Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friend/partner, Kate Lynch. We interrupt our regularly-scheduled second episode on 2025 in controversies to take one more look back at the anti-woke paid award show The Real Game Awards, which, against all odds, aired a new edition on February 23, 2026. Join Kate and Kevin as we review the awards and their (lack of) impact so you don't have to.

Topics discussed include: Paying $150 to watch a YouTube video at a Dallas Dave & Buster's, the AI slop garbage pile that was their opening sequence, the coveted Best Jiggle Physics award, and a bunch of anti-woke grifters get mad over a Black samurai. 

Here's the shot we discussed of the turnout at this year's Real Game Awards, courtesy of its creator: https://x.com/StutteringCraig/status/2026110216366928152.

For a look at Yaskue and the anti-woke backlash to his inclusion in Assassin's Creed: Shadows, see: 

Robert Tuck, "We Need to Talk About Yasuke: Fact, Fiction, and History with the ‘African Samurai’ Part 1," Medium, January 6, 2025, https://medium.com/the-sundial-acmrs/we-need-to-talk-about-yasuke-fact-fiction-and-history-with-the-african-samurai-part-1-528a75dcc5ae.

Robert Tuck, "We Need To Talk About Yasuke: Fact, Fiction, and History with the ‘African Samurai’ Part 2," Medium, January 9, 2025, https://medium.com/the-sundial-acmrs/we-need-to-talk-about-yasuke-fact-fiction-and-history-with-the-african-samurai-part-2-4d470e3d3574. 

More info, including show notes and sources at http://scandalousgamespodcast.wordpress.com.