Pikachu joins the cast of Mortal Kombat

If Kratos can join Mortal Kombat, why not Pikachu? T-shirt design by Alexandre Deviers up for vote at Threadless.

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Link roundup

1. The NY Daily News says, a woman won a settlement of $850 a month for life in alimony and "the couple's home by convincing a court three years ago that a 1997 car accident left her too injured to work." But her husband spotted photos she had posted about her daily belly dancing and turned them into the court. "Confronted with the damning evidence, [the woman] told the court she was prescribed belly dancing as treatment for her injuries - a statement her doctor contradicted on the stand."

2. The Awl imagines what the menu would be at Passover at Guy Fieri's House (for example, "Gefilte fish parmigiana jammers"). Via.

3. The Mortal Kombat 9 fatalities and Stage Fatalities stepped past amusingly violent and are more like short snuff films. But the babalities are very cute.

Martial arts mishap

Pek Pongpaet did the motion capture for Mortal Kombat and is currently participating in an interview at Reddit. Above is a staff demonstration that went awry (5:06).

Here he is pulling off a "720 tornado kick":



And here's the Mortal Kombat 9 trailer:



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Mortal Kombat fatalities on paper

Mortal Kombat fatalities on paper by Eric Power.

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Sub-Zero brand ice cream

Sub-Zero brand ice cream logo by Winter. It's currently up for vote at Split Reason.

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Mortal Kombat: The Live Tour tv appearance (link roundup)

Circa 1996, actors from the Mortal Kombat: Live Tour show off their moves and answer questions on an Los Angeles morning news show. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Here's video footage of "Case," the live performance of Neuromancer. (Not quite as exciting as I'd hoped.) Via.

2. The Tim Burton retrospective honors his Southern California roots:

We've attempted to accomplish this by organizing material under “Surviving Burbank” covering the years of Tim's upbringing in Burbank, CA; “Beautifying Burbank” on his years as a student at CalArts and an apprentice animator and concept artist with the Walt Disney Company, including his early collaborations with sculptor and artist Rick Heinrichs, animator Joe Ranft and effects artist Stephen Chiodo; to “Beyond Burbank” for the years since his first feature, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), to the present.

Read more about the show here.

3. Cruel nicknames for overweight vampires. For example: Taco Bela.

*Previously: Redesigned Mortal Kombat Characters.

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Redesigned Mortal Kombat Characters (and more)

Vincent Proce's redesigned versions of Kano and Raiden. See also: Sonya and Scorpion.

At his personal site, you'll find more art including storyboards for games including Mortal Kombat vs. DC:






*Previously: Care Bears/Mortal Kombat mashup.

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Banner ads tied to flies (link roundup)

Jung von Matt/Neckar tied banner ads to flies. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Kanye West interrupts a Mortal Kombat fatality. This should absolutely be a feature in the game.

2. Disturbing print ad about kids suffering from asthma.

3. More creative advertising for Dante's Inferno - - this time someone at Escapist was Rickrolled. Via.

*Previously: Dante's Inferno gift box.

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Banner ads tied to flies (link roundup)

Jung von Matt/Neckar tied banner ads to flies. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Kanye West interrupts a Mortal Kombat fatality. This should absolutely be a feature in the game.

2. Disturbing print ad about kids suffering from asthma.

3. More creative advertising for Dante's Inferno - - this time someone at Escapist was Rickrolled. Via.

*Previously: Dante's Inferno gift box.

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Care Bears/Mortal Kombat mashup (link roundup)

Rainbow Brite, The Care Bears and more engage in Mortal Kombat style Kombat in these images by Jude Buffum. Prints are available in his webstore.

And a few more links:

1. Don't forget to enter the Monster Commute giveaway. The prize is great.

2. 80,000 fans showed up to watch Cristiano Ronaldo as he was officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player last week. Video link.

3. The characters of Shrek reimagined.

4. I'm all for putting figure heads on cars if they're going to look like the Raygun Princess.

*Previously: Shrek's Scottish accent cost Dreamworks $5 million.

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Obama and the Statue of Liberty are O-Force (link roundup)

Obama and a gun-toting Statue of Liberty by Doug Harvey.

And a few more links:

1. Article in Forbes about Peter Limmer & Sons, which makes $650 custom boots.

2. Business Week says Nike has learned that it does better when it doesn't emphasize its green innovations.

3. Scooby Doo/Mortal Kombat mashup.

4. Cute polar bear toy.

*Previously: Obama nesting doll.

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Listen as the Mortal Kombat announcer says silly things

Hernan Sanchez is the guy who says famous Mortal Kombat's catch phrases. Maxim convinced him to say various silly things that you can hear by clicking on the widget below:







Via.



*Previously: Compilation of the Mortal Kombat vs. DC fatalities.



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Compilation of all of the Mortal Kombat vs. DC fatalities

Here's an eight-minute video compilation of all of the Mortal Kombat vs. DC fatalities.



I'd say Shazam's are my favorite, and Green Lantern's the most disappointing. Via.

*Previously: A Baraka I can believe in.

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Doctor Doom, Baraka parodies of Shepard Fairey's Barack Obama poster

Move over Barack Obama, here's a Doom I can believe in. Art by Joe D! Available as a t-shirt.



And here's Mortal Kombat's Baraka stepping in for Barack. Art by p_rentfrow. Here's an alternate design.

Via.

*Previously: Tobey Maguire by Shepard Fairey?

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Animated Gif: Joker fatality?

Can't vouch for whether this Joker fatality is really part of the Mortal Kombat vs. DCU game, but That Girl found it somewhere at SomethingAwful.

(Updated)

*Previously: Green Lantern's moves in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe just might be worth the price of admission.

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Green Lantern's moves in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe just might be worth the price of admission

Here's the official site for Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. And you can see more screenshots here.

*At my custom toy site: Optimus Prime as Green Lantern.

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