A game writer at a large convention will occasionally book a variety of meetings with a company just to be polite. Such was the case with the latest Mortal Kombat game. I agreed to the meeting only because of my interest in Batman: Arkham City, as both games are being published by Warner Bros. In such cases, writers go into the meeting, dutifully play for a few minutes while listening to the pitch, and never think of the game again. Yes, it sounds dishonest, but it's also a defense mechanism against being overwhelmed.
Here's the problem with that plan: Mortal Kombat is very good. The 15-minute meeting I had with the game turned into an hour of simply playing it and talking about it, concluding with the PR folks prying the arcade stick out of my hands. Here's why I fell in love with this bloody return to form.
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