We demand this one specific ‘The Last of Us’ video game crossover

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The Last of Us has set the highest possible bar for video game adaptations. The hit HBO show sees creator Neil Druckmann teaming up with Chernobyl‘s Craig Mazin to retell the story that’s faithful to the themes while taking some big detours. Slightly miraculously, even the most ardent fans agree that all the changes they’ve made are for the best.

One of the neatest differences is that the show is able to use way more real-life references than fictional ones. For example, in the game, Ellie is mesmerized by the fictional fighting game The Turning. In the Left Behind DLC, she and Riley find a broken cabinet, and Ellie has to imagine the action onscreen. In the series, HBO was able to secure the rights to Midway’s 1993 arcade smash Mortal Kombat II, and we watched them giggle in delight at the bloody fighting action.

Getting Mortal Kombat II looking this good was harder than you might assume, but after seeing a poster for the game in Ellie’s room – as well as a previous episode showing her wistfully looking at a damaged cabinet her joy at actually playing it and executing Mileena’s ‘maneater’ Fatality – the rush was palpable.

We now know that Ellie is a huge Mortal Kombat fan… so we demand that she appears as a bonus character in the newly confirmed Mortal Kombat 12.

You might wonder how the relatively down-to-earth Ellie would fit into a roster composed of undead ninjas, thunder gods, monstrous beasts, and sci-fi special forces soldiers. Well, Mortal Kombat isn’t shy about bringing characters across from other franchises. The franchise has featured John Rambo, RoboCop, Leatherface, Kratos, the Terminator, and the Xenomorph, so tossing Bella Ramsey’s Ellie into the mix isn’t really too out there.

Even better, the rights