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Author | Director/Writer @FPSDoc | | "Foremost chronicler of FPS history" - John @Romero | he/him | #BLM #TransLivesMatter

Ohio, USA

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David L. Craddock

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20 days

Introducing @storybundle ’s “Chronicles of Craddock” #gamedev bundle! In celebration of my 20th anniversary as a writer, get 37 of my books📚 for a limited time, including: 🐉Long Live #MortalKombat 👹Stay Awhile and Listen 1+2 🚀Rocket Jump 📖Novels +more!

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David L. Craddock

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2 years

You can only play one fighter from Ultimate #MortalKombat 3 🐉🩸🕹️ for the rest of your life. Who's your pick? Mine: Ermac

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Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖 will feature exclusive art created by fans, such as this gorgeous painting by @FlavioLuccisano ! From left to right: Ho Sung Pak's Liu Kang from MK1 (left) and MK2 (center); Robin Shou as Liu Kang in MK '95.

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Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖 has been one of the most rewarding yet emotionally, mentally, and physically taxing books I've written. I hope you all enjoy it when it releases this fall.

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130,000 words. 250 pages. 24 chapters. One incredible era. Rocket Jump: #Quake and the Golden Era of First-Person Shooters, only @shacknews . #gamedev #QuakeChampions #DOOM #videogames

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Before #MK1 drops this September, discover the origins of the world’s bestselling fighting game franchise in Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖! Based on 100+ hours of interviews and w/ a foreword by MK co-creator @therealsaibot .

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Long Live Mortal Kombat: Round 1: The Fatalities and Fandom of the Arcade Era

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Happy 28th birthday, @DOOM ! To celebrate, here’s my annual #thread of #Doom (and Doom-adjacent) long reads I’ve written @shacknews . (As always, thank you @technosucks for the opportunity to tell these stories.) #longreads @Longreads #longread #gamedev #gamedevelopment

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Today I interviewed James Rolfe ( @cinemassacre ) for @FPSDoc . I've been a fan since his earliest videos on NES games. What a down-to-earth, humble, hardworking guy. Thanks for taking part in our film, James!

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You can only play as one character in 🐉 #MortalKombat 2🐉 for the rest of your life. Who's your pick? My choice: Kitana.

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As an author, screenwriter, and narrative designer, I rarely find myself at a loss for words. It’s impossible to overstate the impact Doom has had on every facet of my life. In this 🧵 I’ll do my best to articulate that, and share some of my favorite Doom content I’ve written. 1/

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We’re 5 days away from John @Romero and John Carmack ( @ID_AA_Carmack ) talking all things #DOOM 👹 for its 30th anniversary. Join me THIS SUNDAY, Dec. 10, at 8pm GMT, as I moderate discussion between two industry legends around one of the world’s most influential games.

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The #MortalKombat 🐉🩸episode of @NPR ’s “Consider This” is up! I’m honored to join @LOSTyGIRL and @noobde in this konversation about MK’s history, @MortalKombat 1, and the franchise’s legacy.

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#MortalKombat turns 30 this year! I've got lots planned to celebrate, including the release of not one but TWO books about the franchise, podcasts with some of my favorite "kommunity" members, and much more.

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Greatest #MortalKombat 🐉🩸, or best Mortal Kombat?

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MK trivia: @tabmok99 and @mugsmunny asked recently how MK Trilogy originated. Ed Boon and John Tobias proposed it. They wanted an MK product on PS1 and the upcoming N64 other than UMK3. Williams Entertainment made MKT with input from Boon and Tobias. Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖

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Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉🩸! Great seeing @noobde at @romero ’s DOOM GUY panel at #SDCC .

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Happy 27th birthday to @DOOM , one of my favorite games and one of the most important games in the industry! In celebration, here's a BFT (big... freakin' thread) full of gratitude and Doom-related reads I've written. #thankyouDOOM (1/

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Hats off to Anthony Marquez as Kung Lao in MK2 and MK3. #MortalKombat 🐉🕹

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Prefer to read by listening? Hey, I hear ya. (Get it, ha.) Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖 is available on audiobook platforms as well as in hardcover, paperback, and digital editions. Featuring a foreword by @therealsaibot and endorsed by @noobde !

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#MortalKombat 🐉👊 II's soundtrack has wall-to-wall bangers. What's your favorite stage theme?

