an Oklahoma man.
Steve Wiebe, international nice guy and star of the documentary “King of Kong”, doesn’t just sit around all day playing video games. He also writes and records albums.
Some unsportsmanlike tweets attributed to Billy Mitchell are 100 percent fake, says the Donkey Kong world record holder.
Steve Wiebe will be taking a crack at Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong world record during this year’s E3. To help him warm up, then, he just set a new Donkey Kong Jnr. world mark.
If you haven’t seen King of Kong, I won’t spoil it for you. Let’s just say that Steve Wiebe has a Donkey Kong record he’d like to claim. And at E3, he’s taking a crack.
If you saw this week’s King of Stampede, you might have wondered “Why the hell was Steve Wiebe getting a certified score on that game?” In this outtake, I asked, and he answered.
You can keep your “good v evil” motif from King of Kong, for me, the film’s highlight was the appropriately-named Mr. Awesome (aka Roy Schildt). Becase, yes, he was/is awesome. As such, this interview with the man behind the legend – over at The -Minus World – is essential reading. Because if you don’t read it, you’ll miss stuff like this:
As they say in the King of Kong, this society is based on war and games. The real war is to get the higher score Missile Command score recognised and the war in Iraq is to get democracy recognised over the assholes. It’s the same mindset with a different goal.
You’ll also miss the raving-mad Schildt ponder beating Billy Mitchell to death if locked in a room with him for five minutes, so please, go read it.
Don’t Get Chumpatised: Missile Commander Roy Schildt Speaks Up [The -Minus World]
We’ve covered Donkey-Kong perfectionist documentary The King of Kong in painful detail, talking about Billy Mitchell’s trash talking, the making of the movie, we’ve even had top-notch movie critic review The King of Kong.
But G4 managed to dig deeper, to delve into the very psychie of Mitchell, unearthing an even bigger arse than the one seen on the big screen. It’s too bad they didn’t get around to asking the tough questions, question like: Where did you get that tie? Does your thumb ever get tired? Do you rent out the space under the front of your hair?
Check out the full airing of Mitchell’s philosophy on Friday at 9 p.m.
The folks behind I am 8-Bit, the art show featuring works based on video games, is holding an event this Saturday in Alhambra, CA. On hand will be Double Fine Productions’ art director Scott C. who will be personally be autographing prints of his alternate DVD cover for the documentary, King of Kong: Fist Full of Quarters. The print is a nice sized 18 x 24 inches and will sell for a paltry $20. It’s a pretty cool piece and having the autograph of someone who worked on Psychonauts would be pretty freaking sweet. You can go get your signed copy of the dvd and or print at Gallery Nucleus, 210 East Main Street Alhambra, CA. The event will go from 7 – 11pm and will feature such exciting extras as free booze and a Donkey Kong high score tournament with prizes.
If you’d like to see the gaming doco King of Kong without shelling out the bucks for it, Time Out Sydney has a competition going where you can snag free tickets.
Not that I’m saying you’re cheap or anything, heck, I’ll take free stuff whenever I can get it. Except for diseases, obviously.
There are 50 tickets up for grabs, so your chances of winning aren’t too shabby. In fact, it’s a first-in, first-served comp, so if you enter right now, you’ll probably get a ticket.
Win 1 of 50 double passes to The King of Kong [Time Out Sydney]
