After 44 years, Donkey Kong player discovers that the legendary kill screen isn't really the end

For the better part of 44 years, Nintendo's 1981 arcade classic Donkey Kong was understood to have a single, definitive ...
Shacknews

Mario speedrunner Kosmic reaches new Donkey Kong kill screen

For about as long as the Donkey Kong arcade game has been around, high-skill players have known about the kill screen on the first board of Level 22 that kills Jumpman (Mario) shortly after you start ...
USA Today

'I can't feel my fingers': 13-year-old Tetris winner dumbfounded after beating game

Tetris is an old-school video game, released nearly 40 years ago. But a 13-year-old from Oklahoma just pulled off a new trick on the classic, being the first player to truly beat the game. Willis ...
Untapped Cities

Pop Rally Presents Arcade, Hosted by Kill Screen

Pop Rally, the events program of the Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, collaborated with Kill Screen (gamer magazine extraordinaire) and Supercrush Studio to bring an interactive and innovative ...
Westword

Steve Wiebe gets the first kill screen at 1UP this weekend

Somewhat legendary Donkey Kong master and documentary film subject Steve Wiebe has dedicated all of his free time over the last several years to playing competitive Donkey Kong. He was the primary ...