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In #Doom and Doom 2, every weapon serves a purpose. Learn more about how @romero and @idSoftware structured the game's hierarchy of weapons in Stairway to Badass, my book included in this month's #gamedev @storybundle :

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@noobde A sequel, with an HD remaster bundled in as a pre-order bonus.

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Were Scorpion, Kitana, and others from UMK3 and Trilogy missing from MK3? Yes... and no. During interviews for Long Live #MortalKombat 📖🐉 I asked @therealsaibot if he and @noobde considered MK3, UMK3, and MK Trilogy chapters in a story, or updated versions of the same story. 2/

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“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” -Shao Kahn in the mirror every morning. #MortalKombat 🐉🩸

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I’m thrilled to announce that @Bitmap_Books will publish 👊🏻FIGHT!👊🏻, my book on the history of fighting games!🤩 🕹️Deep dive into the genre and #FGC 🎮Based on interviews with game devs + pro players 📖Full-color screenshots, photos, + concept art 📅Coming in 2025

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I'm thrilled to announce LONG LIVE MORTAL KOMBAT, my trilogy of books that explores the making of the #MortalKombat series & its impact on pop culture. Book 1 releases in 2022! More info here - #gamedev #MK #gaming #amwriting #RETROGAMING #retrogames

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Book Announcement: "Long Live Mortal Kombat: Round 1 - The Fatalities and Fandom of the Arcade Era"

Welcome to Episodic Content, my newsletter in which I share news about my writing and publish features and interviews about video games and other topics.

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Talking to @GmanLives for @FPSDOC was super exciting. One of my favorite content creators and a great guy. Check out his @SelacoGame preview and watch an exclusive #FPS clip at the end!

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Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖 is here! Get it in digital💻, paperback📘, and hardcover📚 formats on Amazon, or get autographed ✍️🏻 copies from the publisher. Look for it in bookstores over the next few weeks (audiobook slated for 20 Dec.).

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I’m at the IX Center in Cleveland for the Cleveland Gaming Classic ( @GameOnCleveland )! Stop by, say hello, and check out (some of) my books, including Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖 My booth ( #1630 ) is on the top floor, at the red circle ⭕️ on the map.

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In a full chapter from Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖, I sort through years of exaggerations and false claims made by #MK ’s most prolific OG cast member. Read it @arstechnica .

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#MortalKombat 🐉👊 3's story screens are still gorgeous. Some of my favorite art from the series.

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📣BOOK PROMOTION!📣 @TantorAudio , the publisher of Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖 on audiobook, is running a 50% off sale @audiobooks_com ! Follow this link to get the #audiobook at half price FOR A LIMITED TIME.⏰

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Hmm, that’s one Doom-ed space marine.

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Thanks to @Romero and @ID_AA_Carmack for letting me be a fly on the wall. A fly able to ask questions! Look for a VOD on Romero’s YouTube and Twitch soon, and make sure to follow @BossFightBooks and me for BUT DOES IT RUN DOOM? book news. LONG LIVE #DOOM !

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Met up with the legendary @KerriAnnGallery at the @GameOnCleveland show! She was kind enough to sign copies of Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖with me. Signed books are available in limited quantities at booth #1630 today and online afterwards:

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Got some incredibly exciting news about Long Live #MortalKombat this morning. I should be able to share it later this week.

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Excited to share I've joined the great team @romerogamesltd as a writer! I've played @romero 's games since I was 11, when a little old lady (no joke) introduced me to Wolfenstein 3D. I've written countless words about id since then, so to call this surreal is an understatement.🎮

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30 years 11 games (and counting) 2 co-creators 1 definitive behind-the-scenes book I'm so excited to reveal the next exclusive painting by @FlavioLuccisano featured in Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖! Coming THIS FALL in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.

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📣ANNOUNCEMENT!🎉 Long Live #MortalKombat 's🐲📖 @Kickstarter page is up now! Follow the link to be notified as soon as the campaign goes live this Tuesday, March 29. Like and RT to spread the word! #MortalKombat #gamedev #Kickstarter #amwriting

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Had a blast talking about my #MortalKombat book w/ @tabmok99 for over 2 hours today. He read it, enjoyed it, & offered a ton of additional insight. He’s as wise as an ancient, soul-stealing sorcerer! This book will be something special. I look forward to sharing it with you.

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Here's more EXCLUSIVE artwork from Long Live #MortalKombat , coming this fall (pre-order link below)! Kitana is my favorite character in MK lore, and the supremely talented @Huddlestonart did our princess's MK4/MK Gold incarnation justice. Thanks, Nick!

