Travels

July 18, 2003

Three days of sun, now it's raining again. Not too much going on here, went to the big sale at Lotte Department store (see one of my previous posts for more info) for a MEGA sale. I now have two tailored suits, both for more than half off. Jessica leaves for Busan on Sunday. She starts her mission trip and I leave next Saturday for Seoul for my visiting lectureship. On the weekends we'll get together. Money needed to pay off those suits.

Found this story. A case of someone who needs to move on in life. Reminds me of people who still exclusively listen to songs they liked in high school...

Man sets new Donkey Kong record

Steve Wiebe became the first player to get a million points on Donkey Kong Junior, the sequel to the original game. He beat out Billy Mitchell for that record as well. -- Steve Wiebe, Kong king

REDMOND, Washington (AP) -- Steve Wiebe now rules as the Donkey Kong king after setting a new world record with more than 900,000 points in the classic video game.

The victory was a solitary one.

A few times a week, after his two young kids had gone to bed and his wife, Nicole, was busy working, the 34-year-old would head to the garage and turn on the video camera that would prove his score.

He diligently set to work maneuvering Mario to dodge objects thrown by an angry ape.

"Since I'd been trying so long, it wasn't like I jumped out of my chair or anything (when I got that score)," he said.

Record stood for 20 years

Finally last week, the Redmond resident broke an 879,200-point record set last year by a New York man, which edged past one set nearly 20 years ago by Billy Mitchell, a Florida man generally consider the Don of the Arcade Game. Mitchell's mark was 874,300.

Now, that being said, I had to pull up the Twin Galaxies web page and see the high score for Galaga.