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It Feels so Wrong, But Kould it be Right?

by Richard Clark

9 October 2008 133 views 2 CommentsPrint this post Print this post

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Teen-Friendly Mortal Kombat: “In a recent Gamastura story, the game’s designer Paulo Garcia discusses the latest iteration of the Mortal Kombat series and some of the changes being put into place for the sake of a Teen rating. DC’s comics are geared toward all ages, after all — can’t have the younger generation seeing their favorite characters doing anything unseemly. That means nixing dismemberment, deleting hallmark fatalities and making sure classic DC heroes like Batman can’t kill at all.”

I still struggle with the concept of old-school Mortal Kombat. Anyone else out there who used to love MK? How do you feel about it now?

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  • Scott said:

    I love Ultimate MK3. I don’t, however, feel any moral qualms regarding its violence.

  • The Dane said:

    I don’t have any more problem with it than I have with watching movies or reading books that boast characters who do what I would not do in real life. Imaginary contexts have imaginary rules.

    As regards this latest version, I’m not sure how one can have Mortal Kombat without the mortal…

    The Danes last blog post..20081006.WhichAuthor

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