Don Nero, writing in Esquire, has a great story on Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat. In the 90s, there weren’t many arcades of my high school days still around. However, I spent far too much time and money playing Mortal Kombat at the truck stop with my friend Grant. Grant was significantly better than me.

I had no idea Boon graduated from the University of Illinois.