Question: Which fictional basketball player first appearing in 2005 and is known for NBA The Life video game is nicknamed Mongoose?
Context: Mongoose is the popular English name for 29 of the 34 species in the 14 genera of the family Herpestidae, which are small feliform carnivorans native to southern Eurasia and mainland Africa.  The other five species (all African) in the family are the four kusimanses in the genus "Crossarchus", and the only species in the genus "Suricata": "Suricata suricatta", commonly called meerkat in English. King K. Rool (Japanese: キングクルール Hepburn: Kingu Kurūru) is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Nintendo’s "Donkey Kong" video game franchise.  K. Rool is the leader of a band of reptilian creatures known as the Kremlings, who have crossed paths with the Kongs on many occasions.  First appearing in the 1994 video game "Donkey Kong Country" for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, he has been described as being “to Donkey Kong what Bowser is to Mario.”  He is depicted as a crazed Kremling who often feigns defeat in order to deceive the Kongs, tricks them by wearing different costumes, and utilizes a variety of gadgets to his advantage.  K. Rool resembles an overweight crocodile with an infected, bulging eye.  The name “K. Rool” is a play on the word “cruel”, a nod to his malevolent nature.  In addition to video games, K. Rool has appeared in the manga adaption of "Donkey Kong Country", the "Donkey Kong Country" animated series, comics, and several pieces of Nintendo merchandise. Billy Joe Cuthbert (born in Terre Haute, Indiana), nicknamed "Mongoose", is a fictional American basketball player, played by John Mead, who promotes Sony's "NBA The Life" video game.  Cuthbert's character first made his appearance known in 2005 through a website called "Dontbethenext.com," in which he chronicled his "history" in the NBA.  In advertisements, he is seen as a goofy, overly-intense, white player in approximately his thirties, who holds a grudge against Sony for choosing to put Kobe Bryant on the cover of "NBA '07: Featuring the Life Vol.  2" instead of him.  He has made numerous challenges to Bryant to play a game of one-on-one to settle the issue.  Being an irrelevant former player, his throwing-down of the gauntlet has brought little reaction from Bryant, nor from many other persons.  "Mamba versus Mongoose!"  is his intimidating catch phrase.  He is thought to resemble Kurt Rambis because of his goggles and mullet. The inclusion of sex and nudity in video games has been a controversial topic since the early days of the industry.  While many video games have used scantily clad images or characters to sell or enhance games, some go further, using sex acts or nudity as a character motivation, in-game reward, or simply as a gameplay element.  These games originate worldwide, on most platforms and can be of any video game genre.  While releases in Europe and North America have been sporadic and often unlicensed, Japan has seen the emergence of a pornographic video game subgenre—eroge, first appearing on the NEC PC-88 computer platform in the 1980s.  In the 1990s NEC (on the PC Engine series and PC-FX) and Sega (on Saturn) were the only companies who officially allowed sexual content on their consoles in Japan, but eroge was more prevalent on the NEC PC-98 and FM Towns computer platforms. The Game of Life Card Game is a card game created by Rob Daviau and published by Hasbro in 2002.  The object of the game is to collect as many points as possible before the letters for L.I.F.E. are drawn.  The game begins with each player first deciding whether to pick a career right away or go to college and get a career afterwards.  Each turn, players draw to fill their hands and then complete goals by playing cards from their hand.  Goals are completed by paying their cost in money or time.  Each turn, a player has as much money or time as their career (and other time/money altering cards) allow.  Goals have an associated point value to them and the player or team that collects the most points at the end of the game wins. Pit (ピット , Pitto ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the "Kid Icarus" series, first appearing in "Kid Icarus" for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986 and later appearing in "" for the Game Boy in 1991.  Pit is the protagonist of the 2012 video game "", with director Masahiro Sakurai claiming that Pit would feel like a brand new character for "Uprising", with various new weapons and abilities. Pimania is a text-and-graphics adventure game written by Mel Croucher and released by Automata UK in 1982 for several microcomputer systems.  It is the first real life video game treasure hunt released in the UK. Frank Carl Kudelka (June 25, 1925 - May 4, 1993), nicknamed Apples, was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player.  In his first two years at Saint Mary's College of California, Kudelka averaged 18.1 points per game.  Once the shotclock was introduced to college basketball in his junior season, Frank averaged 20.4 points per game.  He was the nation's fourth leading scorer.  As a senior at Saint Mary's, Frank averaged 16.2 points per game.  He was also named an All-American basketball player by the Helms Foundation after his senior season.  Frank made his NBA debut in the 1949-50 NBA season for the Chicago Stags.  In his first NBA season, Frank averaged 6.7 points and 2.0 assists per game.  Frank played four seasons in the NBA with the Stags, Washington Capitols, Boston Celtics, Baltimore Bullets and Philadelphia Warriors.  In his NBA career, Frank averaged 7.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. NBA 2K is a basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega Sports.  The first installment of the "NBA 2K" series, it was initially released for Dreamcast in 1999.  Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers is featured as the cover athlete.  The game is based on the National Basketball Association and, as such, allows the player to compete in basketball games with the current NBA season's players and teams.  Several game modes are present, including one in which the player can create customizable players.  "NBA 2K" was well-received by critics, who praised it for setting the standard for basketball video games.  The original "NBA 2K" spawned numerous successors, the first being "NBA 2K1", which was released in November 2000. Championship Pony is a virtual life video game released for Nintendo DS in North America on March 20, 2008.  The game allows players to experience equestrianism competition.  Competition consists of Cross Country, Show Jumping, and Dressage events.
Answer: Billy Joe Cuthbert