The reason for his unpopularity was Kurtis Stryker was just too much of an everyman. In a game where there were ninjas, robots and monks who shoot fireballs, the cop with a gun just seemed too ...

Hot dog! Part 1 of “Mortal Kombat: Legacy,” the live action digital series, is now up on Machinima’s YouTube site. For those of you who missed it the first time around, it’s Kevin… ...

Jax was called Kurtis Stryker and was meant to appear in the original game but was swapped out for Sonya. The name, Kurtis Stryker, was repurposed for a police officer in MK3.

Mortal Kombat also has a history with gun-wielding characters, such Kurtis Stryker, who was first introduced in Mortal Kombat 3.