01.29.2008 12:19 am

The greatest myths of video games, revisited

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ever wondered why the game “Donkey Kong” featured a monkey?

Or whether Saddam Hussein tried pooling PlayStation 2s to create a “supercomputer”?

And how about that tale from way back about Atari uncermoniously dumping unsold video games in the New Mexico desert?

Those great stories and a few others are featured in a wonderful Yahoo Games piece posted recently on the most popular myths about gaming. It’s exactly the same kind of story Game Guy would have written — if he wasn’t always locked in a dark room playing video games all day.

In truth, it turns out that some stories aren’t myths at all. Such as … well, just take a look for yourself.