TITLE
Why I Hacked Donkey Kong for My Daughter
AUTHOR
Mike Mika
PUBLICATION
Wired
YEAR
2013
ARTICLE TYPE
Article
FROM THE ARTICLE
But out of all of the older games, she most enjoys playing Donkey Kong. Maybe it was because it was the first game we really played together, or the fact that she watched the King of Kong documentary with me one afternoon from start to finish. Maybe it’s because Mario looks just like her Grandpa. Whatever the case, we’ve been playing Donkey Kong together for a while. She’s not very good at it, but insists on playing it over and over again until she finally hands me the joystick in total frustration.Finally, one day after work, she asked to play Donkey Kong, only this time she raised a pretty innocent and simple question: “How can I play as the girl? I want to save Mario!”
GAMES MENTIONED
Donkey Kong
TOPICS MENTIONED
Gender
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