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Mortal Kombat

Game Analysis

Mortal Kombat

Game Analysis

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The Game

The Game

Overview

Physical game space - Competition / community

Start to 1.10 With sound

Game Space

Arcade halls

Past / present/ spaces / local / tournaments / 'barcades'

Start to 0.38 With sound

0.55 to 1.20 With no sound

Arcade Halls

Esports

Evo / community spaces / stadium /lifestyle

Esports

play till end with sound

0.35 to 3.36 With sound

Future game space

Monetisation / Supporting program / gaming village / Digital infrastructure

0.25 to end With sound

0.35 to 3.36 With sound

Future

game space

Social Space

Characters - overview

Characters

Overview

Original MK Characters

Original MK characters

Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath character upgrades

MK 11 Aftermath character upgrades

MK 11 Characters hitting on each other

Customization

Characters

Particularities of representation

Characters

Representation

Empowerment vs. Emancipation

Female Empowerment

Character Development

Character Development

Sonya's Outfit

Sonya's Outfit

Battle Damage

Battle Damage

Bechdel Test

Bechdel Test

The Bechdel Test is a measure of the representation of women in fiction.

To pass the test, a work must:

[1] have at least two named women present

[2] they must talk to each other

[3] that conversation must be about something other than a man.

Beauty Standard

Beauty Standard

LGBT Representation - Kung Jin

Emancipation

LGBT representation

Racial Storyline

Erasure of cultural history

‘When is it acceptable for game developers to experiment with the narratives of the disenfranchised?’

‘Do game developers create diverse narratives out of sincerity or out of a need to remain legible to the broader public?’

“Of all the games I never would have believed to fall for this ‘woke’ bullshit, it would be MK.” - Reddit User.

Cinema & Franchising

Cinema and Franchising

Hip Hop and Gaming Culture

Hip Hop & Gaming Culture

Hip Hop and Gaming History

"We live in a world where a lot of the producers today grew up playing video games," Teki explains. "It's only natural that video game music has influenced them just as much as rock disco or soul used to influence the producers of the early '90s." – Teki Latex

Hip Hop and Gaming History

The Origins and its influences

Making of MK

Making of Mortal Kombat

Environment

Fantasy environments

Middle Earth

Lord of the Rings

Middle Earth -

Lord of the Rings

Planes and Realms

Dungeons and Dragons

Great Wheel cosmology

Realms

Earthrealm

Outworld

Edenia

Orderrealm

Chaosrealm

Heaven

Dreamrealm

Netherrealm

The main realms

The 2.5 Dimension

Bit Depth

The 2.5 Dimension

The Pixel

MK Video Game Audio

Audio

Mortal Kombat Theme Song evolution of the franchise

MK 8 bit chiptune remix of MK Original Techno soundtrack by The Immortals

History of Detroit techno

To what extent does it relate to MK?

History of Detroit techno

MK 11 Aftermath Original Soundtrack

MK 11 aftermath soundtrack

The Secret To The Gruesome Sounds In Mortal Kombat Is Exploding Vegetables

Gruesome sound effects

MK franchise Fatality themes

Fatality themes

Visual

Motion Capture

no sound

Artificial Intelligence

AI

reinforcement learning

case studies

Particle Rendering

Digital and Physical Infrastructure

Digital infrastructure

Digital Infrastructure for Esports

Servers & Glitches

Socio-Political Implications

Socio-Political Implications

Health Concerns

Courtroom

‘How can we set up a system to protect against passivity?’

‘How can the law become political contestation?’

‘How the atmosphere of a space changes related to the topics and materials brought into the space?’

‘Hold in mind communities move the society, politicians don’t, they just follow the scenes that happen within our society.’

Questions

Ratings & Regulation

Ratings

&

Regulation

Gambling

History of Lootboxes

History

of Lootboxes

22.04.2019 Reviews are released for MK11- ingame shops are locked

23.04.2019 MK11 is released, alongside ingame transactions

24.04.2019 Redditor makes a calculation based on Time Krystal which can be purchased with real money- that unlocking all cosmetic skins cost 6440 USD.

25.04.2019 Ed Boon replies to the statement

Case Study

for

Mortal Kombat

Koins – main currency that’s used to unlock chests in the Krypt

Soul Fragments – Used to unlock exclusive towers in Towers of Time or to use the special abilities that you may come across during the Krypt.

Gear Level Up Token – Allows you to level up your gear much quicker for you can augment your items with special attributes.

Skip Fight Tokens – Allows you to skip any difficult fight that you may come across during Tower of Time or Klassic Towers

Time Krystals – Used to unlock items in the premium store such as cosmetics and other tokens.

Easy Fatality Tokens – Let’s you perform a fatality with one button

Hearts – Used to open up special chests and to forge items in the Krypt

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