You’ll have to forgive four tired gamers from the CraveOnline team if the phrase “Finish Him!” inspires fits of convulsions and audible weeping. They broke the Guinness World Record for fighting games with a 32-hour Mortal Kombat marathon.

Cristopher Bryant, Paul Chillino, Melissa Estuesta and Lance Moose took on the carpal tunnel-inducing task during E3 2011. Observers were able to cheer them on and even play alongside them for as long as they could stand to do so.

The world of gaming is all about records. The high score of yesteryear has evolved into today’s Xbox Achievement. The Guinness Book of World Records is in the business of charting accomplishments, whether it’s the world’s largest potato or the highest score on Donkey Kong. So for the second straight year, here comes the Guinness Book of World Records Gamer’s Edition 2009.

The book will hit store shelves February 4 with a retail price of $21.95 and includes not just gaming records but features on gaming history and interviews with influential figures. Guinness is quite savvy when it comes to snaring publicity so, of course, there will be a world record attempt to coincide with the book’s release. British designer Edd China will attempt to break the record for world’s fastest mobile gaming rig with a setup featuring three game consoles, a water cooler and a phone…

Product: Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2008Price: $19.95Pros: A good-looking book with plenty of pretty pictures, trivia and, oh yeah, some world records.Cons: This is more a trivia book with some fan gushing (and opinions) than a catalog of game-related world records. Some of the rankings are questionably subjective and it’s missing references to a few key consoles and Apple products.Overall: A fun coffee table book with plenty of game-related trivia but not the all-encompassing catalog of world records you’d expect from Guinness.Score: 7 out of 10

Bragging rights. Guinness’ published world records are the ultimate catalog of bragging rights. Sure, you usually think of wacky stunts, impossibly long fingernails, really fat dudes and that one weird episode of Happy Days. Get down to it and the Guinness book of world records is all about bragging rights no matter the craziness being recorded.

Sure, this is an extremely interesting and entertaining read, but I’m not completely convinced the 2008 Gamer’s Edition of the Guinness World Records book does proper justice to the game industry or to world records…

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