Donkey Kong once stole a girlfriend of Jumpman/Mario the Zookeeper, yea Mario was once a zookeeper! Back then he was worst off being pixelated than Mario but now he has become a video game icon. Celebrate his 30th birthday with the article.

Rondo via www.joystickdivision.com »

"1. I’m glad my designers gave me a few more things to do. Sitting at the top of some scaffolding and tossing barrels got awfully boring.

2. No, I don’t have fleas.

3. I do love bananas, especially in a nice banana cream pie.

4. My signature red neck ties are custom made by Dixie Kong.

5. King K. Rool is my arch-nemesis."

gamepodunk via gamepodunk.com »

Are you having trouble keeping up with the presidential elections? Well gamewithabrain.com has just made it simpler for us gamers to understand, having compiled a list of each presidential candidate and the games they are most similar to.

Barack Obama's game alter-ego is apparently Final Fantasy VII, while Hillary Clinton seems to bear similarities to Donkey Kong Country 3. Read the article to find out why.

(go to source for full list)

Miss Razz via www.gamewithabrain.com »

Christmas is tomorrow, and Nintendo in its merry self has added three more games to the Virtual Console. This year's Christmas update doesn't really have the bang that last year's Christmas update had (Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter II, Super Castlevania IV, ToeJam & Earl), however. But, there are still some pretty good games in this week's update.

And here we go, the list of games:

Akira_EX via press.nintendo.com »