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So excited to hang out with these guys. Join us on #DOOM ’s 30th!

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In addition to SIGIL II (), I've got some other great news to celebrate DOOM's 30th Anniversary. Join me and John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack to discuss DOOM live, moderated by David L. Craddock @davidlcraddock . Dec 10 8pm GMT on . Thanks

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Happy 30th anniversary to Mortal Monday! Three decades ago, #MortalKombat invaded retail stores in the culmination of the industry's biggest marketing campaign to date. Learn more in an excerpt from ARCADE PERFET, my 2019 book on home ports:

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I had a blast talking w/ @romero @ThatTomHall and @ID_AA_Carmack to celebrate id Software’s 33rd anniversary! If you hung out with us, we hope you had fun, too. And if you missed it, a VOD should be up on Romero’s YouTube channel soon.

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Just wrote THE END on the last chapter of @FPSDOC . Our excellent team still has lots of work to do in postproduction, but by next week, we'll be able to watch (almost) all of the film from beginning to end. We love this story. This summer, you'll love it, too. #FPS #fpsgame

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@RavenArcher774 @IGN 1) Dialogue in Souls games has always been pretty solid. Ditto to voiceovers. Not sure why there's reason to be concerned this time. 2) GRRM designed the world; his contribution is nontrivial, and why would't you trumpet his name to the world if he collabed on your project?

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ICYMI: MK co-creator John Tobias and James "The Angry Video Game Nerd" Rolfe have written forewords for Long Live #MortalKombat ! The book drops on 10.08. Here's a look at the final cover for the standard ed. paperback/hardcover. Pre-order link:

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Some days my job is easy. #amwriting @FPSDOC @romero @ID_AA_Carmack @ThatTomHall @SandyofCthulhu

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@crecenteb March, April, May.

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#MortalKombat 's developers lost their heads over this interview! From the May 1993 issue of Electronic Gaming Montly (EGM). @noobde @therealsaibot @dforden @K0MB4T

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@DocBrownLloyd 1) The Great Scotts. 2) Fourth-Dimensional Thinkers. 3) The De-Lore-Ians. 4) Hill Valley Slackers. 5) The Under-the-Sea Advance.

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Rare screen from an early version of @Diablo 3 in development at Blizzard North circa 2001-03, courtesy of artist Dave Glenn. Learn about Diablo 3 "version 1.0" and other cancelled Blizz games in #StayawhileandListen2 , funding on @Kickstarter . #gamedev

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200,000 words. 480 pages. 40 hours of developer interviews. 7 incredible #RPGs . The latest @Shacknews #longread chronicles the making of Pillars of Eternity 1&2 and the Infinity Engine #RPGs . #gamedev #deadfire #gamedevelopment #DnD

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An arcade flyer for Ultimate #MortalKombat 🐉🩸 3.

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Production on @FPSDoc begins NOW! I'll be speaking to Tim Willits and Sandy Petersen about #Doom , #Quake , and other #FPS games--and I'll be asking questions submitted by our Kickstarter backers in addition to my own. #gaming #Documentary

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Thought experiment. Mortal Kombat X Street Fighter is announced. The catch: It operates under MK vs. DC rules—20 characters, 10 per side. Characters from all eras and games are eligible. Who you got?

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Hey, #MortalKombat kommunity! What questions do you have for the folks at Diamond Select Toys? @tabmok99 @MK_habit_addict @JustMKollum @mikejones_mad @Evil_Emperor_X @PNDKetchup @PNDMustard & anyone else who wants to chime in!

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Other than Mario vs. Sonic (Nintendo vs. Sega), was ther any bigger video game rivalry in the '90s? Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖

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The 30th anniversary of #MortalKombat 🐉🩸 is less than 2 months away. Fans have been daydreaming about the Ultimate game to celebrate. I have mine. It's a pie-in-the-sky fantasy, but hear me out: The TMNT Cowabunga Collection, but for MK's arcade era. 1/

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Coming up in Kool Stuff, my companion book to Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖 —the making of @EyeballisticGMS ’s MKHD! Here’s a preview video to whet your appetite.

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Today marks the 23rd anniversary of #Diablo 2, one of my favorite games, and one of the most influential, ever made. To celebrate, here's a 🧵thread🧵of excerpts from STAY AWHILE AND LISTEN II, my book about Diablo 2's tough but rewarding development 1/

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The pinnacle of fighting game rivalries--then, now, and forever.

