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Nate and Ryan go mano-a-mano to discuss MORTAL KOMBAT, the 1992 arcade game from Midway and Acclaim that introduced the world to Fatalities and spearheaded a moral panic about the state of the medium. Nate endures the filmic adaptation, Ryan calls Sub-Zero a "frost wizard," and Kari manages to put the baby to bed long enough to pop in to tell a story about how her mom put the kibosh on her brother's copy of MK for the Sega Genesis. TOASTY!

 

SHOW NOTES:

1993 New York Times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/16/nyregion/video-violence-it-s-hot-it-s-mortal-it-s-kombat-teen-agers-eagerly-await.html?scp=9&sq=mortal%20kombat&st=cse

Mortal Kombat: The Album (YouTube):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL577E545387C04A3E

Mortal Kombat series Fatalities compilation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ6G2Lau9EE

"Mortal Monday" TV spot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8V7TwlYCt0