Episode 265: Ed Boon on Developing the Mortal Kombat Franchise

For Episode 265 of the 5 Questions podcast, Dan Schawbel interviews Mortal Kombat video game programmer and director, Ed Boon about how pinball games inspired the creation of Mortal Kombat, how the game has evolved, making the reboot, how technologies will change the video game experience, and his best career advice.
Q1: 0:27 How did your time spent working on pinball games inspire the creation of Mortal Kombat?
Q2: 1:38 How has your role working on Mortal Kombat evolved since the first game in 1992?
Q3: 4:24 Why was it decided to make the new Mortal Kombat 1 game a franchise reboot and what makes this title unique compared to the predecessors?
Q4: 6:50 How do you think new technologies like AR, VR, and AI will change the video game experience?
Q5: 9:04 What’s your best piece of career advice?
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[@BazookaJoe03]

Same questions over and over.... hosts need to watch other interviews so that theirs would be unique

[@UnderdogPlays_]

Games unplayable with the wifi lag. Wifi filter is in every other major fighting game. No more excuses.