Tag: donkey kong
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Industry Legend Hiroshi Yamauchi Dies, Aged 85
Known for his controversial decisions and an iron will to match, Hiroshi Yamauchi is responsible for Nintendo’s growth from a simple card company into a video game empire. After radical success with the portable Game and Watch series, Mr. Yamauchi took a chance and assigned hardware designer Gunpei Yokoi to mentor a plucky young concept…
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The King of Kong
Friday. Game release day. I thought there was only one thing worthy of my cash this weekend, namely Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but I was very much mistaken. I bought a copy of critically acclaimed documentary ‘The King of Kong’ as well and watched it last night. The bottom line is that it’s a fantastic…
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When the going gets tough
It’s perfectly natural to be honest about your own failings once in a while and I’m in that kind of mood today, so here it goes… I am a sucker for insanely difficult games, yet I am absolutely terrible at most of them. I hear about a game which is lauded as being brilliant, yet…