Mortal Kombat

Atomic Monsoon Season 3 Episode 01 – Coming in 2026

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1mds7IEXjkhIQEy7XxGxhV Season Three of Atomic Monsoon kicks off with some pop culture things that we're looking forward to! Thanks as always to our friends at DeaFM Records for our theme…

Retro Andy February 7, 2026

Video games

Mortal Kombat “Prepare Yourself” ads.

With the announcement of Mortal Kombat 1, the eighteenth game in the franchise, I thought it would be fun to look back at some connective tissue from 30 years ago,…

Retro Andy July 10, 2023

Illustration

Various Post-it Note Doodles

These were all done between tasks back in 2018 and early 2019, back in the days when we used to work in offices. Just little fun sketches that I did…

Retro Andy November 11, 2021

Illustration

Shao Kahn 2017

The big bad of the Mortal Kombat series. I don't recall what prompted me to draw this guy back four years ago, but I did it!

Retro Andy November 10, 2021

Illustration

Post-it Note Doodles

While going through the images on my phone, I found all these little doodles I did between tasks at work, back in 2018. This is s collection of several days…

Retro Andy August 18, 2021

Movies

Mortal Kombat 2021 Experience/Review I Guess?

After two years of waititng, Marvel's Black Widow finally comes out this weekend, and I'm definitely going to go see it. But post-vaccination, I've already made it out to see…

Retro Andy July 8, 2021

Toys

Scorpion & Mileena Mortal Kombat Kustom Marvel Legends toys

Back in 2016, I had some random Marvel Legends figures laying around – specifically the Ronin vs Elektra 2-pack. I decided that I needed to do something with them, rather…

Retro Andy April 5, 2021

Illustration

Inktober 2020 Day 2 – Wisp

This is what a Will-o'-the-wisp looks like, right? I mean, this TOTALLY didn't end up looking like Shang Tsung's flaming skull projectiles from Mortal Kombat... Oh well. Better luck tomorrow!

Retro Andy October 2, 2020

Journal Video games

Fighting in the Street Part IV: The King of Fighters?

While all the hype behind MKII and SSFII was overwhelming US gamers (The two games were basically all that my friends and I would talk about at summer camp that…

Retro Andy September 17, 2010

Journal Video games

Fighting in the Street Part III: Super Kombat

MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAT! By the time September of 1993 rolled around, EVERYBODY had played Street Fighter. And those of us who stuck with it had all learned how to throw Hadokens…

Retro Andy September 16, 2010

Journal Video games

Fighting in the Street Part II: The Art of Fatal Kombat.

It took me just over a year, but I'd finally played and beaten Street Fighter II. And there were already TWO new versions in the arcade; Street Fighter II: Champion…

Retro Andy September 15, 2010

Television

The Warrior King Saga

Originally written Aug 6, 2007, slightly edited in July 2020 What do Street Fighter, the Savage Dragon, Mortal Kombat, and Wing Commander have in common? If you said that there…

Retro Andy August 6, 2007