The J.A. Laraque Show – E2: Gamer Stories with Carrie Swidecki
J.A. is joined by Guinness World Record holder, Carrie Swidecki. Carrie tells us about some of her favorite gamer stories on her road to becoming a Just Dance campion.
Read MoreJ.A. is joined by Guinness World Record holder, Carrie Swidecki. Carrie tells us about some of her favorite gamer stories on her road to becoming a Just Dance campion.
Read MoreAnother very common error, despite being easy to disprove with a quick Google search. I’ve heard people tell me that “Jumpman” was the name for Mario in the original Donkey Kong arcade game, with some going so far as to tell me he wasn’t even named Mario until Donkey Kong Junior or even the original Mario Bros. None of this is quite correct. While it is true that Mario’s working name was Jumpman, and that the instructions on the original arcade version do call him that, the name of Mario came along before Nintendo was even pushing Donkey Kongmachines out the door. The original advertising flyer, released at the time the game was released, refers to the character as Mario numerous times
Read MoreA great surprise came to me this morning as me and Walter Day met up at the Nintendo booth along with Guinness World Records’ Gaz Deaves to present Isaiah Triforce Johnson with awards for his successful attempts at being the first-in-line to purchase numerous Nintendo consoles at launch. The surprise came in the form of Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime along with a photo op alongside him. Quite a hard fellow to get to, it was a fun thing to happen to me, even if the photos I saw later claimed I was Gaz Deaves. I can’t quite imagine him with my haircut.
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