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 take on part two of our two part series on Jack Thompson, the one-man anti-video game moral crusader. In Part Two, we take a deep dive into his crusade against video game violence, his personal feuds against game developers and journalists, his attempts to develop his own video game, and his eventual downfall. 

Content warning: murder, mass shootings, child abuse

Topics discussed include:  fixing cable news, the relationship between video games and forest fires, and (seriously) what is Jack Thompson's deal?

Today's game: Thompson's Tips, Part Two. Kevin has more advice from Mr. Jack Thompson himself on waging culture wars. Can the guys tell real tips  from stuff Kevin made up?

*Correction: David Grossman didn't describe police as "apex predators." He described them as sheep dogs who protected the sheep (that's how he sees us) against the wolves (violent criminals).

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)