Kevin Impellizeri, PhD

YouTube video by Scandalous Games Podcast Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" Mod Remastered, Part 1: Here we go again

Happy December from Scandalous Games! For the holidays, I remastered a fun episode we did a few years ago on the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hot Coffee mod. I hope it gives you cheer (and helps soften the blow of the recent announced delay for GTA VI).

YouTube video by Vintage Computer Federation VCF West: DOOM 3DO: Or How I Survived Hell — Burger Becky

RIP Rebecca Heineman. If you haven't seen it, I totally recommend her amazing account of developing the 3DO DOOM port.

YouTube video by Scandalous Games Podcast Pat Pulling and Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons, Part 4: A BADD end

Brand new Scandalous Games! This time, we talk about the logistics of werewolf death curses and wrap up our look at Pat Pulling and Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons with Matt Shoemaker, recent author of a detailed history of GenCon.
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29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!

YouTube video by Scandalous Games Podcast Pat Pulling and Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons, Part 3: Klaatu, barada, nightly news

New episode of Scandalous Games is live! We continue our look at anti-TTRPG moral crusader Pat Pulling and Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons with the help of Matt Shoemaker, recently-published author of an extensive history of GenCon.

RF Shielding History: When The FCC Cracked Down On Computers The FCC took a hard line on the radio frequency interference that computers created—creating huge headaches for early PC-makers. Why? Blame the CB radio fad.

It’s exciting when someone publishes long-form on a subject you’ve been researching for years.

Here’s a thread commenting on this article in more detail.

If you do the retro computer, read the article & then come back here.

Apologies and respect in advance to @ernie.tedium.co

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YouTube video by Scandalous Games Podcast Pat Pulling and Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons, Part 2: Pat Pulling begins

New episode of Scandalous Games. We hang out with Matt Shoemaker, author of Gathering of Gamers, a new history of GenCon, and we talk about the origins of Patricia Pulling's crusade against Dungeons & Dragons.

YouTube video by Scandalous Games Podcast Pat Pulling and Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons, Part 1: William Dear's dungeon quest

New episode of Scandalous Games is live! This time, we talk about the panic over tabletop RPGs with Matt Shoemaker, recent author of a history of GenCon.

Mortal Kombat’s director reflects on the gig of a lifetime: ‘You just couldn't rip any spines out’: Three decades after Mortal Kombat kicked down the movie theater doors in August 1995, Polygon checked in with director Paul W.S. Anderson.

Three decades after Mortal Kombat kicked down the movie theater doors in August 1995, Polygon checked in with director Paul W.S. Anderson.

Read our advice for staying safe in demonstrations in the U.S. and elsewhere. ssd.eff.org/en/module/a...

We've acquired the historic game magazine Computer Entertainer.

As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.

Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Brütal Legend is free on itchio for the next 666 minutes in honor of Ozzy Osbourne buff.ly/Rj8d5tl

Worms is part of a genre of “artillery” computer games that we thought went back to the 70s, until we discovered it actually went back to the 60s. In this thread, Kevin Bunch reveals he’s unearthed long forgotten footage of the lost game that started it all.

YouTube video by Scandalous Games Podcast John DeCamp, Part 2: A journey from Oklahoma City to Columbine to Qanon

New Scandalous Games episode! We wrap up our look at John DeCamp, the conspiracy-pilled lawyer and disgraced Nebraska politician who filed a $5 billion lawsuit against the video game industry over the 1999 Columbine shooting.

In response to the Polygon and Giant Bomb news, I created an indie and worker-owned games media starter pack.

I’ll keep adding to it, so suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated. Please share!

Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up

If 2025 could let up a little bit, that'd be great

So great to see @paulwerkema.bsky.social craft this helpful "Beginner's Guide to Books About Video Games" 📚🎮

After cataloguing over 10,000 books at TheVideoGameLibrary.org, I know just how deep - and overwhelming - this rabbit hole can be.

Thanks, Paul - this is a perfect starter resource! 👇

YouTube video by Scandalous Games Podcast John DeCamp, Part 1: The conspiracy-pilled lawyer who sued the games industry over Columbine

John DeCamp was a former Nebraska politician who veered wildly into QAnon style Satanic panic conspiracy theories. He was also sued the games industry after the 1999 Columbine shooting. In the latest episode of Scandalous Games, we started a deep dive into the life and times of this colorful figure

4chan, the internet's most infamous forum, is down following an alleged hack 4chan is inaccessible following an apparent hack.

And nothing of value was lost

YouTube video by Scandalous Games Podcast Jack Thompson's A Modest Video Game Proposal (Scandalous Games Theater)

I occasionally pop back up on this feed to let the void know that I have a podcast on video game related controversies. However, in the spirit of the day, this time around I'm trying something different: a dramatic reading of Jack Thompson's infamous 2005 "A Modest Video Game Proposal."

You can always trust Kim to put in the work in telling the most thorough version of a story / debunking historical revisionism. Plus, I was flattered to hear her say such nice things about our own goofy old article on the subject matter at hand. Please to give this one a watch!

Wind was rough in Jersey over the last day or so. Make sure your trampolines are secure.

On the road to victory!

A collection of Game Workers Unite zines.

Another great collection in our digital library: We collected zines and ephemera from Game Workers Unite, one of the first big labor advocacy groups for the game industry! (w/ contributions from @alienmelon.bsky.social) archive.gamehistory.org/folder/3f019...

Obituaries in Wilmington, DE | The News Journal Peter Kolchin, a distinguished historian of American slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction, and comparative slavery and a University of Delaware...

Peter Kolchin was a diligent scholar and a dedicated teacher. While I was at Delaware, he served on my PhD candidacy committee, and I'll never forget his advice to think of every step in the journey as another hoop to jump through.
My condolences go out to his family and every student he reached.

The Video Game History Foundation's online library, a modern wonder of the world, is now open:

aftermath.site/video-game-his...

Self care is important in troubled times. I finally booted up Psychonauts 2 and so far it’s everything I loved about the original (for better or worse).

A whole bunch of of my blood pressure issues can be traced to the Philadelphia Eagles…

After a long hiatus, The Video Game History Hour is BACK with thoughtful biweekly shows about video game history, with guests who either know their stuff or lived through it. I'm really excited for where it's going, sign up for the Patreon to stay on top of new eps! www.patreon.com/posts/vghh-e...