This past season of Fox' hit reality TV series, “American Idol,” created quite a stir when singer Pia Toscano was voted off the show before the finals. The third-place Toscano had wowed the judges with her voice. She’s now wowing sold out concert attendees across the nation as part of the American Idols Live 2011 tour. Toscano took a break from singing on stage with the Top 11 Idols to talk about her other love – video games – in this exclusive interview. She’s hooked on Mortal Kombat, just don’t ask this gamer for a favorite character’s name.
Trevor Walker said: Fighting games have always been able to simultaneously experiment and innovate while staying true to their roots in the best of ways. Mechanics change, crossovers take place, and evolution occurs. One of the best examples of all three can be seen in the coveted guest character.
The fighting genre is full of mini-games, from Street Fighter's car destruction to Tekken Ball. Here's the best Mortal Kombat mini games.
Cultured Vultures: We've gone to the trouble of ranking the Mortal Kombat games across the series' history. Special Forces is clearly number one.
My favorite is always going to be Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. I know some people didn't like the addition of the run button. But, man that game is burned into my memory from childhood, lol.
That's the one I played the most as a kid. Fun times gaming on my Sega Genesis, the memories
MK2 will always be the best in the series. Been playing a lot of MK1 lately though. Definitely enjoying it more than any other NRS era MK game.
I will always have a special place in my memory for MK 1 and 2. You had to be there during that era at the arcades. Martial arts tournament fighting movies were still popular, and MK 1 was exciting. Real life motion captured characters done well (unlike Pit Fighter). A cast of characters we all liked like Bruce Lee(Lui Kang), Van Damme(Johnny Cage), the Lightning god(Raiden) from Big Trouble in Little China, and Ninjas, gotta have Ninjas. Goro was menacing as hell. The MK arcade had some of the best speakers similar to Killer Instinct as you could hear the loud crisp and bassy sound that was distinctly different than other arcades. MK 2 improved greatly on the controls and fighting mechanics
Does anyone actually still watch American Idol?
I would never Finish Her.
She's pretty, but just once it would be nice if a celebrity could actually answer the game-related questions that are asked to them. She clearly isn't "hooked" on Mortal Kombat if she didn't know any of the games were in 3D, and can't name any of the characters. >_>
"Played it a few times"..... Wow, talk about hooked.
I'll finish her 3 times over P_P.