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Signed my third publishing contract of 2023 yesterday.📚 Nearly two decades of work—of planting seeds—coming to fruition. The best part? I’m just getting started. #amwriting 📖🎥🎮

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Happy book birthday! SHOVEL KNIGHT, my book from @BossFightBooks , is available in paperback and digital editions! I'm so proud of how it turned out, and grateful to @YachtClubGames for setting aside time for interviews in 2016-17. For Shovelry! #gamedev

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In 2014, Yacht Club Games released its very first game, Shovel Knight, a joyful 2D platformer that wears its NES influences on its sleeve. This unlikely pastiche of 8-bit inspirations manages to...

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Rocket Jump, my book about #Quake and #FPS games from the '90s, is on Unbound! Pledge to the crowdfunding campaign to pre-order HARDCOVER and DIGITAL editions, autographed copies of my other gaming history books, and more. #videogames #gamedev

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I’m thrilled to announce I’ve accepted the role of director on @FPSDoc ! We’ve got a great team & I’m honored to be part of it. Production kicks off this week with 4 star-studded interviews. Follow me & our #FPS Twitter for behind-the-scenes pics throughout the process!

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I’m thrilled to finally share this! I’ve partnered with @romerogamesltd to write a digital book on the making of John @Romero ’s #SIGIL II.👹💥🔫 Look for it in the retail box alongside these beautiful (in a hellish sort of way) collectibles. Pre-orders open TODAY!

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The best things come in fours. Here are four screenshots of #MortalKombat 🐉🩸 4's character select screen. The first two are from pre-1.0 versions. The third is the final select screen in the arcade and home versions. The fourth is from #MK Gold on Dreamcast.

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My newest book, Stairway to Badass, recounts the making of #Doom 2016, & explores the classic games and modding. Today's excerpt features Sgt. Mark IV, creator of #BrutalDoom , discussing shotgun balance. You can get the book here: @storybundle

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@idSoftware 's @DOOM is @shacknews ' 2016 #GameoftheYear ! Some of the editors and I gushed about why it's so great:

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2 years

The Kickstarter for Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖 is LIVE!

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Long Live Mortal Kombat - The Definitive History of MK

This first book in the Long Live MK trilogy of books celebrates the series' coin-op era, the fandom, and impact on pop culture.

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3 years

The #MortalKombat book is finished. Approx. 205k words with 3 chapters added since the first draft. It goes to the publisher and early readers this week. I’m thrilled with how it turned out. Next summer, you’ll get to read it. #MortalKombat12 #gamedev #amwriting #retrogames

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2 years

The cover of GamePro's January '96 issue depicts a bloody battle between Scorpion and Kitana, two fan favorites who returned in Ultimate #MortalKombat 🐉🩸3.

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2 years

📚Book news!🥳 I'm thrilled and humbled to share that James Rolfe ( @cinemassacre ) and MK co-creator John Tobias ( @therealsaibot ) wrote forewords Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖. The definitive history of MK drops on 10.08. More info here:

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David L. Craddock

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3 years

Production for @FPSDoc continues in Seattle this week! We're interviews these developers and more about a range of #FPS games from @Halo and Half-Life to Portal, Team Fortress, @Left4Dead2PC , and beyond. #gaming #gamedev #documentary #documentaries #Halo #Marathon #NotASprint

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2 years

The champ's chomp. #MortalKombat 🐉🕹

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2 years

What exactly did porting #MortalKombat 🐉🩸 from arcades🕹️ to the Super NES and Sega Genesis🎮 entail? Read all about it in my latest @Medium post.

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1 year

John @romero ’s DOOM GUY panel was a hit! One hour of great conversation in front of a packed room, followed by a 4-hour dinner full of stories about #gamedev and the industry. Amazing day. Thanks so much to @ABRAMSbooks and @romerogamesltd for the opportunity. #SDCC

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7 years

The pre-order page for SHOVEL KNIGHT, my book by @BossFightBooks about the game of the same name, is up on Amazon! #ShovelKnight #ForShovelry

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Shovel Knight (Boss Fight Books)

In 2014, Yacht Club Games released its very first game, Shovel Knight, a joyful 2D platformer that wears its NES influences on its sleeve. This unlikely pastiche of 8-bit inspirations manages to...

