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Scandalous Games
Scandalous Games is a video game history podcast that takes a closer look at video game related controversies. Every episode, historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story about a scandalous event from gaming's past to his friends who offer commentary on moral panics, ill-advised advertising campaigns, unusual figures, and any and all topics related to video game scandals and how they shaped the medium. New episodes drop on the first and third Tuesdays of every month! Check out more info, including show notes and sources, at http://scandalousgamespodcast.wordpress.com.
Scandalous Games
Mortal Kombat-mentary (Scandalous Games Summer)
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Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends, but we like to take it easy during the summer months for Scandalous Games Summer, where we offer a syncable audio commentary track of a video game related movie. This month, we wrap up the 2026 edition of Scandalous Games summer with the 1995 adaptation of Mortal Kombat (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113855/). Join us as we discuss Johnny Cage's reports on Outworld in the dailies, children (and at least one adult) traumatized by the soul-sucking antics of Shang Tsung, and Steven Seagal's failed run in the MK tournament.
If you want to skip our intro and get right to the commentary, skip to 12:32.
For a deep dive into the history of the Mortal Kombat movie, as well as a bunch of other video game adaptations, see: Luke Owen, Lights, Camera, Game Over: How Video Game Movies Get Made (Schiffer Publishing, YEAR): https://schifferbooks.com/products/lights-camera-game-over.
One correction:
Nolan North did not voice Sub-Zero. Jim Miller voiced him in MK9. Steve Blum voiced him in Mortal Kombat X and MK11, and Vincent Fallow played him in Mortal Kombat 1.
More info, including show notes and sources at http://scandalousgamespodcast.wordpress.com.