Gamerthon Interview - Monkey Kong from Sydney Underground

Interview from Starks - Monday, 02 June 2008 @ 5:17pm

George Matthews a.k.a. Monkey Kong was the first professional girl gamer in Australia, and was contracted by CGS for the 2007 season.

Part of Sydney Undergrounds multi gaming clan for 2007, George is looking towards helping promote professional gaming through media and the events being held around Australia.





Georgie: Ok, I’m Georgie ‘Monkey Kong’ Matthews. I played last season for Dead or Alive in the CGS. It’s not the first time I’ve played competitively, but at the moment I’m just getting into the media side of competitive gaming, especially with Gamerthon this year.


Georgie: Maybe, maybe not. Possibly with competitions I might do so, but I probably won’t go to WCG for it as Nash (Another competitive fighting gamer) will probably win it. I think I’d prefer to stick to Dead or Alive, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. I’m better at them.


Georgie: Umm, I’m going to say yes mostly because of the attention – No offence girls! I myself always wanted to play competitively against other people. The money side was just a bonus. Most girls don’t know much about the competitive side of gaming and stick to games like Zelda.



Georgie: My friend Nash who was one of the guys at the DoA competition told me they (Sydney Underground) were looking for a female to compete in the CGS. So I tried out and made it.


Georgie: Entertainment wise? Probably Halo because you can really get into that. The diversity of the game play means you can really get revved up watching it. I suppose that the funnest game competitively is probably Street Fighter as you can yell at the person you’re playing right next to you.


Georgie: Yeah, you’re getting better too. You just kicked some guys ass.


Georgie: (Laughs) You did not! That’s a lie! That’s a lie!


Georgie: It’s a lie.


Georgie: The cake is a lie? Your face is a lie.


Georgie: Your mum.


Georgie: (laughs)


Georgie: Last year CGS was about getting it out there and getting people sucked in to it. By the end of this year there is going to be a big hype about it. Not really from an underground point of view as its going to get a lot of publicity about it. 2009 then maybe the Australian media will start to pick up on it and then it will hopefully get huge.



Georgie: Ok, umm, well basically this guy, in this bar, who was trying to pick me up, he was just crapping on about all these gaming experiences that I could tell was a lie so my friend said you should see if he has played Monkey Kong, which was a joke about the game Donkey Kong I made up. So I asked him have you played Monkey Kong and he said ‘Yeah I love that game’. So I kept with that.


Georgie: Umm, can I pick 3?


Georgie: First one would be Yoshi’s Island on the SNES. The best game, it got me into gaming. The second one would be Radical Racs on the SNES as well and the third one would be Shadow of the Colossus just because it’s a great game.


Georgie: You’re expecting me to pick Link right? Haha, I think I’d pick Doctor Robotnik because he’s fat and I could jiggle up and down when I laugh.



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