Why does Mortal Kombat never really bother moral guardians anymore?

[YUPPIE]

It's pretty weird how culturally accepted Mortal Kombat is now to the point of making cameos (with the fatality no less) into a Disney movie. No one is really bothered by the violence long since its inception even though it only becomes more and more gross.

Just wondering why

[barackopala]

There are people crying about it tho, i do recall the last one with some game journos crying about female characters getting hit in the groin and how it would create violence towards woman. Basically the good old "think of the children" but now coming not from a religious standpoint but from a game journalist clique that likes that clickbaity content.

[Justpassing]

It's like being against fur. Nobody has the energy anymore.

[Dhrizzle]

There are people crying about it tho, i do recall the last one with some game journos crying about female characters getting hit in the groin and how it would create violence towards woman. Basically the good old "think of the children" but now coming not from a religious standpoint but from a game journalist clique that likes that clickbaity content.

Got a link to that one?

[lawow74]

Cultural inertia. Makes me think of The Simpsons. At one time they decried it as a sign of rotting moral values and standards. Parents used to keep kids from watching it. Now they watch it with them (cos a lot of them grew up on it and still watch).

[Devonitar]

Because then GTA happened.

[Asotcha]

It's pretty weird how culturally accepted Mortal Kombat is now to the point of making cameos (with the fatality no less) into a Disney movie. No one is really bothered by the violence long since its inception even though it only becomes more and more gross.

Just wondering why

My money is on that the current generation is increasingly comprised of people who played it when they were younger on the Genesis and Snes, and simply don't see it that way. Its not necessarily that the first people who were outraged ever got over it in great numbers, though there were plenty who were using it as a political prop.

[Strangebrew]

Because feminists and progressives took over the role of the old conservative religious, just swap violence with sexuality.

Same arguments, same bullshit, both want to censor media, remove content and ban the content they deem morally wrong.

[Nnyco]

because the shit you complain about nowadays are genders and sexualities, video games are so 5 years ago

[Pickynerd]

MK isn't as popular as it once was, if there was another MK hit that took off like Fortnite it would be a huge, there would be so many tears people on the Denali would be swimming.

[Carnedge]

I think people are just becoming more rational when it comes to things like that.

No normal functioning human is going to play mortal kombat and get an overwhelming urge to punch a female in the privates.

Normal functioning being the keywords. You can’t restructure your entire existence around the few non-functional humans. We will slowly weed those out.

[Pickynerd]

I think people are just becoming more rational when it comes to things like that.

No normal functioning human is going to play mortal kombat and get an overwhelming urge to punch a female in the privates.

Normal functioning being the keywords. You can’t restructure your entire existence around the few non-functional humans. We will slowly weed those out.

Only non normal functional humans have these fears, so it's never ending.

[Onikaroshi]

Wait, what movie has a cameo from MK in it? lol

[Dhrizzle]

Wait, what movie has a cameo from MK in it? lol

I'm gonna guess it's Ready Player One.

[Onikaroshi]

I'm gonna guess it's Ready Player One.

He specifically said disney, Ready Player One is WB. I'm genuinely curious.

[Dhrizzle]

He specifically said disney, Ready Player One is WB. I'm genuinely curious.

Kano in Wreck It Ralph.

[Onikaroshi]

Kano in Wreck It Ralph.

Thanks, that's actually quite hilarious.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Most of the detractors stopped talking once the industry began applying labels to their games, with the idea being that since parents control the money, they can control what games their kids play. There's absolutely no reason why a parent can't flip a box over and read the ESRB rating on the back, or quickly google it online for two minutes.