Uploaded April 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jamin shares his thoughts on the recent announcement that players will be able to pay for fatalities in the new Mortal Kombat X. The game is now selling "easy fatalities" as a microtransaction, where you can pay 1$ for 5 fatalities, and 5$ for 30. What's the deal??

LINKS:
forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/04/15/mortal-kombat-xs-pay-for-fatalities-is-a-bizarre-new-form-of-microtransaction

99percentinvisible.org/episode/of-mice-and-men

youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart

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