Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Elford Stephens, John Dukes, and Phil Thomas. In today's episode, we tackle Jack Thompson, the one-man anti-video game moral crusader. In Part One of our two-part series, we examine Jack Thompson's early life; the start of his war against obscenity; his personal feuds with rappers, DJs, and Janet Reno; and his personal style.
Topics discussed include:  our personal moral crusades, Thompson getting yelled at on a national talk show,  whether or not Jack Thompson is actually Batman, and Bibleman's robust rogue's gallery.
Today's game: Thompson's Tips. Can the guys identify real advice from Jack Thompson on waging culture wars from stuff Kevin made up?
Theme Music: Occam's Sikhwee by Sikh Knowledge (Free Music Archive: https://bit.ly/33G4sLO), used under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US (https://bit.ly/33JXogQ)