I wish this next article be read by all those parents who thought their children were wasting their time playing games and competing for higher scores instead of higher grades. The Guinness book of world records has now decided to bring a special game scores edition, to keep track of all the achievements of fellow gamers. In the first "Gamers' Edition" of Guinness World Records, due out March 11, Mitchell, of Hollywood, Fla., ranks as the top-scoring player of the arcade version of "Donkey Kong." Mitchell's score is 0.1 percent ahead of Steve Wiebe of Redmond, Wash., whose quest to unseat Mitchell was the subject of the 2007 documentary "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters." At least now someone will care for the number of times I completed river raid.

Other highlights of the Gamer's Edition 2008:
- The biggest-selling video game of all time is "Super Mario Bros.," released by Nintendo Co. in 1985. It sold 40.2 million copies (though some were bundled with Nintendo systems).
- The highest one-day gross for a game is $170 million at the U.S. "Halo 3" launch on Sept. 25, 2007.
- The controversial crime-adventure series "Grand Theft Auto" has the most guest stars in a video game series. Its 339 voice actors include Dennis Hopper, Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Liotta and Ice T.
- The largest virtual beer festival takes place once a year in "World of Warcraft." The online game's two warring factions share a truce along with the brews.

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