Steve Wiebe - King of Kong

GDC in San Francisco

Steve Wiebe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:11:21 +0000

GDC – San Francisco, CA | When: March 11, 12 and 13, 2010

I have an upcoming event! I will be playing Donkey Kong at the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, March 11-13, 2010. Stop by and say hi!

Here is an excerpt from GameLife | Wired.com :

Steve Wiebe to Chase Donkey Kong High Score at GDC
Steve Wiebe (pictured) will shoot for the Donkey Kong high score next week at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco.

Gamasutra reports that Wiebe will appear at the booth for Atlassian, a maker of bug-tracking software, where he will sign autographs and do his darndest to beat rival Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong high score.

Steve Wiebe is best known for his appearance in the documentary King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. The documentary followed Wiebe, the underdog in a competition to nail the high score in notoriously difficult arcade game Donkey Kong. In the film Wiebe bested the charismatic Mitchell, but in 2007 Mitchell beat the record.

Just this month, Wiebe re-gained the title of best Donkey Kong Jr. player by posting a score of 1,190,400 points.

Wiebe made a similar attempt to recapture the Donkey Kong high score at E3 last year. Depsite reaching the game’s kill screen, Wiebe wasn’t able to beat Mitchell’s score.

Steve Wiebe’s 10 Favorite Songs of All Time

Steve Wiebe — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:16:50 +0000

In promoting The King of Song, I recently posted my top 10 favorite songs on AOL Radio Radio Blog’s Celebrity Top 10 Songs. I truly appreciate the opportunity to share my CD on AOL Radio. Below is an excerpt. Please click on the link at the bottom of the page to read the entire article.

Steve Wiebe — best known for his starring role in the documentary ‘The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters‘ and holding the second highest score ever in ‘Donkey Kong’ — is our guest blogger this week for AOL Radio. You might ask, why are we featuring a competitive gamer? Turns out this guy’s multi-talented: Wiebe has just released his first music album, ‘The King of Song,’ which falls under the contemporary Christian music genre. Check out his list of favorite songs of all time — ranging from a live U2 track to the Dire Straits classic ‘Sultans of Swing.’

Welcome to my list of Top 10 Favorite Songs of all time. Growing up in the ’70s and ’80s with older siblings, I was introduced to a lot of different music through my brother and sister. As you can see, I have a wide range of musical tastes. Being a drummer, I love diverse rhythms and unique time signatures. As a pianist and songwriter, I appreciate a moving melody and a cool chord progression. Thanks for taking the time to review my picks.

Welcome to SteveWiebe.com!

Steve Wiebe — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:23:46 +0000

Thank you for checking out my blog. I’ll do my best to keep it up to date with current events.

E3 2009

Steve Wiebe — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:11:07 +0000

Steve was at E3 2009 to go for the Donkey Kong world record. The event was televised on G4. Please visit Steve’s Media for video clips of this event and Steve’s Event Gallery for images.