Sometimes the road to a genius game idea is littered with the roadkill of spectacularly bad ones. Sometimes you don’t even get to the genius idea — you end up botching that as well. Without an ounce of judgment, we look at other game ideas which preceded the arrival of the one that became Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe:

• Peanut Butter Brands vs. Jelly Factory
• Troglodyte Herd vs. Sponge Ecosystem
• Fat Kids vs. Skins
• Burp Brigade vs. Fart Colony
• Origami vs. Watercolors Set
• Hobos vs. Elephants
• Prepositions vs. Typewriter Ribbon Shipment
• Sears Roebuck & Co. vs. Subway Sandwich Artists
• Pomade Abusers vs. All Known Descendants of Telly Savalas
• Bleach vs. Indelible Stains
• Box of Peaches vs. Army of Brat Pitt Clones
• Goo vs. Slime
• Mortal Kombat vs. Mortal Combat