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Scandalous Games
Scandalous Games is a video game history podcast that takes a closer look at video game related controversies. Every episode, historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story about a scandalous event from gaming's past to his friends who offer commentary on moral panics, ill-advised advertising campaigns, unusual figures, and any and all topics related to video game scandals and how they shaped the medium. New episodes drop on the first and third Tuesdays of every month! Check out more info, including show notes and sources, at http://scandalousgamespodcast.wordpress.com.
Scandalous Games
Episode 3: Jack Thompson, Part Two
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Elford Stephens, John Dukes, and Phil Thomas. In today's episode, we take on part two of our two part series on Jack Thompson, the one-man anti-video game moral crusader. In Part Two, we take a deep dive into his crusade against video game violence, his personal feuds against game developers and journalists, his attempts to develop his own video game, and his eventual downfall.
Content warning: murder, mass shootings, child abuse
Topics discussed include: fixing cable news, the relationship between video games and forest fires, and (seriously) what is Jack Thompson's deal?
Today's game: Thompson's Tips, Part Two. Kevin has more advice from Mr. Jack Thompson himself on waging culture wars. Can the guys tell real tips from stuff Kevin made up?
*Correction: David Grossman didn't describe police as "apex predators." He described them as sheep dogs who protected the sheep (that's how he sees us) against the wolves (violent criminals).
Theme Music: Occam's Sikhwee by Sikh Knowledge (Free Music Archive: https://bit.ly/33G4sLO), used under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US (https://bit.ly/33JXogQ)