Neal Hallstrom
Co-host and editor of MK Podquest and Crew Expendable, Sega enthusiast, proud Zune owner
Appears in 144 Episodes
Mortal Kombat: Federation of Martial Arts
This week on the podcast we discuss the rather obscure webseries/stock trading game Mortal Kombat: Federation of Martial Arts, the final chapter in the Threshold Enter...
DotR 13: Overthrown
It's MK Podquest's ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY and we are celebrating by finally being finished with Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm! Honestly episode 13, Overthrown, w...
DotR 12: Abandoned
It's the penultimate episode of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and, much like Jax in this episode, we are worn down from the constant struggle. Ermac is in this...
DotR 11: Amends
This week we're going to the subway tunnels under the theater to hang out with Damion Damaske and talk about Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm episode 11, the one ...
DotR 10: Swords of Ilkan
We are a MORTAL KOMBAT podcast again, and we're talking Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm episode 10 - Swords of Ilkan, AKA the one that Neal insists has Kreeyans ...
Warrior King Part 4: Wing Commander Academy 8: Recreation
We've reached the end of ORB MONTH and the Warrior King's journey this week with Wing Commander Academy Episode 8: Recreation, easily the best episode of the crossover...
Warrior King Part Three: Mortal Kombat DotR 9: Resurrection
THE ORB has found it's way into SHANG TSUNG'S HANDS! Orb month kontinues as we discuss part 3 of the Warrior King Crossover, Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm Epis...
Warrior King Part Two: Savage Dragon S2E8: Endgame
ORB MONTH continues in Savage Dragon Season 2 Episode 8: Endgame, part 2 of the absolutely legendary and not at all pointless Warrior King crossover event! The Warrio...
Warrior King Part One: Street Fighter S2E9: The Warrior King
Thanks to Neal's insistence that we watch and discuss EVERYTHING (and not at all as a tactic to avoid talking about Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm for a couple ...
DotR 8: The Secret of Quan-Chi
This week on the podcast we're joined by the one and only Brandon to talk episode 8 of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm where Quan Chi makes his debut in the worl...
MK Pausequest
Look, we needed a break from watching Defenders of the Realm, so we took this week to discuss the recently released deleted scenes from Mortal Kombat (2021), talk abou...
DotR 7: Fall From Grace
Episode 7 of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Fall from Grace, is the 'Pepsi Blue' of Mortal Kombat cartoons: bad. Everyone sucks, Sonya deserves better, Rayden ...
DotR 6: Familiar Red
In Episode 6 of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Kano is back and he's using his Xbox to gaslight Sonya and the Boys into being real assholes to Nightwolf and hi...
DotR 5: Old Friends Never Die
This week on the podcast we welcome writer and director Damion Damaske into the Kombat Kave to discuss Episode 5 of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Old Friends ...
DotR 4: Skin Deep
Episode 4 of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Skin Deep, has Rain and Motaro in it, and is pretty good! Although for some reason we talk a lot about Cheez-Its, ...
DotR 3: Acid Tongue
If you love ARMS, then this episode of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm is for you! In episode 3, Acid Tongue, Jax is feeling bad about losing the chips to his me...
DotR 2: Sting of the Scorpion
Mortal Kombat Kontinues in Episode 2 of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Sting of the Scorpion! There's more jets, lots of skeletons and mummies, a DINOSAUR, a...
DotR 1: Kombat Begins Again
A New (Old) Era of Mortal Kombat Television begins again as we tackle Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm Episode 1. We get not one, but TWO Earthrealm invasions, mu...
Mythologies: MK Annihilation Novel and DotR Primer
Round 3 of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is here! Now, we know what you're thinking: "Where's Round 2?" Sadly, Round 2 was condemned to the Netherrealm when Neal's audio...
Mortal Kombat Annihilation (Round 1?)
This Podcast was created in six days, so too shall it be DESTROYED. And on the seventh day, podcasting will rest... in peace! We feel thoroughly ANNIHILATED by this fi...
MK Podquest Vs. Mortal Podkast Round 1
This week we're taking a trip back to Zhu Zin with our friend, Emmy Nominee Ben Mekler, host of Mortal Podkast, to challenge everything he thought he knew about Mortal...
Mythologies: The MK95 Official Movie Novelization
In round 3(!) of our discussion of Mortal Kombat (1995), we dive into the official novelization written by Martin Delrio IF THAT IS THEIR REAL NAME (it's not) and lear...
Mortal Kombat 2021
Today we're giving our initial thoughts on the BRAND NEW Mortal Kombat movie. Be warned, there are definite spoilers in this episode. We've got another episode coming...
Mortal Kombat (1995) Round 2
In round 2 of our discussion of Mortal Kombat (1995), we get to talk about all the sweet ninja fights and Johnny Cage pulls a sick prank on Goro. Also Earthrealm is sa...
Mortal Kombat (1995) Round 1
We've arrived at the next stop on our journey: Mortal Kombat (1995). A film Neal once described as "perfect" and Corey once described as "a movie I've seen once or twi...
MK: The Journey Begins Animated Feature
Hoooo boy we stumbled onto a CGI boat and are in uncharted waters, sailing towards the next chapter in the timeline - Mortal Kombat: They Journey Begins. We get to see...
Conquest Wrap-up Extravaganza
It's time to say goodbye to Mortal Kombat: Conquest, and look towards the future. But damn it, we're sending the show off right by playing some messages sent in by lis...
Conquest 22: Vengeance
We've arrived at the final episode of Mortal Kombat: Conquest and holy moly, there's a lot to say. Spoiler alert: It's a real bummer of an episode because everybody f*...
Conquest 21: Stolen Lies
In the penultimate episode of Mortal Kombat: Conquest, the Kombat Krew gets pranked by a Shao Kahn death kult, and Rayden absolutely gets laid. Follow MK Podquest ...
Mythologies 4: Reptile, Rain, Reiko, Mileena
On MK Podquest: Mythologies, we will be taking a deeper look into how Mortal Kombat: Conquest compares to the lore and history of the Mortal Kombat video games. In th...