I have a distinct memory of seeing the behind-the-scenes VHS for Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and deciding then and there that I wanted to make video games. I would've been eight years old and I basically figured that I would grow up and write the stories for future Mortal Kombat entries after moving to Chicago to work at Midway.
Well, I *do* live in Chicago now, but I don't work in games (though I did for a time) and I certainly have nothing to do with Mortal Kombat. I'm a Technical Project Manager at a mid-size creative agency, which is decidedly NOT what I envisioned. S'all good, though.
Oh, and for fun, here's that VHS featurette: