Steve Wiebe , the hapless hero of the video game documentaryKing of Kong , is try once again to beat Billy Mitchell ’s track record on Donkey Kong . Why is this word ? ( After all , he ’s been going back and forth with Mitchell for years . ) Well , it ’s news becauseWiebe is doing it good now(mid - twenty-four hours Tuesday , June 2 , 2009 ) . You canwatch Wiebe play Donkey Kong liveright now ! This sunrise , his first effort ended at a respectable ( but not record - break ) 923,400 points . report suggest that we will make two more attempts today .
Update ( 1 postmortem Pacific):Steve reason out his 2nd attempt at only 653,700 points . I find out there ’s a third try befall later , but it ’s possible Wiebe is all Konged - out for today .
Update 2 ( 3 Prime Minister Pacific):Steve ’s back ! He ’s bestow with officials , and looks like he ’s about to start his third attempt .
Update 3 ( 3:30pm Pacific):In a dramatic turn , the motorcar betray in the midriff of Steve ’s third try – the screen turned unripe , and the live web feed was disconnected after an apparent power outage . After some fiddling ( and invoking Billy Mitchell ’s name more than once ) , it appears that technicians are going to endeavor to quicken the machine . Some viewer are hypothesize that Wiebe may return for another attempt tomorrow . For what it ’s worth , Wiebe was in dear shape at the time , but was only thirty mo into his secret plan ( around 150,000 head ) .
Update 4 ( 3:45pm Pacific): … And he ’s back . For some reason lack phone . But anyway , the fourth attack is in progression .
Update 5 ( 5:50pm Pacific):Steve did not make the record . At 989,400 points he hit thekill CRT screen .
More background information on Steve Wiebe and his quest to be the acknowledge Donkey Kong headmaster comes fromSlashfilm :
This could be it , folks . Tune in!If you get bored , read upon the account of this classic videogaming battle .
