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Mortal Kombat song, a lesson in discretion
Here's another video in the proud tradition of young men, often shirtless, lip-syncing funny songs in their bedroom, to be captured by a crappy webcam, then uploaded to the Internet for the entire world to watch, speechless. I can't believe there's more than one of these! Nevertheless, this one has a video game twist. Instead of singing some random song, they're singing along to the unmistakable beats of Mortal Kombat. While we can't begrudge their enthusiasm, we want to remind any potential webcam superstars that the Internet will be around for a long time. Search capabilities will only improve. If you want your fellow Marines, during the bloody spacewars of 2037 battling the Zebesian Space Pirates, to do a quick Google™ search during a late night game of cards and come up with a video of their sergeant dancing around, wrestling, mouthing the lyrics to Mortal Kombat during a stirring performance -- complete with costume changes -- of Le Kombat Mortal, then be my guest. I encourage everyone else to exercise discretion. In the meantime: "Fight!"This has been a Joystiq public service announcement.(Note: For the curious: the guy in the background of the picture, with his shorts down, appears to be urinating into his closet, while the guy in the foreground is doing his best Sonya. And for the REALLY curious... there's more.) [Thanks, Rob]
Blind Gamer preps for Kombat in Japan
Brice Mellen is one of the best players at the DogTags gaming center in Lincoln, Nebraska. And he's blind. We've written about the 18-year old gamer and his peculiar talent before and now it looks like his fame is spreading around the globe. By using sound to gauge his performance in the game, Brice has been able to defeat his challengers, as he did on Sunday in a best out of three competition. He has been invited to travel to Japan later this month to compete with some of Japan's best Mortal Kombat players for a special on Nippon TV. There has to be some kind of psych-out factor at play too. Sort of like getting beat at Soul Calibur by a little kid... not that I have... 'cause I wouldn't... but some other people have...[Thanks, Todd]
Mortal Kombat ad deemed irresponsible in the UK
A viral advert for Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks has been banned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority after the watchdog found it "irresponsible" since it "caused serious distress". The ad appeared on two websites, and despite the owners having no complaints, they were made to pull the ad. The "shocking" content of the advert involved a fight at a board meeting, with one man having his heart ripped out and another being decapitated--both sights that modern gamers are increasingly familiar with, and unlikely to find particularly offensive. With this advertisement being pulled, will the ASA start monitoring other Flash creations on the web? It would keep them very busy if they did, as there are far more shocking animations out there.
