What You Need to Know: Details on The Ultimate Mortal Kombat Tournament Finals, This Saturday
Thursday, 24th January 2013Posted in 1337 Lounge Live
Tags: event, Mortal Kombat, tournament
Written by: Paul Nyhart
It was yay two weeks prior, when The Kombat officially began.
On January 12th, 12 brave warriors, some from Los Angeles, others streaming in live from across the globe, set out in the 1337LoungeLive to prove THEY were amongst the greatest Mortal Kombat players in the world. Pride was the penultimate prize, second only to an “Injustice” Collector’s Edition prize pack, courtesy of our friends at Warner Bros. Games. Continue reading “What You Need to Know: Details on The Ultimate Mortal Kombat Tournament Finals, This Saturday” »
This Week in Jace Hall’s 1337LoungeLive – Spike Spencer, Joe Romersa Plus Mortal Kombat Tournament
Monday, 7th January 2013Posted in 1337 Lounge Live
Tags: 1337loungelive, call of duty, Mortal Kombat, Silent Hill, spike spencer
Written by: Jennifer Zhang
Our new Tuesday-Saturday broadcast schedule begins this week with an exciting new release showcase for Anarchy Reigns, and keeps momentum up with amazing guests voice actor Spike Spencer and Silent Hill soundtrack singer/songwriter Joe Romersa. Then we’re finishing strong with not one but TWO tournament nights.
And if you were not Lounging with us Friday, you missed out on prolific video game voice actors Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt, plus an Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament hosted by none other than Daniel “Clockw0rk” Maniago. The tournament recap will be up tomorrow, but in the meantime, here’s Yuri and Tara:
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 8
5:00 PM– 7:00 PM PST: 1337LOUNGELIVE FREE PLAY
Freeform hangout where anyone, anywhere can enter the Lounge and be live and online with other gamers and live guests who happen to be playing on the Ultimate Game Machine.
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST: NEW RELEASE SHOWCASE – Anarchy Reigns
From the makers of Bayonetta comes this new, heavy-hitting multiplayer brawler that pits imaginative human and cyborg characters against each other in an all-out melee. Come watch us take it for a test drive.
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST: 1337LOUNGELIVE FREE PLAY
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM PST: JACE HALL & FRIENDS
The ultimate gamer kick-back: Jace and his friends hang out and compete on the Ultimate Game Machine. You never know what prizes will be given away, and which celebrities might drop by.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST: GAME VLOGGERS LIVE – 8WayRun.com
Jason Axelrod – the founder of 8WayRun, the de-facto hub for all things SoulCalibur – is also the writer of the site’s software, which has since been adopted by a number of other popular gaming websites. Come join us to chat SoulCalibur, fighting games, and online game communities in general.
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST: 1337LOUNGELIVE FREE PLAY
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST: STARCADE – Michael T. Coleman and Chris Rickabaugh (Street Fighter X Tekken Voice Actors)
The voice of “Cody” and “Hwoarang” join us to talk about breaking into the voice acting business, and the nuances of voicing characters in fighting games… that is, before they get down to the business of setting high scores on the Ultimate Game Machine. We’ll see you there!
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM PST: JACE HALL & FRIENDS
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST: 1337LOUNGELIVE FREE PLAY
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST: NERDCORE UNPLUGGED – Joe Romersa (singer/songwriter for Silent Hill)
Though best known for being a noted singer/songwriter for the Silent Hill video game series, Joe’s extensive career has included work with Bruce Springsteen, Bette Midler, and Bob Dylan, and has landed him a Grammy among several other prestigious awards. Additionally, he’s voiced characters in numerous anime series and was the announcer in Portal 2, and currently is heading up the comeback of his former band Soy Cowboy. Come chill and chat with a legend.
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST: 1337LOUNGELIVE FREE PLAY
9:00 PM – 11:00 PM PST: STARCADE – Spike Spencer and Kim MacKenzie
You’ll recognize Spike’s voice from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Bleach, the live action dub of Battle Royale, League of Legens, Dynasty Warriors and dozens of other anime and video game titles. On a very special night in 1337LoungeLive, we’re welcoming him, along with his girlfriend Kim MacKenzie – screenwriter of the film Bro starring Danny Trejo, to chat and game it up with you.
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM PST: JACE HALL & FRIENDS
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST: 1337LOUNGELIVE FREE PLAY
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST: STARCADE – TADAO TOMOMATSU
Japanese American actor Tadao Tomomatsu’s film/TV credits include Heroes and Banzai UK, and he is frequently invited to be the master of ceremonies at anime and comic conventions across the country. His recently announced kickstarter campaign to launch a weekly half-hour talk show focused on Eastern pop culture (manga, cosplay and game shows) is gaining traction and press daily. He’ll join us tonight to talk about the show, otaku culture, and his decades-long career as a working Asian American actor in Hollywood.
