We hail our new hero (Picture: Hbomberguy)

What started as a bit of a mission to stick it to Graham Linehan has now turned into a massive marathon Donkey Kong sesh that has raised over a quarter of a million dollars for charity.

YouTuber Hbomberguy, aka Harry Brewis, got to playing Donkey Kong on 18 January with the aim of raising money for trans charity Mermaids.

He decided to give it a crack ‘to spite’ Father Ted creator Graham after Mermaids was awarded a fund from the National Lottery and Graham urged people to oppose it, describing the charity as pushing an ‘extreme ideological agenda.’

Brewis was not having it, as he took to his old school DK game in order to raise some funds via punters tuning in on Twitch.


He was raking in the funds as he played on (Picture: Hbomberguy)

And raise funds he did!



Setting out to raise $3,000 (£2.3k), at end of play yesterday the gamer had accumulated an impressive $200,000 (£155k)after 40 hours.

However, once we all woke up on Monday morning, he had achieved so much more, as it was announced by Mermaids at the end of Harry’s marathon sesh he’d raise over $340,000 (£264k) for the charity, and played for 57 hours.

So perhaps it was no surprise the lad was feeling the heat as he took to Twitter to write: ‘Me brain be boo.’

We can hardly blame you!

me brain be boo — H.Bomberguy (@Hbomberguy) January 21, 2019

Mermaids took to social media to enlighten their followers as to the final amazing score.

‘Apparently today is #BlueMonday, the saddest day of the year?’ the organisation began. ‘This weekend one guy raised over $340,000 for Mermaids by playing Donkey Kong online and uniting the world behind trans kids and the trans community.

‘Thanks to @Hbomberguy, this Monday is awesome!! #MermaidsMonday.’

In a video, the streamer previously explained: ‘I chose to support [Mermaids] because as a person living in Britain, I find the media discussion around this issue to be woefully misinformed, and I’d like to do my bit to help support the people who do the hard work of contributing to people’s thinking on an issue.’

The YouTuber added: ‘I chose Mermaids specifically, because when they were designated some funding via the National Lottery, Graham Linehan, a comedy writer who did some work on a good show 20 years ago, a very normal man who is very angry about trans people all day nowadays, went on Mumsnet and told them to email the National Lottery en masse.

‘Well done, Graham… now, tons of people know about Mermaids, and support them just to spite you!’

It wasn’t without its guests, either as game developer John Romero, congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and trans activist Chelsea Manning dropped by. They were joined by many other activists who educated the viewers who had tuned in.

When the clock stopped, fans rallied around the new YouTube champ, as they celebrated his amazing efforts.

Mainly, they just encouraged him to get some sleep, as one added: ‘You’re the real King of Kong’.

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