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1 Donkey Kong Puts the On Back in Education
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2 DK Jungle Climber: Who Won't Go Bananas For It?
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3 Donkey Kong Quiz: Test Your Kong Knowledge
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4 King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters Comes to DVD
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5 Eighties Arcade Table: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
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6 Nintendo Wall Decal: Love It or Leave It?
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7 Daily Tech: Chatroulette Map Shows You Where the Creeps Live
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8 Pixels Take Over the Planet in This Animated Short
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9 Nintendo Seeks Trademark For "It's On Like Donkey Kong"
"It's on . . . like Donkey Kong!" Have you ever used that phrase in passing? I know I have, and apparently, so have a lot of people. Enough to encourage Nintendo to seek a trademark for the phrase. The company claims that the phrase "is an old, popular Nintendo phrase that has a number of possible interpretations depending on how it's used." Find out more after the jump. Read more
Talk about retro gaming — this amazing animated short by Patrick Jean at One More Productions (a Paris-based visual effects company) envisions world domination by pixelated vintage video game characters like Pac-Man, Space Invader, and Donkey Kong. Not to mention Tetris taking over our skyscrapers! It's a two-minute video, but there's so much to look at — check it out after the jump Read more
Chatroulette map shows you where all the creepy creepsters live — Gizmodo Remember Jenny Jones? She's got her own instructional website now — Urlesque Play roshambo with yourself — Switched Japanese wrist-phone knows when you're slacking off, tells your boss — Dvice A collection of geeky vinyl wall decals — Unplggd Disney transformed its monorail into Tron light cycles — Oh Read more
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All things old are becoming new again, and this '80s Arcade Table is no exception. Stocked with your favorites like Pac Man, Space Invaders, and forty-four other old-time classics, you just may feel like a little Marty McFly in Back to the Future II when you school your pals with your Donkey Kong skills! For the true retro-ist this is a bargain at $2,800, and you can even make some of that cash Read more
If you didn't get to see King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters when it came out in limited release in theaters last year, then I'm telling you, you have to see this movie when it comes out on DVD January 29th. An awesome documentary on gaming and perseverance, King of Kong follows humble high school teacher Steve Wiebe as he tries to get the world record for the highest score on Donkey Kong. He Read more
This morning's DK Jungle Climber review got me thinking about the beloved series that's inspired giant window installations, jokes and lots and lots of gaming. How well do you know Donkey Kong? Take my test and find out. Or, as they say: It's on like Donkey Kong. (Image from Wikipedia) Take the Quiz Read more
Fresh off my mental high from playing too much Brain Age 2, I tested out DK Jungle Climber, which releases next week. Boy is it ever fun. The game, which will be available for Nintendo DS, is the sequel to DK: King of Swing for the Game Boy Advance. To navigate the levels, you must hold down L and R to jump (alternating between L and R allows Donkey Kong to hold onto or let go of the pegs on the Read more
A group of 10 UC Santa Cruz engineering students spent five hours of prime reading and studying time to create a four-story post-it art piece inspired by everyone's favorite Nintendo classic video game Donkey Kong. And I must say, it was time well spent. The piece, which stretched throughout the windows of a campus building, was created with 6,400 post-it notes; however, in order to get the Read more
Geeky stars flooded the stage during Saturday's 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards. Zach Levi played host for the night, Felicia Day looked fantastic in an orange mini dress, Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto accepted the Video Game Hall of Fame Award, and deadmau 5 was on hand to make a musical appearance. Read more
