TITLE
Mortal Kombat at 30: Co-creator Ed Boon looks back on its creation and legacy
AUTHOR
Michael McWhertor
PUBLICATION
Polygon
YEAR
2022
ARTICLE TYPE
Interview
FROM THE ARTICLE
Over the past year, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has been looking back at the creation of the original game, releasing unearthed footage of its development on Twitter. Those videos show the challenges of working with relatively young technology — digitized graphics of real-life actors — and designing a video game on the fly. Mortal Kombat fans can watch those videos to see Boon and Tobias riffing in real time about how their game will work. There’s a DIY charm to these videos, which show martial artists and inexperienced game designers clearly unaware of the cultural phenomenon they’re about to unleash.Earlier this week, I had a chance to speak with Boon, now chief creative officer at NetherRealm Studios, about his memories working on Mortal Kombat — and where the franchise is headed after the most recent entry in the series, 2019’s Mortal Kombat 11.
GAMES MENTIONED
Mortal Kombat (1992)
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Ed Boon