Carlos Pesina joined Midway in the early 1990's as a motion capture artist and animator using his martial arts skills to help develop the Mortal Kombat franchise. He portrayed the thunder god, Raiden, in Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II.

His martial arts training helped greatly in the creation of the more style-oriented fighting in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Deception, and Armageddon.

The character Mokap, which debuted in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, is a tribute to Carlos' work. Mokap's bio describes him as a martial arts specialist from the north side of Chicago.