Ed Boon, the game designer, responded to the mention of the second part of the fighting game in the HBO series The Last of Us with great interest and was extremely pleased to see his game on the program.
Ellie and Riley discover a Mortal Kombat 2 arcade game in one of the series' first episodes, only it was about a non-existent fighting game. The creators of the series were granted trademark rights.
Neil Druckmann responded to the email, thanking Boone for the fun game, which he professed he skipped school in his youth.
