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StoriesJuly 12, 2012January 3, 2019

Mortal Kombat’s Johnny Cage, 20 years later

Lawsuits and a falling out with Midway: the story of what happens when a game becomes a phenomenon and not everyone gets paid. Huge thanks to Incredible Technologies VP of marketing Scott Morrison for digging up outtake photos from the 1994 “Daniel Pesina, who starred as Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat has switched to BloodStorm” print ad.

Photo: Scott Morrison

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Hi, I’m Matt Leone, a writer covering the video game industry. This site is pretty much just links to things I’ve written or worked on.

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Site logo: Scarlett Karsidi

Illustrators: Mikaël Aguirre, Steve Courtney, Rex Crowle, Michael Firman, James Gilleard, Rodney Greenblat, Scott Hassell, Andy Helms, Ollie Hoff, Scarlett Karsidi, Matthew Lyons, Mick McGinty, Studio MDHR, Takeshi Oga, Tyson Whiting

Photographers: Jonathan Castillo, Richard Li, Benjamin Parks, Jimmy Shelton, Irwin Wong

 

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