Mahalo Daily talks arcade games with Wiebe, Walter Day, Joystiq
by Christopher Grant 
{ Jul 22nd 2008 at 12:30AM }
But, as luck would have it, another video game event was happening just down the street in Santa Monica, where would-be King of Kong Steve Wiebe was attempting to reclaim the high-scoring King Kong title. Mahalo Daily checked in on favorite arcade games at both events; keep your eyes peeled for totally super celebrity guest sightings like Wiebe, Walter Day, and Rosco "Totally Joking About Q*Bert" Miller.
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juju187 @ Jul 22nd 2008 12:35AM
i'd hit it but she has to keep the glasses on
Cyro @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:01AM
So thats your opinion on Classic Arcade Gaming ?
:P
Motoi @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:04AM
You make males look bad
HighFiveJesus @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:19AM
you are such a man
Chicago Mafia @ Jul 22nd 2008 4:10AM
Wow
juju187 @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:41AM
When did joystiq become FABULOUS?
Marty @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:26PM
While I do agree that it perpetuates the notion that us males are just slobbering sax-craving maniacs among females, I must admit that I got a pretty good laugh out of your comment, juju187.
FSK405K @ Jul 22nd 2008 12:58AM
Always good to hear the latest about Steve Wiebe. It's geekspiration (from INspiration, not PERspiration).
GoldenS1104 @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:01AM
King of Kong was such an interesting movie. I'm really rooting for Steve. He seems like such a nice guy and Billy Mitchell comes off as a huge douche.
HighFiveJesus @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:21AM
yeah even at however old he is now, i still would pick on him so bad like he was 12. he feels like a egomaniac with bad social skills and just clueless when it comes to acting and looking normal. and that hair, holy god.
BananaBoat @ Jul 22nd 2008 2:15AM
The cult of personality following him in the movie is freaking incredible. He's got like 10 guys that love him (yes, in that "special" way), another 10 that admire his 1337 arcade game skills (enough to sabotage other competitors) and 1 guy in particular that seems as if he'd inflict bodily harm onto anyone that got into billys way.
He definitely comes off as a douche, but more important than that, he comes off as a major cheater. The movie doesn't even have one second of Billy actually playing any arcade games. All of his records are recorded on tape (suspicious, video error tape) and he refuses to play any games live and in person (correct me if he has since done it). I think most people at this point consider Steve Wiebe to be the record holder, though I'm one of the people that thinks the idea of a record that takes a cross-country trip to achieve is ludicrous.
I'm kinda sad to hear that Wiebe hasn't just moved on with his life already. As seen in the movie, nothing good comes of being in the same room as Billy. We get it Steve Wiebe, you are the master of the Kong, please stop getting B.M free publicity.
Ralod @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:14PM
After watching king of kong I went to that twin galaxies website. They claim that the movie was edited to make Billy Mitchell looks worse than he is. I don't think they deny that he is douche, but that the movie makes him look a hell of a lot worse than he really is. But the bad guys in reality based movies and TV always claim they were made to look bad in editing, so take it with a gain of salt:)
Also because of the movie they changed how they accept scores, no video tapes anymore, you have to have one of those twin galaxies refs there to inspect the machine and watch your entire game for it to count.
And one last thing, the current Donkey Kong Record holder is Billy Mitchell again, he set it live at some event. So he did play in public, but still I hope that Steve Wiebe kicks his ass:)
Obie @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:06AM
Go Wiebe!
ToRo @ Jul 22nd 2008 3:05AM
Leah D'emilio is hot with or without the glasses. It's the only reason i watched the whole video. I hit that. THen I'd hit it again with a baseball bat. lol jk
FSK405K @ Jul 22nd 2008 5:49AM
Dude that's seriously not cool. Never hit a girl with glasses.
umm....hello??? @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:47PM
so did they fire Veronica for wearing those fugly shades in the last video so now they have a new girl? ;)
ToRo @ Jul 22nd 2008 2:29PM
lol k then I'll hit her with out glasses.
plyx @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:41AM
Did that guy say Super Donkey Kong?
beans @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:50AM
Billy Mitchel as a fucking asshole.
psaumur @ Jul 22nd 2008 3:08AM
The cost of one game of Donkey Kong : 25 cents
The cost of one Donkey Kong Kong arcade cabinet : $750
The "why am I with this douchebag" look on your girlfriend's face as you rave about how great Berzerk on the Atari 2600 was : Priceless
DJMayhem @ Jul 22nd 2008 3:56AM
Hey, i appear in this! I'm the fugly guy with the Afro Samurai shirt talking about Tetris!
... i want to play tetris now. 'cuse me.
melquiades002 @ Jul 22nd 2008 9:49AM
I want to start a drinking game around that ump. If you drink every time he says churn, nor, or how "thems graphics is hiding my games!" you would probably die
arrrgh @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:37AM
KING OF KONG FTW!
Orionsaint @ Jul 22nd 2008 12:56PM
No one ever talks about Emulation. They ignore it. It's like the weirdo uncle no one ever talks about. Most of you here have every retro game ever made on emulation. If ya don't you should! It's free! Don't gimmie that illegal crap either. When was the last time you heard of someone arrested for owning emulated video games? I'll wait...not never!
Orionsaint @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:05PM
"Super Donkey Kong"?
"Wasn't there one called Zaxxon?" If you don't know, then you don't deserve to be a child of the 80's.
Walter Day kiss my ass! Games nowadays are deeper than ever. Also not every game being released today is in modern 3D graphics.
Orionsaint @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:06PM
The cost of the Donkey Kong rom. FREE. Priceless