BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Think of Buddhist monks and you probably imagine practitioners sitting stark still trying to quiet their minds. Who knew that the violent martial art kung fu has it’s own ...

Midway Games' Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is one those games that, four years ago, would have sucked. In fact, Mortal Kombat Trilogy did suck, but Shaolin Monks, despite a few rough edges, not only ...

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A remake of the 1982 classic "Shaolin Temple" plays up drama over kung fu, and stars Andy Lau and Jackie Chan. By The Associated Press HONG KONG — It’s the kung fu classic that launched the career of ...

Shi Yan Feng closes his eyes and breathes deeply with ancient form. His palms rise face up on the inhale, then fall slowly, face down, on opposite sides of his torso then stretch straight upwards, ...

Prior to moving to San Diego, Dr. Craig D. Reid was a freelance entertainment writer in Los Angeles for Reuters. He is currently completing The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s for ...

Like many kids growing up the early ’90s, Master Shi Yanqing watched Jet Li movies and dreamed of being a hero. Unlike most of those kids, Yanqing lived only 170 miles from the 1,519-year-old Shaolin ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. LAS VEGAS--Today at Midway's winter 2005 press event, the company showed off a substantive noninteractive demo of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Today, Midway announced some major changes to the Mortal Kombat franchise. The first was the unveiling of the next game in the series, Mortal Kombat: ...

Once upon a time there was a game called Mortal Kombat, and it was good. Really good. Unfortunately, time and luck weren't nice to the game, and soon it became to show its age, but recently, the good ...

Inspired in part by the action-RPG-styled “Konquest” segments of 2004’s Deception, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is a full-fledged fighting adventure that leads players in a violent, epic struggle ...