Hasta La Gadget!

If they ever make a King of Kong sequel, it may well star Hank Chien. The New York-based plastic surgeon has just recaptured the Donkey Kong record, nabbing 1,068,000 points, beating out recent records captured by Steve Wiebe (1,064,500) and Billy Mitchell (1,062,800), stars of the terrific 2007 documentary on the subject.

“Billy Mitchell’s score was announced on my birthday,” Chien told classic game score keeper, Twin Galaxies in a post-record inteview. “I also knew Steve Wiebe was trying over the summer but heard he was having some vertigo issues. When the summer was over, I thought the vertigo had gotten the best of him and was surprised when it was announced in September. I knew the score was still within my reach.”

Mitchell’s own response upon recapturing the record back in August was, well, typical Billy Mitchell, “Some say I’m being cocky. Some say I’m being lazy. I say, I’m being Billy Mitchell.”