Anecdotes

Ed Boon currently holds the Guiness World Record for longest running voice actor in video games, having been the voice of Scorpion since the series began in 1992.

Boon has stated that he would like to see a Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter video game.

Has stated in the past that his all-time favorite fighting game series is Tekken, and that he likes playing it in his spare time.

He named the character Tanya after his own sister, Tania. As well as naming the character Sonya Blade after his other sister, Sonya.

Boon is a longtime fan of singer/songwriter Prince; this has long been attributed to the selection of ninja Rain's purple palette swap since the character's debut appearance in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995).

Graduated from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign in 1986 with a degree in math/computer science

He is the game designer and creator of the popular fighting video games of the Mortal Kombat franchise.

Does the voice of Scorpion in the Mortal Kombat games.

One of the characters in Boon's Mortal Kombat video games is named Noob Saibot (Boon and John Tobias' last names spelled backwards).

According to an E3 All Access interview with Ed Boon, his favorite video game company and its consoles are Nintendo.

His name is seen in the Subway stage of Mortal Kombat 3. Also, John Tobias's name is seen too.