Hello, my name is Duke and you are listening to the Introductory Gaming Podcast. We are proud members of the Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network found online at hvspn.com. The opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host only, not of HVSPN or Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Please enjoy the show.

You are listening to the Introductory Gaming podcast with your host(s) Duke and Yash.

In this episode of the Introductory Gaming Podcast, we will be discussing a prominent game series. If you haven’t already guessed, we’re going to talk about the Mortal Kombat franchise. This podcast will detail what the game is about, and the fundamentals of how to play, and we will even be doing rounds of trivia. Since there are eleven versions of the game, we will only talk about the newer installments. For this episode, we brought in a student guest, Anish Ponam.

For our first segment, we’re going to give a brief overview of the game Mortal Kombat. The first installment of the game was just called Mortal Kombat, and it launched on October 8, 1992. NetherRealm Studios created the game, and It was playable on arcade machines at the time. Mortal Kombat is a fighting game in which each installment has its own set of unique characters to choose from. Every character has earned their spot in the game. Every character has three different variations to choose from and each comes with its own set of moves. You can play this game with your friends in the multiplayer section. If you happen to be playing alone, you can play against the AI or even indulge in the story mode. I’m going to give you a sneak peek into some of the characters:

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• Mortal Kombat XL: Sub-Zero
• Grandmaster: Sub-Zero gains an Ice Klone that can be thrown or used as a shield.
• Cryomancer: He gains the ability to create weapons out of Ice.
• Unbreakable: Gives him two new defensive moves called Frozen Aura and Barrier of Frost.
• Sub-Zero is one of the original characters from the very first franchise, and he plays an integral role in the storyline. I personally love to play him with the Cryomancer variation because of the cool weapons he can make.
• Mortal Kombat XL: Scorpion
• Inferno: Scorpion gains the ability to summon a demonic minion.
• Ninjutsu: He gains unique attacks utilizing his dual swords.
• Hellfire: Gives him three new offensive moves called Fire Ball, Hellfire, and Flame Aura.
• Scorpion is my favorite character from the original franchise because of how cool he is. I love that he has a flame aspect to him, and he just is a really