Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Steve Weibe is trying to break Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong record live. If you don’t hear from me for a little bit, you know why! The pair’s exploits were chronicled in the excellent, albeit not necessarily honest, documentary The King of Kong. (via waxy)
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Posted on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Steve Wiebe has set a new high score for Donkey Kong Jr., according to Twin Galaxies.
We’ve been anticipating this and glad to see it happen. According to the AV Club, however, “Billy Mitchell wasn’t even the current champ–it was some dude named Ike Hall. Mitchell is only the third greatest Donkey Kong Jr. player in [...]
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Posted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Anyone who saw the Seth Gordon documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters without a doubt began rooting for Steve Weibe like Rocky Balboa. Even if the documentary, about a down on his luck science teacher attempting to break the world record in Donkey Kong, fudged some of the facts, it was undeniably a [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
Add yet another movie to your radar. This one is a documentary, that probably won’t get half the love of Michael Moore’s new movie, however, it looks like it’ll be slightly closer to our heart.
Here’s the lowdown on The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters!
It’s about the competition between Billy Mitchell, a mulleted hot [...]
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