Kotaku: The King Of Kong

There's a Potential Donkey Kong Kill Screen, If You Wanna Watch

Owen Good — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:30:00 EDT

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The top two record-holders for Donkey Kong will try to topple the game's existing all-time high scores tomorrow in a record chase you may watch live. More »

The The King of Kong Remake Is Still On, but May Go Mockumentary

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:40:00 EDT

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The high score battle between Donkey Kong pros Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell was immortalized in 2007's The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. And for the past four years, there's been talk of that movie being remade, further fictionalized in a film adaptation of a film. More »

The King Of Kong Director Is Launching A WarGames Reboot

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:20:06 EDT

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Global Thermonuclear War is coming back to the big screen courtesy of the man who brought a battle between two Donkey Kong high score warriors to film. Seth Gordon, director of 2007's The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is re-directing WarGames. More »

The Three Kings Of Kong Finally Meet And Do Battle

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:40:00 EDT

Forget 2007 documentary The King of Kong. That was a struggle for Donkey Kong domination between just two men. The Kong Off, held last week, was a struggle between sixteen of the world's (well, North America's) best player. More »

Plastic Surgeon Topples Hot Sauce Man, Algebra Teacher To Claim Donkey Kong Throne

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:40:00 EST

In the battle between three men over who is the world's best Donkey Kong player, a New York plastic surgeon has claimed a fresh victory. Will this barrel hopping high score war ever end? Not any time soon. More »

The King Of Kong Once Again The King Of Kong

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EDT

The Donkey Kong high score record has been shattered three times this year with Steve Wiebe recapturing the title from his King of Kong rival Billy Mitchell. More »

Technically, Billy Mitchell Never Set The Donkey Kong Jr. Record

Owen Good — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:30:00 EDT

The notorious arcade champion Billy Mitchell was certified as the new world record holder in Donkey Kong Jr. at his induction to the International Video Game Hall of Fame last month. But Mark Kiehl had already beaten his score. More »

Wiebe Reclaims Donkey Kong Jr. World Record

Owen Good — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:20:00 EST

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. More »

The King Of Kong Becomes 'Bones' Murder Mystery Fodder

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:40:00 EST

This week's episode of crime procedural Bones tells the tale of Billy and Steve, competitive gamers vying for the "perfect score" on a classic arcade game. But unlike documentary The King of Kong, one of these gamers winds up... murdered! More »

K2: Billy Mitchell As A Hunter Killer Robot

Mike Fahey — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT

If you thought The King of Kong was story of a desperate man out to protect his record, wait until you get a load of K2: The King, The Kong, and the Ugly, a G4 original production. More »

The King Of Kong Is Now On DVD. If you missed...

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:00:00 EST

The King Of Kong Is Now On DVD. If you missed the theatrical release of the Donkey Kong score-off documentary The King of Kong, you now have a chance to catch it on DVD. The film, which chronicles the high score struggles of chronic weeper Steve Wiebe and the dastardly tactics of the ultra-patriotic Billy Mitchell can probably be had from fine retailers and/or Netflix as of today. It's a gripping, if somewhat manipulative, good time and a worthwhile primer for the Hollywood adaptation. More »

Kinnear of Kong

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:00:04 EST

The King of Kong was so good that it deserves a Hollywood remake. Or something. So, if we were casting the role of school teacher challenger Steve Wiebe who tries making a go at arcade hero Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong record, we'd say Greg Kinnear would make a fine choice. But what does Greg Kinnear think? More »

King Of Kong Creators Working On Film Adaptation

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:30:00 EDT

Didn't think a documentary about two guys trying to set a Donkey Kong world record would be fun? Pfft. Idiot. King of Kong, the story of Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe's quest to be #1 in the world at Donkey Kong, is winning people over. Them and their money. So creators Ed Cunningham and Seth Gordon are working on more than the DVD release of the doco: they're writing a draft for a film adaptation. A proper film, with real actors. More »

Mitchell Reclaims Donkey Kong Record

Brian Ashcraft — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:00:35 EDT

The game? Donkey Kong. The location? The Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers in Orlando, Florida. Arcade champ Billy Mitchell has reclaimed the top DK score with a record breaking 1,050,200 points. This comes weeks before documentary The King of Kong gets released. The doc follows Steve Wiebe who claims the Kong high score. More »