In a surprise no one foresaw, Cranky Kong appeared in the new Nintendo Switch title Donkey Kong Bananza. Long the cranky granddaddy of the Kong clan and venerable traditional favorite nostalgic ...

Several times in the game, he visits his grandfather, Cranky Kong. Listen to Cranky Kong’s dialogue long enough, and you’ll learn that he was the original Donkey Kong. This also apparently ...

This is the closest in my mind to a slam dunk. And then there are the two flights from Hong Kong to Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City. This I had to sit with for awhile, but I may be coming around. Maybe.