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I was never telling EdBoon, "Hey, don't pull that, "don't decapitatethat guy's head."...

I was never telling Ed
Boon, "Hey, don't pull that, "don't decapitate
that guy's head." Instead, you know, I would,
I remember suggesting to him, "Can't you do a fatality where
you rip the guy's leg off "and beat the crap out
of him with his own leg?" [character yelling] From a management
standpoint, we also believed that's what the customer wanted

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- I was never telling Ed Boon, "Hey, don't pull that,
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"don't decapitate that guy's head."
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Instead, you know, I would, I remember suggesting to him,
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"Can't you do a fatality where you rip the guy's leg off
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"and beat the crap out of him with his own leg?"
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[character yelling]
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From a management standpoint, we also believed
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that's what the customer wanted.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:56
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

The oral history of a team of geeks and misfits in the back of a Chicago factory creating the biggest video games (Mortal Kombat, NBA JAM, and others) of all time.
- He buried it in some button, joystick combination - Insert Coin 00:07
- He buried it in some button, joystick combination
And we were there at some point watching the reactions. - Insert Coin 00:05
And we were there at some point watching the reactions.
- Oh, everybody kind of, when they saw the fatalities... - Insert Coin 00:05
- Oh, everybody kind of, when they saw the fatalities...
[characters yelling] - Insert Coin 00:04
[characters yelling]
- We knew right then, there, that there was no way - Insert Coin 00:05
- We knew right then, there, that there was no way
- Back in the day, I had a little piece of paper - Insert Coin 00:07
- Back in the day, I had a little piece of paper
But I would like whip that little cheat sheet out - Insert Coin 00:07
But I would like whip that little cheat sheet out
- They've got this game, Mortal Kombat, - Insert Coin 00:05
- They've got this game, Mortal Kombat,
And I was like, I didn't, - Insert Coin 00:05
And I was like, I didn't,
I'm gonna go, we're gonna check this out - Insert Coin 00:09
I'm gonna go, we're gonna check this out
Well, how about we turn it up to 11 - Insert Coin 00:05
Well, how about we turn it up to 11
And Liz looks at him and goes, - Insert Coin 00:05
And Liz looks at him and goes,
"Why can't I just give him like a flower or something, - Insert Coin 00:08
"Why can't I just give him like a flower or someth...
- And then, of course, came the brutalities, - Insert Coin 00:07
- And then, of course, came the brutalities,
- By the end of its production run, - Insert Coin 00:09
- By the end of its production run,
- And I guarantee if you ask Ed and John separately, - Insert Coin 00:07
- And I guarantee if you ask Ed and John separately,
None of us could imagine that you could sell - Insert Coin 00:05
None of us could imagine that you could sell
- Being a nerd and being aspirational - Insert Coin 00:08
- Being a nerd and being aspirational
And I remember hearing these stories - Insert Coin 00:09
And I remember hearing these stories
- [Announcer] Mark is one of nation's leading designers - Insert Coin 00:14
- [Announcer] Mark is one of nation's leading designers