The world’s 13th-best Donkey Kong player has something to prove
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Inspired by the documentary ‘King of Kong’, Shaun Boyd set out to become the world’s best Donkey Kong player. That was three years and more than 1000 games ago. Today he’s ranked 13th, a man still looking to prove himself. At the Kong Off 3 — a tournament of the world’s best players — he set out to do just that.
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i love donkey kong
dat fail high‑5 at 7:50!!! LOL
Commitment makes you rule!
Verge should definitely be in the documentary business! Good one guys.
The king of kong is one of the best video game documentaries. Wanted to play after i watched. Realized game is impossible.
The way he speaks is almost identical to the way Tim Cook speaks
Nice work Vice
Nice video, but I found the content boring for once. I guess its because I’m not into Donkey Kong. Oh well.
I’m not sure if they mentioned it, what was the all-time high score and the 2013 high score?
This guy is the guy
Nice.. Thanks
nice looking footage as always
Nerd level: Over 9.000.
I don’t know what the purpose of this was or even if I enjoyed it, but damn this video is gorgeous every second of it.
i just played that game yesterday and i am really not good at that game.…..
This guy is such a badass
i love this if you didn’t have that goof Jordan in it 🙁
Soooo much awesome bokeh. Beautiful as always Verge!
Verge can make such mundane things as a guy trying to beat a high score look and sound interesting.
I had the privilege of sitting next to Shaun during this year’s Kong Off. He is a great guy and likes to see everyone do well. Whether he gets first place or last place, he will always have a great attitude.
Flynn Lives!
seriously depressing, this guy needs to get a life.
Learn to work under that pressure :D. Got ta get me a machine!
what song at 8:30?? plz!!
Awesome!
amazing content as always, thanks theverge.
The main character ruins this mini documentary . Otherwise great content. .
You just claiming Donkey Kong greatness and who didn’t know about the true ending to battle toads. I am the greatest gamer ever and challenge all who accept. Choose your game.…
The Verge, please make a video for Pac-Man!!!!!
The guy below is a scrub in TTT2
I Love these Mini-Documentaries, they are the reason i am subscribed to The Verge. Keep up the good work guys, this one was phenominal.
incredible.
this is boring, just 1 game, there should be more older games shown, then a 20 second scene of the high score.
this stuff was all about patience and how long it took and stuff.. Nowadays we just try to get through all 9 stages of surf_kitsune as fast as possible
Shaun is not only an extremely skilled Donkey Kong, and video games player, but he is also an infectiously likable co-worker. Rock on Brother!
Great documentary. Shaun rocks!
That’s my man Shaun! What a great documentary about a great guy. Loved this.