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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
The NCAA Video Game Lawsuits, Part 8: A victory lap for college athletes (and college video games)
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Elford Stephens, and Phil Thomas. We reach the thrilling conclusion of our deep dive into the history of college sports video games and why there weren't college football video games for over a decade until the release of EA Sports College Football 25.
Topics discussed include: The NCAA loses a whole bunch, college athletes gain NIL rights (and $600 for their troubles), that time the Supreme Court actually ruled in favor of people over corporations, the return of college football video games, Scandalous Games as written by Grok, and Ed O'Bannon did not take your college football video games away.
For more on the Pottsville Maroons, check out Tim Selway, "Stolen Glory: The Pottsville Maroons," Pennsylvania Center for the Book (Spring 2008): https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/stolen-glory-pottsville-maroons.
You can play First Person Tutor, the Flash version of The Grading Game, check out the preserved copy on the Flashpoint Project: https://flashpointproject.github.io/flashpoint-database/search/#6b16381e-d142-4d92-b356-aa252186565c.
More info, including show notes and sources at http://scandalousgamespodcast.wordpress.com.