Ahh! The Gorilla remembers fondly playing video games when he was just a young chimp. We’re talking over 30 years ago. They were archaic and primitive, but we loved them. There was no X-Box or Playstation back then. Instead we had Atari and Odyssey and then later on- Nintendo. There were games like Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Tetris, and Frogger, and we loved them all!
The Gorilla’s personal favorite was Ms. Pac Man, and he remembers playing for hours on end, hoping to break through the high scorer’s record. He never did, but there was always that hope that somehow, he could set a new record. There were probably hundreds of thousands, of others who surely felt the same way- no matter what their favorite game was! In fact, there are probably many present-day “gamers” who would love to do the very same thing, whether it be in Halo, Mortal Kombat, Grand Theft Auto, or even Mario. Whatever your game, you always hope to beat the current high scorer’s record or- simply beat the game! It’s a gamer’s best scenario to be sure.
Well, apparently, Guinness felt that way too, so they created the first ever “Gamers Edition” of the Guinness Book of World Records. The Gorilla is almost embarrassed to admit it, but when he read the news, he was actually pretty excited about it! Finally, gamers all over the world could feel vindicated for all of the hours and hours spent playing relentlessly trying to beat someone else’s record! In addition to the lists of high scorers for each individual game, the highlights in the new book will include: the biggest selling game of all time; the highest grossing one-day sale of a video game; the most guest stars on a video game; the largest virtual beer-fest and many more interesting facts.
Okay, so maybe to some it is a just a lot of useless information, but to others (like the Gorilla) it is a fun and interesting compilation of names, dates, and facts about what was, and still is, one of life’s little pleasures-playing games. The Gorilla plans on looking in the book for his Ms. Pac Man nemesis, “T. Edwards”, who always had the highest score!