June2017

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  News Even After 10 Years, Billy Mitchell Still Hasn't Seen King Of Kong

  "On the souls of my children, I haven’t watched it"

  It's hard to believe that The King of Kong is a decade old now. A seminal work in the history of video game movies, it presented a thrilling David and Goliath tale which focused on humble schoolteacher Steve Wiebe's dream of being the world high score holder for Nintendo's arcade smash Donkey...

  • Tue 20th Jun 2017
  • Retro
  • Steve Wiebe
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Donkey Kong
  • Movies

January2016

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  9

  News Wes Copeland Takes Donkey Kong World Record From Robbie Lakeman For The Second Time In A Year

  "I just hope Robbie at least lets me sleep on it"

  Long-time followers of Nintendo Life will know that we've tried to keep abreast of the battle for the Donkey Kong high score record for many years now. The obsession began with the excellent movie King of Kong, which focused on the efforts of underdog Steve Wiebe to topple the then-champ Billy...

  • Tue 5th Jan 2016
  • Donkey Kong
  • High Score
  • Wes Copeland
  • Robbie Lakeman
  • Billy Mitchell

November2015

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  71

  News Donkey Kong Champ Billy Mitchell Loses Legal Battle Against Regular Show Parody

  "GBF appears as a non-human creature, a giant floating head with no body"

  Famed games player Billy Mitchell has lost his legal battle against his depiction in the Cartoon Network's The Regular Show. The character - known as GBF (Garrett Bobby Ferguson or Giant Bearded Face) - is a floating head with arms who is revealed to be an alien who cheats...

  • Tue 24th Nov 2015
  • Legal
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Donkey Kong
  • Regular Show

March2011

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  12

  Interviews Richie Knucklez - The Kong Off

  We recap the event and sit down with "the most important person in video gaming right now"

  In the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Steve Wiebe travels to FunSpot Arcade to put a stop to all the naysayers disputing his record-setting Donkey Kong skills. To the amazement of everyone watching, he achieves the first ever kill screen...

  • Fri 25th Mar 2011
  • Retro
  • Donkey Kong
  • Billy Mitchell
  • Hank Chien
  • Steve Wiebe
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  News World's Finest to Compete This Weekend at the Kong Off

  Join us for live coverage

  You've seen the movies. You've read the interviews. You've designed the shirts. You've cheered for the former champion. And to top it off, the bar just got raised by 20,000 points. This weekend is what it's all been building up to: The Kong Off.

  • Fri 18th Mar 2011
  • Retro
  • Donkey Kong
  • Hank Chien
  • Steve Wiebe
  • Billy Mitchell