Sacred Symbols+, Episode 303 | Understanding Mortal Kombat (Patreon)

For my birthday in 1993, my mom bought me Mortal Kombat on SNES. In truth, I had actually pleaded for it, and timing is important, because I was doing so against the backdrop of the US government's attack on it, making things difficult (but obviously not insurmountable) for fourth grade Colin. But unlike its contemporary Street Fighter, which stuck with me for a long time to come, Mortal Kombat fell to the wayside for me as the SNES era turned to N64 and the original PlayStation. Fast forward all of these years later, and I'm in as much of a fog as ever. The reality is this: Mortal Kombat doesn't speak to me, or so I think. But I'm not sure I can even describe why. And in actuality, I want to understand it. I want to understand as much as possible. So with Mortal Kombat 1 launching on PS5 in September, and with audiences so excited for it, I invited friend-of-the-show Ian of 616Entertainment to Sacred+. Why? Well, Ian's an expert and mega-fan of Mortal Kombat. I have a lot of questions, and as it turns out, he has a lot of answers. So get over here and give our conversation a listen.