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The Queen of Kong: Kayla Rose aims to master an arcade classic

This lifelong San Francisco gamer is aiming to become the first-ever woman to reach the iconic 'Donkey Kong kill screen'

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Tetsujin4011d ago

"Something special happened when I started playing. It didn't happen overnight, but definitely clicked. Somehow, it sparked my interest and managed to ignite a flame. Maybe it's the fireballs." (From the article)

A lot of people like myself can relate to this; you play a game and don't stop until you set a record. I want to do that with a few games I'm currently playing.

Th3 Chr0nic4011d ago

Is it just me or does Kayla Rose sound like a porn name?

Blacktric4011d ago (Edited 4011d ago )

"This lifelong San Francisco gamer is aiming to become the first-ever woman to reach the iconic 'Donkey Kong kill screen"

Implicating that no female ever reached that screen is a little bit pretentious, don't you think? And adding that horrid name of her on top doesn't help to anything.

Oh and, this is why nobody takes "LE GAYMHURR GURLLL xD" 's seriously. They are just too high on their own farts to realize they're making the whole female community look bad.

MoveTheGlow4011d ago (Edited 4011d ago )

It's an official event thing. We're talking Twin Galaxies official kill screen players, the first woman would be her. Much like how you can break a record, but having Guinness there is another story. TG covers Guinness' gaming records now. This article is about the Kongoff, which is refereed by the founder of TG.

Th3 Chr0nic4011d ago

relax sheesh, its worded that way to say its offically going to be in the record books. over reactions like yours are why people dont take people like you seriously.

dd0ck4008d ago (Edited 4008d ago )

Have you ever kill screened DK or even come close? You have any idea what it takes now and how much easier it is with the wealth of information we have nowadays. Back in the day, you had to figure everything out on your own, and dying meant having to start all over. I'd be shocked if a woman ever broke 500K, let alone a kill screen in those conditions.

Play DK, only on an arcade cabinet and without reading anything online and your respect for Billy Mitchell, Steve Wiebe, and Tim Scerby will go up exponentially. And to think there were tons of people waltzing to the kill screen back then is ridiculous. Let alone some maverick woman, as they make up a smaller percentage of total gamers.

I can say without a doubt, that before the internet, and when playing DK meant going to the arcade putting in quarters and playing: that no woman has ever kill screened. And it doesn't look like one has since the proliferation of information only really available since King of Kong.

Even if you disagree with that, we can say that no woman has ever officially kill screened. Which is what really matters in competitive gaming.

OriginalPSP4011d ago

No implication... the kill screen was something only 2 or 3 people were confirmed to have done at recently as the middle of last decade.

The various websites and organizations that track such things now list 50+ people they can confirm, all of which are men.

I concede the fact that the odds are that list is only a fraction of the number that really have... as not everyone knew they could be verified back in the heyday of the game or didn't care to be... but, all indications are that there isn't a woman that's done it just yet... at least not officially.

As for the rest of your comments... and the horrid comments you attempted to post under the actual story under a fake name... you clearly miss the point of the piece or any of the other features on my site if you think that... but to each their own.

Th3 Chr0nic4011d ago

were you attempting to reply to someone specific? cause its hard to tell

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno6d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.

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Nintendo's Massacre Of The 3DS And Wii U Is Finally Complete, Regrettably

Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."