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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
Uwe Boll's Postal 2, Part 1: The little Kickstarter that could (but didn't)
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch and Andy Hunter. Having learned about Uwe Boll's 2007 adaptation of Postal, we pivot into his attempts to make a film sequel to Running with Scissors' flagship/only game franchise, starting with Uwe's 2013 Kickstarter campaign to finance Postal 2.
Topics discussed include: how Veronica Mars inspired Uwe Boll to make more movies, Uwe needs someone to tell him he's great, paying Uwe to work for him, and what movie would you watch with Uwe Boll?
Guinevere Turner's account of writing the script for BloodRayne comes from the 2009 documentary Tales from the Script (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045642/). See also: Ben Gilbert, "Bloodrayne screenwriter explains the perils of working with Uwe Boll," Eurogamer, October 26, 2011, https://www.engadget.com/2011-10-26-bloodrayne-screenwriter-explains-the-perils-of-working-with-uwe.html?guccounter=1.
You can check out the Ouya Kickstarter campaign, the indie video game system whose campaign ousted The Veronica Mars Movie Project as the then most successful on the platform, here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console/.
For a clip of Jamie Kennedy at the 2007 E3, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfzThMe7bBM.
More info, including show notes and sources at http://scandalousgamespodcast.wordpress.com.