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Oh God, Sub-Zero, STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT
This is a life-size bust of Mortal Kombat’s Sub-Zero. That means, yup, if you held it up to your own head, unless you are a small child (GO TO BED), it’ll be about the same size. Hopefully that’s where the similarities end, though. Because if your face could pull an expression like that, you’d be…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2012 -
Not Even Death Will Keep A Gamer Away From Their One True Love
Warning: video is slightly NSFW. Not only is this animated short beautifully rendered, but it teaches us an important life lesson, too. You can fool the Grim Reaper into playing games against you instead of taking your soul away. Gamers=1, Death=0. Thanks Oded!
By Tina Amini Published July 3, 2012 -
Who Knew Turning People Into Squares Made Them So Cute?
I wouldn’t have guessed it, but deviantART artist Theresa Cartwright has a whole gallery dedicated to proving the naysayers otherwise. They don’t just include video game characters, either. Everyone from The Last Airbender’s Aang to Breaking Bad’s Jessie appears in that gallery. Even Jessie’s meth head makeup is somehow, slightly, oddly charming in the squarified…
By Tina Amini Published July 2, 2012 -
New Mortal Kombat Movie About…a Supermarket Employee
According to a report on movie site Bloody Disgusting, the upcoming Mortal Kombat film will follow the exploits of a “lowly unlucky supermarket employee”. “With Kevin Tancharoen still attached to direct from Oren Uziel’s screenplay”, the site writes, “we’ve exclusively discovered that the live-action reboot will follow a lowly unlucky supermarket employee who discovers that…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: What Happens After a Mortal Kombat Babality
What, you expected the mighty warriors of Mortal Kombat to just dump the baby versions of their enemies in a landfill or something? That’s not how you save Earthrealm. Will somebody please think about the children? They might be wearing little versions of Mortal Kombat outfits (Halloween, hmmm), but that doesn’t mean they have what…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2012 -
Kotaku East
The Top Ten Xbox 360 Games in Japan (That Were Never Released There)
Multi-national releases are a difficult process. Not only are there linguistic and cultural barriers to overcome, but very often content or simple monetary reasons can keep a game from entering one country or another. Even so, some games are desired despite their limited availability no matter where you are. That being said, here are the…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 17, 2012 -
What Do Predator, Mortal Kombat, Dragonball Have in Common? This Guy.
This guy is Mike La Jute Blanche. He’s a French cosplayer, and holy crap, he is good. Just look at his work. The outfits and make up are incredibly impressive, and he does a great job of capturing Predator, Dragonball‘s Piccolo, and Motal Kombat. The hip-hop Piccolo is especially wonderful. Sure, his Kratos cosplay needs…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 15, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Video Game Real Estate Agents Have it Rough
Filled with rusty meet hooks, jumping snakes, and the odd retractable bridge over a pit of bubbling lava, video game real estate isn’t exactly burning up the market. Well, in some cases it is, but only literally. Bowser’s castle from Super Mario Bros. isn’t a safe place to raise a family, but a good real…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2012 -
Dream Mortal Kombat Cameo Proves Dr. Robotnik Can Be a Right Murderous Bastard
In the latest installment of CurtainsAreOnFire’s Mortal Kombat Secret Character Tryouts video series, the Angry Birds get angrier, Paperboy delivers carnage, and Dr. Robotnik finally creates an obstacle course capable of murder. Dr. Robotnik generally falls into the Bowser category of video game villains. He really wants to be evil, but he’s kept from reaching…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2012 -
Mortal Kombat Comes to the Vita in Fine Form
It has occasionally felt like a dirty secret that Mortal Kombat 9 was one of my favorite games of last year. But there it is. It hit just the right blend of punchy violence, imaginative special moves and accessibility, and it got me invested in the (silly) Mortal Kombat universe and its (ridiculous) characters all…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 1, 2012 -
The Most Brutal Mortal Kombat Fatality Isn’t Always the Bloodiest
Wait, what? I didn’t pay for front row seats to the Mortal Kombat tournament just to be deprived of bloody entertainment! At least that’s what I imagine is running through the heads of the audience when Scorpion decides to forgo a fatality move. They’ve been robbed of the awesomely gruesome fatalities known to the fighting…
By Tina Amini Published April 30, 2012 -
Ill-Fitting Kitana Cosplay Meets Gravel-Walking Mileena In Live-Action Mortal Kombat
Remember the ill-fitting costume that the Kitana model wore to promote Mortal Kombat on the Vita? And the model who had to brave fields of gravel in heels as Mileena? The two have finally met for the latest advertisement featuring Mortal Kombat on the Vita. Their in-game personas fight to the death while their real-life…
By Tina Amini Published April 26, 2012 -
Live-Action Mileena’s Special Mortal Kombat Power is Walking on Loose Gravel in Heels
The UK’s live-action Mortal Kombat Vita ad campaign continues, swapping out Kitana for another of the game’s femme fatales and making a poor model navigate treacherous terrain in the least-sensible shoes imaginable. I keep expecting her to fall over screaming, clutching her twisted ankle. Perhaps that’s coming in the full version of the ad.
By Mike Fahey Published April 19, 2012 -
Sub Zero Seeks Revenge for The Matrix: Revolutions
Sub Zero, in whose head it’s always 2003, plugs into the Matrix just to kick Neo’s ass. I don’t know about you, but it took me at least ten minutes before I could pull my head away from this. [via The Best Fun Site]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2012 -
Let Mortal Kombat Vita Transform You Into a Woman Wearing an Ill-Fitting Ninja Costume
The full-length live-action trailer for Mortal Kombat Vita is here, making me think that perhaps I need to tone up a bit more, maybe visit a tailor before the game arrives. We saw brief flashes of Kitana’s outfit in the teaser version of this Mortal Kombat Vita ad, and it didn’t look half bad, if…
By Mike Fahey Published April 12, 2012 -
Forget Nerd Rap. Here’s Hardcore Fighting Game Rap
There’s a common complaint with a lot of nerd rappers, and it’s one I for the most part agree with: that weak production and sloppy rhymes often get a pass because of the subject matter. Not here. This is freestyle rapper Surgeon General showing that he can go through the Mortal Kombat roster on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallGood God, Mortal Kombat on Game Gear Had Some Terrible Audio
I have some fond memories of my Game Gear. I loved that giant hunk of sexy black plastic so much that I forgave its terrible battery life and the other aspects that led to its financial failure. The game I played most was Mortal Kombat, which I was so excited to finally own in some…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 30, 2012
