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.
Episodes
57 episodes
The NCAA Video Game Lawsuits, Part 2: The Scandalous Games Bowl presented by Scandalcoin
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch and Phil Thomas. We've covered the early history of college sports and the creation of the NCAA. Now we look at how college football became a mult...
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Episode 51
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1:04:11
The NCAA Video Game Lawsuits, Part 1: The Grim Reaper Smiles on the Goalposts
Hooray for our 50th episode! Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch and Phil Thomas. It's the start of the college football season in America, and we are weeks into the launch of EA...
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Episode 50
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54:45
Monster Hunter-mentary (Scandalous Games Summer)
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Andy Hunter, Phil Thomas, and Kate Lynch. We're still in the midst of Scandalous Games Summer as Kevin prepares for another exciting series of video ...
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1:55:06
Street Fighter-mentary (Scandalous Games Summer)
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends, but this month we're celebrating the start of our third year and the end of our 14-part (!!!) series on Dave Grossman with something we're calling "Scandalou...
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1:55:41
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 14: All conclusions are bastards
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Andy Hunter, Kate Lynch, and Phil Thomas. At long last, we have finally made it to the final episode in our extremely deep dive into the self-proclaimed "kil...
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Episode 49
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1:06:10
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 13: The level-headed trainer of America's cops
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, and Phil Thomas. This time around, we finally start wrapping up our deep dive into Dave by learning about his career as a police trainer an...
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Episode 49
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47:58
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 12: You can't spell "discredited research" without "research"
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Andy Hunter, Kate Lynch, and Phil Thomas. We continue looking at what Dave has been up to over the past decade and how the self-proclaimed killologist may be...
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Episode 48
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57:07
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 11: An extended rant about police-branded coffee
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Andy Hunter, Kate Lynch and Phil Thomas. We leave the quirky little town of Harvest to continue our look into the self-proclaimed "killologist" Dave Grossman...
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Episode 47
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57:07
Interview with Aarno Malin ("The Harvester Show")
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends. This time, we wrap up Harvester with an interview with Aarno Malin, host of "The Harvester Show" and the Harvester Facebook page. Aarno graciously shared his...
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29:22
Harvester, Part Three: What if you threw a controversy and nobody came?
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Andy Hunter and Kate Lynch. Today, it's the thrilling conclusion to our look into the over-the-top PC game Harvester (DigiFX, Merit Stud...
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Episode 46
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52:48
Harvester, Part Two: The "The Birth of a Nation" of Video Games?
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Andy Hunter and Kate Lynch. This time, we continue our deep dive into the wild horror themed point-and-click adventure game Harvester (DigiFX,...
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Episode 45
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29:38
Harvester, Part One: The Violent Computer Game Inspired by Roadrunner Cartoons
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Andy Hunter, Kate Lynch, and Elford Stephens. This month, we take another break from the "killologist" to take a closer look at the wildest 90s PC game you m...
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Episode 44
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58:16
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 10: A whole lot of Hoooah
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch and Phil Thomas. We've gone too far to turn back now, as we continue our long look into Dave Grossman and why people should not listen to hi...
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Episode 43
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41:00
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 9: Dave's research-related circlejerk
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch and Andy Hunter. We continue our deep-dive into self-proclaimed "killologist" Dave Grossman starting a deep dive into how exactly Dave waged war o...
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Episode 42
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49:30
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 8: Dave evolves into a pundit
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch and Andy Hunter. We continue our deep-dive into self-proclaimed "killologist" Dave Grossman seeing how he became a media-anointed expert on video ...
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Episode 41
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52:25
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 7: Dave's big break
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch and Andy Hunter. Whether you want it or not, we return to our long series on the self-proclaimed "killologist" Dave Grossman, and we finally get t...
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Episode 40
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47:15
Manhunt, Part Four: Jack Thompson...Rod Blagojevich...Dave Grossman...and the rest
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Kayt Ahnberg , and Ryan Weaver. We wrap up our four-part series on Manhunt, Rockstar North's snuff film inspired follow up to
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Episode 39
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1:04:52
Manhunt, Part Three: Murder by PlayStation
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Kayt Ahnberg, and Ryan Weaver. Today, some of us are still here and alive to cover part three of our four-part series on Manhunt, Rockst...
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Episode 38
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51:35
Manhunt, Part Two: The game that was banned in New Zealand
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Phil Thomas, and Andy Hunter. We're back for part two of our four-part series on Rockstar Games' 2003 snuff film inspired stealth/horror ga...
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Episode 37
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57:08
Manhunt, Part One: Grand Theft Snuff
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Phil Thomas, and Andy Hunter. This month, we finally keep our promise and take a break from Dave Grossman for a four-part series on Man...
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Episode 36
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56:10
Halloween DOOM-mentary
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends...except it's Halloween and we want to do something fun and scary, so buckle up for our second synchable audio commentary. This time, Kevin, Kate Lynch, Phil ...
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1:58:26
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 6: Some sad, divorced dad vibes
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Elford Stevens, and Phil Thomas. We finally close the book on On Killing and three whole months on Lt. Col. Dave Grossman by taking a cl...
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Episode 35
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36:24
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 5: Dave's weak résumé
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Elford Stevens, and Phil Thomas. Sorry, folks, but it's one more month on everyone's "favorite" "killologist" Dave Grossman. This time, we ...
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Episode 34
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1:02:26
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 4: The other bad research behind On Killing
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Phil Thomas, and Andy Hunter. We continue our deep dive into self-proclaimed "killologist" Dave Grossman and his foundational work On Killing...
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Episode 33
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41:30
"Killology" "Expert" Dave Grossman, Part 3: How a World War II reporter shaped the violent video game debate
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Phil Thomas, and Andy Hunter. We continue our deep dive into self-proclaimed "killologist" Dave Grossman and his 1995 book On Killing: The Ps...
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Episode 32
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57:53