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King of Kong Speaks


The King of Kong documentary has been making the rounds this year in various film festivals around the US and now there is a controversy over how one of the movie's "characters" was portrayed. In the movie, two men (Billy Mitchell and Steve Weibe) are trying to be crowned the King of Donkey Kong. Mitchell has held the title of the highest score in Donkey Kong up until recently, when Weibe and a documentary crew set out to challenge it. More »

12:40 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Kim Phu
1,720 views, 23 comments

Latest by Stercus: Billy Mitchell doesn't "possibly work[s] at a fast-food restaurant" in the same sense a 15 year old works at a fast-food restaurant. He owns a few of them. more »

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Midway: New IPs Fail

Over at N'Gai Croal's LevelUp, Midway's Steve Allison breaks down what developers must do to make games that sell. And one of those things is not make new IPs. Allison states: More »

12:00 AM on Wed May 9 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,461 views, 63 comments

Latest by The Commissar: "Do you remember any ads for Okami? Shadow of the Colossus? Psychonauts? " Exactly. People walk into a video rental store, look at the shelves and don't recognize good titles, because no advertising at all has happened. Meanwhile, they will hype the hell out of Halo3 or whatever Madden version we more »

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EA Canada Gets Develop 100 Number One Slot


Develop, a magazine for game developers, is releasing with their April issue a list of what they consider to be the world's top companies making games today. However, the list is based on the sales at UK retail, so there is room for argument. More »

2:40 PM on Wed Apr 4 2007
By Kim Phu
731 views, 13 comments

Latest by kikuchiyo: I think we all know Europe in general and the UK in particular has no taste in games. Ok, Ok, don't get mad, I kid...mostly. more »