Tweet Firstly, it must be admitted that we don’t live in as awesome an era as we did in the late 90s, in regards to “extreme content.” Entertainment today must be politically correct, so everything goes through the PR department now. Things were different in the late 90s. In 1998, the NFL was...

Tweet Finish Him. In 1992, that simple phrase helped revitalize an aging American arcade industry, extend the competitive arcade fighting scene, and singlehandedy manage to get politicians interested (and concerned) about video games and their effect on children. Yes, I’m talking about Mortal Kombat;...

Tweet As I slowly made my way across the car laden parking lot in what seemed to be some kind of unconscious effort to delay the inevitable, a few thoughts popped into my head about what I was about to do, and the motivation that kept me from taking out my wallet and simply burning all of the cash in it and...

Tweet Anyone who has followed video game news over the last 10 years knows that Midway has dramatically fallen from grace.  The onetime publisher of such great games as NFL Blitz, NBA Jam, Rampage and of course Mortal Kombat, has seen exponentially diminishing returns with each console generation.  After...

Tweet Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES We’ve got a special show tonight for all of our faithful listeners. Instead of...

Tweet Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES Welcome back and happy Monday! We’re still a little sick and/or hung over from the...

Tweet Midway just recently announced that MK vs DC has sold “Millions and Millions” of copies, in fact, they have sold 1.8 million units worldwide between the 360 and PS3. This is great news for a company that’s been going through some rough times. “Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe was...

Tweet Release: 16 Nov 2008 (US), 21 Nov 2008 (UK) Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway Genre: Fighter It’s not every day that two well established franchises are given license to come together under a single banner. So when Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (MK vs. DCU) was first announced, and more...

Tweet Mixing real-time strategy elements with all out action has made the Battlestations series a hit among a broad range of the gaming audience. Battlestations: Pacific aims to take that popularity to the next level by ramping up everything from the visual quality, to the sheer scale of the game while...

Tweet The announcement of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe shocked everyone at E3 this year, but with its November release date approaching, Midway today released more screens of the game in action and some shots of the final retail packaging. If you somehow haven’t heard about Mortal Kombat vs. DC...