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Gamer Sets Guinness World Record by Connecting 444 Unique Consoles to One Screen
A Saudi Arabian video game enthusiast, Ibrahim Al-Nasser, has set a new Guinness World Record by connecting 444 unique gaming consoles to a single television. This extraordinary feat required meticulous organization, as Al-Nasser carefully arranged his collection to ensure that not a single cable was visible, despite the massive number…
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Billy Mitchell & Twin Galaxies Are Going to Trial!
If you don’t know who Billy Mitchell or Twin Galaxies are, then to be honest the history between them at this point is a little too long and convoluted for the casual observer. I’d probably need a few thousand words to give you the full history and, even then, I…
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A New Donkey Kong World Record Has Been Set
You may have noted that over the last few days, one of the biggest Donkey Kong Highlights (and trust me, we don’t get many of those) was that Guinness World Records recently announced that Billy Mitchell’s previously removed scores had been reinstated on their website. While I still suspect that…
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Guinness Reinstates Billy Mitchell’s World Records!
If you’re not familiar as to who Billy Mitchell is at this point, then quite frankly you’re probably either not interested in him or you haven’t been paying much attention to the gaming news over the last few years. Put simply though, as one of the most recognizable figures in…
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Guinness Issues Mass SMB Speed Run Copyright Claims
I must admit to being a pretty huge fan of competitive speedrunning and among the various games on offer, runs of the original Super Mario Bros. game will always be some of the most popular. It seems, however, that Guinness World Records is currently on something of a warpath. Following…
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Video – British ‘Iron Man’ Sets New Jet Suit Speed Record
Two years ago, British inventor Richard Browning not only revealed his (personally designed) jet-powered suit but also set a new world record for the fastest recorded speed on such a device. Not satisfied with that achievement, however, he was recently in Brighton to give his latest innovations a ‘test’ run.…
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Billy Mitchell Threatens To Sue Guinness & Twin Galaxies
Billy Mitchell is back in the headlines again and, as you might expect, its for reasons that are more than a little unusual. If you are, incidentally, not aware of who this man is then that is no fault of your own. It’s a name largely only known by those…
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EA gets Guinness World Record for Most Downvoted Reddit Post
If you were to ask most people on what their opinion of the game developer/publisher EA was, I doubt that you’d hear much positive said. It is little secret that many of their releases, particularly in recent years, have not been received well by fans largely due to the rather…
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Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Vehicle Gets Funding!
Bloodhound SSC Well, it’s certainly been a bit of a rollercoaster in terms of the development of the Bloodhound SSC throughout the latter part of 2018. For those of you who have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about, for around 2 years now, a brand new car has been…
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Bloodhound SSC 1,000MPH Project Scrapped
Bloodhound SSC 1,000MPH Project Scrapped In September 2017, we had our first look at the Bloodhound SSC. A car that was looking exceptionally likely to be the first in over 20-years to set a brand new land speed record. With it reportedly being capable of reaching speeds in excess of…
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Quantum Dot Printer Produces World’s Smallest Image
Swiss researchers have produced the world’s smallest inkjet-printed image using quantum dot technology, according to ETH Zurich. The picture, which is a colour picture of a school of clownfish, measuring just 0.08mm-by-0.115mm (or 0.003inches-by-0.005inches) at a resolution of 25,000dpi, can only be seen by the human eye through a microscope.…
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A Canadian Hoverboards Across Lake & Makes World Record
Catalin Alexandru Duru, a Canadian inventor just managed to use his invention, the first real-life hoverboard, to cross by hovering across over 300 Meters (1000 feet) the Quebec lake. He invented a hoverboard which he claims that it can be used anywhere (on any terrain). His device seems to be inspired by…
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Planetside 2 Breaks Guinness World Record for Biggest FPS Battle Ever
Last weekend, 1,158 Planetside 2 players came together to break the Guinness World Record for Most Players Online in an FPS Battle. The previous record was held by Man Vs. Machine – a game built especially to break the record, at the time held by the first Planetside game –…
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Latest Achievements Revealed In New Guinness World Records 2014 Gamer’s Edition
Guinness World Records have revealed the latest and greatest gaming achievements in the new Guinness World Records 2014 Gamer’s Edition. New feats achieved in the last 12 months and recognised in the latest edition of the best-selling book series include the Largest Collection of Videogames; Longest Marathon on a Dance…
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Meet The Man With The Largest Game Collection
Meet Michael Thomasson, who was just awarded a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of video games in the Guinness World Records 2014 Gamer’s edition. After receiving his first video game for Christmas at the age of 12, a love and passion for video games took over and now…
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