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“UFC President Dana White would come in and be like, ‘All right, I want that video game system, and hey DJ, play the Beastie Boys.’”

When she isn’t showering crowds in Champagne with Lil Jon at Hakkasan, she’s spinning at Omnia’s Deseo Latin Sundays, at Emporium at Area15 or beyond.

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The next Fergusons party, on October 15, will showcase local curator AXGQZ styling a fashion show with pieces from his ’90s-inspired Y2K collection.

New Fall Guys Clothing Line Looks Very Cozy New sweatshirts, socks, t-shirts, and more are coming. Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has teamed up with video game clothing company Insert Coin for a new line of merch that includes sweatshirts, socks, shirts, and more. The designs are inspired by the beans from Fall Guys and theyre all pretty slick. The range includes three different sweatshirt designs for £46 each, including Lightning Bean, Sprinkles Bean, and Spooky Bean, depending on what youre ...

How the violent history of Mortal Kombat sparked a moral panic In the early 1990s, parents and politicians waged war on the bloody fatalities hidden in a video game – and were pummeled into submission A typical fatality from the 1990s Mortal Kombat game With one punch, Daniel Pesina’s head was separated from his body. It flew through the air. Behind twinkled an arc of pixelated blood.  “Holy cow!” blurted Pesina. “You just killed me! You can’t do that.”  Seated alongside, Mortal...

With the new  Mortal Kombat movie hitting theaters and HBO Max tomorrow, I’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic about the series as a whole. What started out as my 9-year-old self staring down at a Sega Genesis controller in shock because “Oh my GOD did I just rip out that dude’s ENTIRE HEART” has not only become a significant part of video gaming but a well-loved franchise in my household. It’s hard to believe that something so monumental to pop culture was, once upon a time, being mad...

How Mortal Kombat invented the ESRB A moral panic that changed the video game industry Graphic: James Bareham/Polygon During a joint hearing before two Senate committees in 1993, Sen. Joe Lieberman called for a bulky TV to be wheeled in so he could show a video excerpt to illustrate a point. It was a brutal scene from Mortal Kombat — blood splattering from Sonia’s head before Kano rips out her heart. In a second clip, Sub-Zero finished Raiden by ripping his head off, spine still attached. ...

Ed Boon liked to keep secrets. During the development of the original Mortal Kombat, he quietly sneaked in a hidden character named Reptile — a green-colored palette swap of Scorpion — without telling anyone. “It was sort of an experiment to see how long it would naturally be discovered,” Boon told me about his hidden character, who required special circumstances to summon in the game. Boon programmed the early Mortal Kombat games by himself, so he had carte blanche to include anythin...