Life > November 11, 2004

By David Diamond

Editorials Editor

Every once in a while, some innocuous video game proves to have more entertainment value than the more hallowed pantheon of titles. Though I would have expected to satiate my gaming fix with one of the more likely releases, namely “San Andreas” or “Halo 2,” I have become infatuated with “Donkey Konga,” one of the dark horses of this semester’s game lineup.

Released for the Nintendo GameCube platform for $50, “Donkey Konga” challenges players to match on-screen beat patterns by clapping or thumping on a bongo controller to play along to a song