Zero Punctuation: Mortal Kombat

[Da Joz]

Backula would definitely win.

 

[leedwashere]

Had me going at the beginning there for a few moments. I've never enjoyed Mortal Kombat, so a good ripping on it was a good way to keep myself occupied for 5 minutes on a wednesday.

Incidentally, Marty McFly would totally win.

 

[imnot]

Hey! I like new Doctor who!
And I hate fighting games, what does that make me?

 

[GamerAddict7796]

Marty McFly would like totally win! Yeah!

 

[RaikuFA]

marty mcfly would win

 

[Ranorak]

Hehehe. It's banned in Australia and you publish a video off you criticizing it? Hmmmmm...

So long as it can't relate to you playing it, but than again that would be unprofessional.

A banned game can't be sold, it's not illegal to actually own it.

My friend is totally into this game at the moment. But Mortal Kombat never really appealed to me.
The blood and gore might be a part of the series past, but to me it's just pointless.

It was cool and edgy 20 years ago. But I've seen more limbs fly off in the last few years then I saw birds.

Also, why is it spelled Kombat, with a K?!

 

[Thaluikhain]

"But he like the new Doctor Who" Ouch!

I dunno, mostly this review seemed a bit flat, maybe Mortal Kombat is just too boring and old-hat to really hassle with spite. Or maybe that's just me.

 

[Dead_Boy]

I actually fund last weeks episode brilliant (doctor who that is)

 

[Calcium]

Mortal Kombat to me is like the Saw of the video game world. Violence and gore strike me as the main seling points, which alone I can't get into.

The point about it degrading the 'videogames arn't all mindless violence' argument is one I can relate to as well. Nothing like telling your parents that it's not all about violence, then your mum walking in while you chainsaw someone in half on Gears.

 

[Zhukov]

Weren't customs threatening a huge fine for anyone importing that game down under?

I swear the Escapist did an article on it and everything.

 

[timmybates123]

I get that this game isn't high art, and someone could use it to argue that gaming as a medium is still immature, but you could say the same thing about 'Painkiller', a game that he loves. Mortal Kombat is just fun. No-one for a minute is gonna say it's art. Otherwise, great review, big fan of Yahtzee.

 

[hudsonzero]

definitely the guy from quantum leap.

 

[Hungry Donner]

He has an excellent point at the end, it would be far more enjoyable debating X vs. Y through this medium.

 

[iLikeHippos]

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Also, why is it spelled Kombat, with a K?!

Kause It's kool.

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

Too bad there are so many lawyers with figures in the pie, a AAA mugen with EVERYONE would be really awesome

Garfield vs Robocop, Godzilla vs Kermit, Abraham Lincoln vs The Bride from Kill Bill, Fat Elvis vs Bob Ross, Tom Cruise vs Hammurabi etc etc etc

 

[JBGigas]

Another great review.

Huh, I see you've perfected the time machine. I mean, that's the only way you could possibly watch a roughly 5-minute video in time to comment on it only one minute after it was posted...right?

OT:...What's wrong with the new Dr. Who?

Maybe he IS Dr. Who!

 

[Doug Walter]

I actually fund last weeks episode brilliant (doctor who that is)

Seconded. Neil Gaiman is a god. Proof: http://jimhines.livejournal.com/463935.html

 

[vxicepickxv]

Hey! I like new Doctor who!
And I hate fighting games, what does that make me?

Somebody who probably had no real reason to watch the review?


The last Mortal Kombat game I bought was um, hmm, let me think. Oh, right, Mortal Kombat 2. Not looking to start now.

 

[Moriarty70]

Marty Mcfly would win. Just sayin

Yeah, but it's not that simple. Sam would have the upper edge physically for most of the fight, they'd both jump back and forth between 1942 and 1990 then finally Marty would trick Sam into jumping into one of Biff's ancestors and send him driving into a truck of manure.