mortal kombat – VoVatia (original) (raw)

The Game Names

The name “Gannon” is now on the list of top baby names, but unfortunately it probably doesn’t have anything to do with the blue pig from the Zelda games. The poorly written opening story in the original Legend of Zelda … Continue reading →

Posted in Castlevania, Mario, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alucard, gannon, ganon, ganondorf, god of war, kratos, mortal kombat, names, raiden, robin williams, zelda fitzgerald, zelda williams |

Thunderbolt and Lightning, Very Very Frightening Me

One god I’ve been meaning to look at for a while is the Japanese Raijin, a thunder deity. It’s interesting that we tend to use the term “thunder god” (the literal meaning of the name Raijin) even though it’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy, Japanese, Mario, Mythology, Norse, Pokémon, Video Games | Tagged big trouble in little china, espers, final fantasy vi, fujin, izanagi-o-no-mikoto, izanami, mortal kombat, odin, pikachu, raichu, raiden, raijin, raiju, thor, thunder lakitu |

Taking It to the Streets

While I’ve written quite a bit about video games from my youth, I haven’t said all that much about one of the biggest hits of the early nineties, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. A one-on-one fighting game that inspired … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Breath of Fire, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mega Man, Punch-Out, Street Fighter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Video Games | Tagged 8-bit theater, balrog, black mage, blanka, cactaurs, chun-li, dhalsim, edmond honda, gouken, guile, hadoken, hadouken, inkheart, ken masters, lord of the rings, m. bison, mega man x, mike tyson, mortal kombat, ninja gaiden, pro wrestling, rich moore, ryu, sagat, shadaloo, sheng long, shoryuken, shredder, street fighter ii, the amazon, vega, wreck-it ralph, zangief |