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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
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" Mod Remastered, Part 1: Here we go again
Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Elford Stephens, Phil Thomas, and Ryan Weaver. We're taking December off for the holiday, so to help you through the season (and hopefully soften the blow of the recent news that Grand Theft Auto VI won't be coming out until November 2026), here's part one of a remastered edition of our Pulitzer Prize nominated episode on the most infamous mod in gaming history: the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" mod.
Topics discussed include: fans find some steamy secrets, fans rally to Rockstar's defense (only for the company to throw them under a bus), and Jack Thompson leads the charge against Rockstar's hidden pornographic content.
For more on Hot Coffee and Rockstar, check out:
David Kushner, Jacked: The Unauthorised Behind-the-Scenes Story of Grand Theft Auto (London: Collins, 2012).
Simon Parkin, "Who Spilled Hot Coffee?" Eurogamer, December 2, 2012: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-30-who-spilled-hot-coffee.
More info, including show notes and sources at http://scandalousgamespodcast.wordpress.com.