9:00 PM – 12:00 AM PST: JACE HALL & FRIENDS
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST: 1337LOUNGELIVE FREE PLAY
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM PST: ROUND ONE, FIGHT! – Mortal Kombat
A group of willing warriors step into the Lounge to test their might, as we host our first Mortal Kombat tournament ever in 1337LoungeLive. Come check out the brutality (and the fatalities!). You never know which faces you’ll recognize here from the tournament scene!
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM PST: JACE HALL & FRIENDS
ECA Responds To National Rifle Association Blaming Sandy Hook On Video Games
Friday, 21st December 2012Posted in Industry
Tags: entertainment, Lapierre, life, Mortal Kombat, NRA, place, violence, violent
Written by: Craig Hunter
The National Rifle Association is blaming violent entertainment as the cause of the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Both in a statement the NRA released this morning on its official website and in a press conference, the group’s executive vice president Wayne LaPierre said that violent crimes like the one that took place in Newton, Connecticut,are on the rise and “there exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people.”
LaPierre goes on to call out video games as one of these forms of “callous” entertainment. He said “vicious, violent video games with names like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat and Splatterhouse” along with a ten year-old flash game called Kindergarten Killer, “…portray life as a joke and murder as a way of life.”
Continue reading “ECA Responds To National Rifle Association Blaming Sandy Hook On Video Games” »
THIS WEEK IN VIDEO GAME HISTORY: Happy Anniversary Midway, Metroid and Donkey Dong
Monday, 6th August 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: anniversary, Donkey Kong, history of video gaming, midway, Mortal Kombat, video game history
Written by: Patrick Scott Patterson
This week in video game history, we celebrate the anniversary of three of the most iconic video game titles of all time.
On August 6, 1986, Nintendo introduced Metroid for the Famicom Disk System. While not the first female protagonist in video game history, the lead character of Samus Aran was certainly the first time we were surprised by it.
U.S. gamers got their hands on the game for the Nintendo Entertainment System almost exactly one year later.
New Live-Action Mortal Kombat Movie Rumored
Wednesday, 20th June 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Pop Culture
Tags: Cyrax, Kevin Tancharoen, live action, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, Warner Bros Pictures
Written by: Craig Hunter
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We reported recently regarding the rumors surrounding the new Ubisoft IP, Watchdogs, possibly being made into a movie, and today we get word about a possible Mortal Kombat film in the works.
Bloody-disgusting.com (via Gameinformer) claims that a new live-action Mortal Kombat reboot is in development after “Making a few phone calls and doing quite a bit of digging”. It also claims to have a brief premise about the upcoming film’s story, as well as details on some of the above the line personnel working on the project. Continue reading “New Live-Action Mortal Kombat Movie Rumored” »
Rapper Surgeon General Makes Nerdcore Hardcore
Monday, 9th April 2012Posted in Blog Archive, NERDCORE
Tags: Jace Hall, Mortal Kombat, nerdcore, rap, surgeon general
Written by: Jeff Nau
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Fishing around for nerdcore on the ‘net can be a seriously time-wasting experience.
Or, it can result in stumbling upon guys like Surgeon General, who seems to have brought a new edge to the genre. The General is less keen on tongue-in-cheek, nerd-friendly topics (aside from video games in general, we mean) then he is injecting a bit of the gangsta side to what he says — which in this case, is an unabashed love of all things Mortal Kombat: Continue reading “Rapper Surgeon General Makes Nerdcore Hardcore” »
Fan Of The Jace Hall Show Shows Off His Epicness With ‘I Play Wow’ and ‘Mortal Kombat’ Lip-Sync
Monday, 19th March 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Online Video
Tags: I play WOW, Jace Hall, Mortal Kombat, video, Zach, Zach 26505
Written by: Jeff Nau
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As the viral video “I Play WoW” tributes continues to spiral out of control (and there’s no other way we’d have it), we got hold of a pretty awesome tribute from YouTuber Zach 26505, who lip syncs video game songs.
That’s sort of a misnomer; he actually does a kick-ass job of lip-syncing to video game songs, and did us the great service of syncing to a couple of Jace’s own — in this case, Jace’s Mortal Kombat rap, and of course I Play WoW. Continue reading “Fan Of The Jace Hall Show Shows Off His Epicness With ‘I Play Wow’ and ‘Mortal Kombat’ Lip-Sync” »
PS Vita Gets Ripped Apart As Mortal Kombat Gets New Trailer
Friday, 17th February 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gadgets, Gaming
Tags: hardware, Mortal Kombat, playstation, ps, specs, teaser, video, vita
Written by: Craig Hunter
In case you are wondering exactly what is inside of Sony’s new PlayStation Vita that isn’t listed on the device’s specs page, the guys and gals at iFixit are at it once again, this time tearing apart the PS Vita right down to the motherboard. At the same time, we get a look at what we can expect to be playing on the device in the near future with the release of a new Mortal Kombat trailer featuring the Vita and a little background music from Skrillex.
