Tag: KINGOFKONG

Billy Mitchell, the coin-slot villain from 'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters,' has opened a 'KoK' themed arcade inside the Orlando International Airport. (Finally, there's something to do while waiting on a flight besides drinking at the Applebee's bar!) But, for all its appeal, the airport arcade doesn't even have a 'Donkey Kong' cabinet. Maybe that's because the bratty Mitchell was ...

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. 'Donkey Kong' may be a legendary game, but there's really nothing that can explain this 'King of Kong' Billy Mitchell tattoo. [From: Joystiq] The Atlantic explores the history of the world's first artificial heart, which started beating back in 1969. [From: The Atlantic] We ...

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, one of our favorite tech artists, has a new exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery in the U.K. Several of his older biometric works will be on display, as well as two new ones: 'Please Empty Your Pockets', which scans visitors' belongings with an airport-type ...

Unaware observers may expect a game with "significant saves," "skillful catches," "fadeaway passes," "failed traps," "flubbed shots" and "drains" to represent some thrilling new competition that combines various aspects of soccer, football, baseball and basketball. Those dramatic pieces of a recent play-by-play don't describe the craziest, most ridiculous sport since flickerball, though. This is ...

Billy Mitchell, the ostensible villain of 'King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters' and recently usurped 'Donkey Kong' champion, doesn't like to lose. Despite the fact that he did lose the latter title to Steve Wiebe in 2006, he eventually regained the world championship, and retained it for three years. Then, in March of this year, a dude named Hank Chien muscled out Mitchell with 1,061,700 points, ...

Aside from ushering the term "kill screen" into the popular vernacular, 2007's 'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters' also introduced the non-gaming world to the intensity and drama of highly competitive battles for video game supremacy. In the film, everyman protagonist Steve Wiebe breaks gaming icon Billy Mitchell's stranglehold on the 'Donkey Kong' high score, only to lose it a few months ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Steve Wiebe, focus of the oddly riveting 2007 'King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters' documentary (which should be thanked for bringing the "kill screen" phrase into ...