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6 years

Stairway to Badass, available in the new #gamedev @storybundle , digs into the making of #Doom 2016 and Doom 1-2. In this excerpt, @romero discusses how E1M2's humble beginnings influenced Doom 1's creative direction. Get Stairway to Badass here:

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@davidlcraddock

2 years

Final cover artwork for Kool Stuff, the book of bonus interviews too big for Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖. Available 2023 in ebook and paperback formats. Read FOR FREE in my newsletter:

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2 years

ICYMI: Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖is out today! 🩸Book 1 in a series 🥷 Foreword by co-creator @therealsaibot ⌨️ 200,000+ words about the franchise’s arcade era 🎤Based on interviews with over 60 developers, pro players, and fans

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7 months

John @Romero ’s SIGIL II👹 is out now, and so is HELL BENEATH🔥, my book about the making of the game! It’s a digital ✨exclusive✨and can be found on the shotgun shell USB drive. The cover features SIGIL II’s artwork designed by the incredible @lovellart .

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David L. Craddock

@davidlcraddock

9 months

Happy 31st birthday to #MortalKombat 🐉🩸and happy 1st birthday 🥳 to Long Live Mortal Kombat🐉📖 my book that dives deeper into MK history than any source before or since! The last year has been a blur. Here’s a 🧵of preview chapters and more to celebrate. 1/

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2 years

A new Kickstarter Update is up for Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖 backers.

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2 years

📣Calling all #MortalKombat fans! Long Live Mortal Kombat🐉📖 is less than $1500 from its funding goal. GET OVER HERE🦂 and support the definitive account of MK’s history!

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@davidlcraddock

2 years

Shoutout to @GGA_Ghostlord for the work he and the staff @GGhostArcade are doing to preserve a foundational era of gaming history. My wife and I stopped by to take pics for Ultimate Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖, the book’s collector’s edition. More info soon!

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5 months

@MK_habit_addict They’re beautiful skins, but they can stay in the past. I’m not 15 anymore. Male characters tend to be hyper-sexualized too, but rarely in a way that emphasized their looks over characterization. Glad the women are on more equal footing.

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3 years

📚🎮BOOK NEWS thread!🎮📚 This morning I signed a contract w/ @CRCPress / @tandfonline to write a book about the making of the #MortalKombat franchise. For this writer, whose obsession led his friends AND teachers to call him "Mortal," this is a dream project. Koming in 2022. 1/2

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5 months

Interviews for Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉🩸 Round 2 will overlap with FIGHT!, my upcoming book on fighting games with @bitmap_books . Lots of info for fans of all fighters!

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2 years

It's surreal to see the #MortalKombat 🐉🩸 kommunity enjoying LONG LIVE MORTAL KOMBAT. If you were a developer on a MK past or present, a journo, a QA tester, an actor, a fan, or even @noobde or @therealsaibot themselves--I wrote this book for you, too. #ThankYou

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Work on @FPSDOC began 2 years ago. Today, right this second, some of our backers are reviewing the first cut. It's been a wild ride, and it'll only get wilder from here. As a teaser, here's a still from the animated wall of big-box artwork we use to divide segments.

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@davidlcraddock

2 years

The latest issue of @OsgMagazine is devoted to the 30th anniversary of #MortalKombat 🐉🩸, and features an excerpt from Long Live MK! Check it out here:

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@davidlcraddock

2 years

FLAWLESS VICTORY Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖

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10 months

I was interviewed by NPR about #MortalKombat ! We talked about the series' history; my book, Long Live Mortal Kombat🐉📖; and the new game. The podcast and radio show will air this Saturday. I'll post the link once it's up.

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2 years

A new guide enters the kollection! Between this and #AEW ,it’s been a good night. Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖

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2 years

Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉🩸📚 hits Kickstarter TOMORROW! Like and retweet to let MK fans know where to find the definitive history of the franchise.

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Long Live Mortal Kombat - The Definitive History of MK

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Kool Stuff, a book of ⭐BONUS⭐ interviews from Long Live #MortalKombat 🐉📖, is up for pre-order! Here’s a 🧵 with details. 1/3 📆The Kindle version drops on 10/13. Pre-order 🔗

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2 years

Long Live Mortal Kombat🐉📚 Kickstarter Kountdown: 8 days! I'll be offering sneak peeks of the book's content until the Kickstarter goes live. For today, here's a thread🧵on #MortalKombat Nitro, an ehanced port for Super NES. 1/

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