If you’re unfamiliar with iFixit’s usual routine, their main goal is to find out how easy and cost efficient our new devices will be to repair. To do that, they have to tear them apart, and in the process we get a look inside the device and learn exactly what we’re dealing with for hardware Sony doesn’t typically disclose. Continue reading “PS Vita Gets Ripped Apart As Mortal Kombat Gets New Trailer” »
EPIC Mortal Kombat Flash Dance, Round 2
Monday, 9th January 2012Posted in Blog Archive, NERDCORE, Online Video
Tags: dance, Flash Dance, Mortal Kombat, New York City, Ryan William White, Scorpion
Written by: Jeff Nau
All right, so this is the second video we’ve featured with nutty dancers in Mortal Kombat outfits trapesing around New York City like morons. But as opposed to the n00bs (saibot!) of video # 1, GeeksAreSexy featured video of this kombat krew, who went back to Beat Street for some refresher lessons. Witness, for instance, Scorpion’s bad-ass caterpillar, dancing of a much ballsier variety (i.e. up in everyone’s face, from restaurant patrons to sidewalk Santas), and the fact that there’s a girl who braved New York’s Winter to dress like Mileena (?), even down to the nifty booty shorts.
They even jump on/off a moving port-a-potty truck, gyrate up against an unsuspecting Spongebob and comatose Cookie Monster, and even demonstrate what might be some actual karate moves Continue reading “EPIC Mortal Kombat Flash Dance, Round 2” »
Mortal Kombatants’ Halloween Dance Attack (With Mixed Results)
Monday, 7th November 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Online Video
Tags: dance, dance attack, Liu Kang, Mortal Kombat, Raiden, Scorpion, Sub Zero
Written by: Jeff Nau
The premise of this video is simple: Mortal Kombat enthusiasts put on a great deal of expensive makeup (some more than others, judging by the Liu Kang), and really go all out to make themselves look like their straight out of the live-action movie.
It comes across as something of a caravan rave party, totaling nearly 9 minutes of Mortal Kombat-goodness, with the best part of all the somewhat lackluster reactions he gets from people (especially the Money Exchange clerk, who observes briefly before turning back Continue reading “Mortal Kombatants’ Halloween Dance Attack (With Mixed Results)” »
The Real Life Raiden of Mortal Kombat
Wednesday, 21st September 2011Posted in Gaming, Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: John Chang, Magnus of Java, Mortal Kombat, qi, Raiden
Written by: Jeff Nau
Looks like Mortal Kombat’s Raiden is alive and well…and, apparently, living in Indonesia.
Also known (and revered) as the “Magnus of Java”, John Chang is the closest we have a real-life version of the lightning bolt-chucking video game God we’ll ever see. Though if Raiden dressed in scrubs and had a cigarette dangling out of his mouth it probably just wouldn’t have had the same dramatic effect. Continue reading “The Real Life Raiden of Mortal Kombat” »
Super Smash Bros, Mortal Kombat Style: Watch Link, Yoshi and Others Die in Really Horrible Ways
Thursday, 8th September 2011Posted in Gaming, Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: Dino, Dorkly, Mortal Kombat, Portal Gun, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Smash Bros., Tails
Written by: Jeff Nau
From the same people that wondered what Mario would look like with a Portal Gun, comes the burning question: what would those cute little Super Smash Brothers look like with bloody gut-strewing Mortal Kombat-style fatalities? Continue reading “Super Smash Bros, Mortal Kombat Style: Watch Link, Yoshi and Others Die in Really Horrible Ways” »
Surprise Hit ‘Mortal Kombat Song’ Changing Shape of Music and Video Game Industry
Saturday, 23rd April 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: download, Jace Hall, Mortal Kombat, mortal kombat song
Written by: Paul Nyhart
6 Million views in under 46 hours and counting….
By the time this article is published, the song could easily be at seven or eight million views…it might even be nine. The only thing for certain is that at the rate of over 2000 views a minute, the Jace Hall Mortal Kombat music video is catching on like crazy. The million dollar question is, who is it catching on to?
First, let’s take a step back and look at who the hip-hop music industry is trying to appeal to. Continue reading “Surprise Hit ‘Mortal Kombat Song’ Changing Shape of Music and Video Game Industry” »
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