Nerdiest Thing I Own: Landon

The nerdiest thing I own is, hands down, without a doubt, my Mortal Kombat 1st Edition "Blood and Thunder" issue #1. I bought it when I was about 8 years old at a garage sale for 50 cents and remember thinking, "Oh my God, this is going to be worth thousands one day." Turns out, it's worth about $3 - $6 any time I've looked, but I could never flip it. I love Mortal Kombat, and have since I got a Super Nintendo for my 6th birthday. First game I rented? Mortal Kombat 3. I think it was Scorpion, Sub Zero, Reptile, Rain, etc. that got me hooked. Their outfits were so cool. They were ninjas that could punch you in half somehow, or take off their mask and reveal that they are actually a fire-breathing skeleton (presumably from Hell,) what's not to like? It could be worth the "thousands" I predicted as a child and I still wouldn't sell it. Maybe it's the dialogue, like Johnny Cage's "Lights, camera, TRACTION!" when he kicks Kano in the face, or maybe it's the fact that it reminds me of the 3 round matches against my dad, where I always played Reptile (I thought the limp-wrist stance was gnar,) but I'm fairly certain this comic book will always be the nerdiest thing I own.

This is brilliant! I am impressed in Landon's taste, although I was a Liu Kang fan. 


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2011 Games

Lately this year I have been getting back into the 1 v 1 games that I played as a child, such as Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. My cousin James had got me into both games when SNES was the thing. I was on IGN just looking at reviews and new trailers and I came across a couple. This first one is Mortal Kombat, I was never that good at MK but the characters and story always intrigued me much more than Street Fighter. I also used to get scared in MK 4 when your character died, he/she would fall in the pit of spikes. But in this new Mortal Kombat you are able to fight 2 v 2 in a tag team sort of setting. This makes me reminsce of Tekken Tag Team. I am excited for a good plot and violent gameplay.

The other game that has me excited is Marvel vs Capcom 3. Everytime this game comes out there is a change of characters, I just hope that my favorites are in it. My main concern with this game is whether the games playing style will be like previous Capcom games or Street Fighter in terms of doing super special attacks.

Both have me equally excited, this will result in late nights with the hello saskatoon family.

R. Mack