'Mortal Kombat 11' is the best-selling game of 2019, thanks in part to the game's brutal sound design.
has been synonymous with video game gore, earning legions of fans with over-the-top violence, edgy character designs, and an attitude that never seems to take itself too seriously.
The violence of the original"Mortal Kombat" famously caught Congress' attention in the '90s, but it didn't stop the series from exploding in popularity — spawning feature films and more than a dozen sequels and spin-offs. Despite its reputation for gratuitous violence — or maybe because of it — the franchise has become an iconic part of pop culture.gruesome in recent years thanks to some major upgrades in technology.
Vice News visited the Chicago-based NetherRealm studio to learn about how the game's sound designers give each brutal attack the proper effect. Senior Sound Designer Stephen Schappler showed Vice reporter Dexter Thomas how the studio uses every day objects like peppers, bananas and nutcrackers to simulate the sounds of bones cracking and blood spilling.
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