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The Most Gruesome Video Game Deaths
Which video game has the most gruesome death scenes? Surely Mortal Kombat 9 is a contender, in particular Noob Saibot’s first fatality called “Make a Wish.” It’s so ridiculous it stands out despite Mortal Kombat‘s already high level of gore. We’ve put together a list of some of the most gruesome video game deaths. Some…
By Gergo Vas Published May 8, 2013 -
A Visual History of Attractive Video Game Characters: The 90s
By the end of the 90s, the 16-bit era ended and 3D took over. With the PlayStation and 3D graphics cards out there allowing for new possibilities, narrative and gameplay, the 90s produced some of the most attractive characters in video game history. Well-known mascots and protagonists made their transitions to 3D, other, yet to…
By Gergo Vas Published April 30, 2013 -
The Most Random Looking Fighting Games
The success of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, not to mention all the SNK titles, spawned a crazy amount of abominations. Developers certainly took their inspiration in…interesting directions. Adding some really cool, unique Japanese arcade fighters, we already have a nice list of weird looking fighting games. Dark Edge Dark Edge was Sega’s first attempt…
By Gergo Vas Published April 15, 2013 -
The Most Amazing Video Game Continue Screens
The continue countdown screen was introduced to arcades in the 80s. It was a simple and effective way of getting players to fork over more money. When you fail, the screen comes up for a limited time with a countdown to insert additional coins or press a button. Most of these games’ continue screens were…
By Gergo Vas Published April 12, 2013 -
That Terrific Mortal Kombat Series Is Back For Season 2
Mortal Kombat Legacy, the web series that was way more professional than it had any right to be, is back for a second season. And it’s looking even slicker. Some of the cast involved have appeared in projects like Glee and Hawaii Five-O, and they’ve even got the original Shang Tsung, but all eyes—well, both…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 -
The Goriest, Nastiest, Bloodiest Video Games
The evolution of graphics and physics engines (just think about ragdoll physics) in video games introduced a whole new level of violence and blood. Despite the continuous debates, like it or not, this trend won’t fade away anytime soon. We collected some of the nastiest examples, games where gore is an essential part of the…
By Gergo Vas Published January 30, 2013 -
$355 Will Get You Your Very Own Giant Mortal Kombat Femme Fatale
Next year, Pop Culture Shock will be releasing this Mortal Kombat statue based on Kitana. Priced at $355, and due in Q2, it’s an enormous 20″ tall. There’s also a limited edition version available for an extra $10, but seeing her face… it’s weird. Nothankyou. Kitana [Sideshow]
By Luke Plunkett Published December 24, 2012 -
What Are Splatterhouse, Kindergarten Killer and the Other Games the NRA Slammed Today?
Names such as Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto are longtime punching bags in an often-clueless discussion of violent video games in the mainstream. So it was no surprise to hear Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, invoke them in a rambling attempt to deflect blame from the assault weapons that…
By Owen Good Published December 21, 2012 -
The NRA’s Absolutely Unhinged Response to Newtown Condemns Video Games as a ‘Shadow Industry’ that ‘Sows Violence Against Its Own People’
Reports suggested that the National Rifle Association, backed into a corner since a gun massacre last week killed 20 six- and seven-year-olds, would come out swinging at video games and other violent entertainment in a news conference today, and boy, they did not disappoint. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive vice president, gave a teeth-sucking condemnation…
By Owen Good Published December 21, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Oh Come On, Everybody Loves Mortal Kombat‘s Toasty Guy
Don’t be like that, Dorkly! Dan Forden sounds like a great guy to hang out at T.G.I. Friday’s with on a Monday. Dan Forden, one of the four programmers that initially began working on the original Mortal Kombat, along with Ed Boon, John Tobias and John Vogel, is better known to the world at large…
By Mike Fahey Published November 12, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: How Video Game Characters Do Trick-or-Treat
I agree with Sheik, that is an incredibly stupid costume, Link. One of these days I’m going to get around to playing Majora’s Mask long enough to understand why the strange people that worship it love it so. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: An Incredibly NSFW Interpretation of Mortal Kombat‘s “Finish Him”
Oh come on, you’ve thought it too. In case you missed it in the headline, this video might be a little bit unsafe for most workplaces. “Come on, boss! It’s not like he actually puts the metal penis in his mouth!” is not an argument anyone wants to have to put forth in an exit…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 -
President Obama’s Birth Certificate Super-Move Totally Whups Donald Trump’s ‘Comb Over Here’ Attack
It’s been a long road to the presidential election, which is less than a month away at this point. In case you’ve forgotten how tense and occasionally absurd the talking points and the personas of this political cycle have been, news website Slate has been recapping 2012’s highs and lows with a series of fighting-game-inspired…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 8, 2012 -
Sonya Blade is Running for the County Board
In addition to being a cheerleader in the attract mode for the original NBA Jam, former Playboy model Kerri Hoskins Branson also portrayed Sonya Blade in several Mortal Kombat games, beginning with Mortal Kombat 3 in 1995. Not surprisingly, her Playboy and video game gigs are not mentioned in this biography and Q&A for candidates…
By Owen Good Published October 7, 2012 -
Watch Mitt Romney Kick The Crap Out Of Rick Santorum And Herman Cain, Mortal Kombat-Style
It’s that time of year again, here in the United States: the presidential election, and the seemingly interminable campaign for it, are everywhere. Of course, even though the election isn’t until November, when you look back to the primary season, the campaign began well into last year. And Slate has taken to a video game…
By Kate Cox Published October 1, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Quitting Smoking the Mortal Kombat Way
When you’ve been smoking as long as Mortal Kombat‘s resident grey ninja has been smoking, there’s really only one way to kick the habit. As a filthy smoker and professional martial artist, this would be one of those videos that haunts me to my dying day. Fortunately I am not a professional martial artist, so…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2012 -
Street Fighter‘s Ryu and Mortal Kombat‘s Scorpion Settle This Thing Once And For All
Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat? The debate has been going on for as long as I can remember, and it may never reach a resolution. (I’m a Mortal Kombat man myself.) This nifty live-action video shows two of the most popular characters from each game, Scorpion and Ryu, throwing down in a… lovely pine forest?…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 29, 2012 -
Mortal Kombat Heading to (Japanese) Arcades?
The latest Mortal Kombat may be conspicuous in its absence from arcades in the West, but there are reports surfacing that the game may indeed be making an appearance in coin-op form. Only, in Japan. Some images have surfaced claiming to be of a Mortal Kombat arcade unit on location testing, and while the presence…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2012 -
Find Out How a Blind Man Can Play in Mortal Kombat Tournaments
Mortal Kombat can be hard enough at the best of times, but could you play it with your eyes closed? Course you couldn’t. And even then, you at least know what the stage and characters look like when you open your eyes again. James, blind from birth, does not. Which is what makes his story…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2012 -
Mortal Kombat‘s Scorpion Serves Up A Wicked ‘Your Mamma’ Joke
Ha ha, Skorpion Scorpion. Very funny. This joke brought to you by Game Developer Editor-in-Chief Brandon Sheffield, who apparently has nothing better to do with his time than share exceptionally good video game-themed Your Mamma jokes made by musician/troublemaker Andrew Toups (I kid. Hi, Brandon.) I don’t know about you, but now I want to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 17, 2012