OM DENNE EPISODE
On this episode: Lamont and Adrian discuss violent video games, generational warfare, political propaganda and hegemonic attitudes of gender/sexuality/race as depicted in mainstream media, the nature of art itself, and more. Oh, and Harvester. We also talk about Harvester.
Hosted by Adrian Sandoval & Lamont Williams
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Sources, references and more:
Save Your Game Ep. 18: Duck Detective and Harvester w/ PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp:
https://zencastr.com/z/jHA2YyD8
Game Grumps Harvester playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wp1pHyP9h4&list=PLRQGRBgN_Enpcr5DxbIhwHt3A5_Nlg9SH
Harvester Dev interview/Dread XP:
Harvester dev interview/Austin Gilbert:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/715113205773615/
The full 1993 video game violence hearing/CSpan:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?52848-1/video-game-violence
The Digital Antiquarian Analysis of the Senate Hearings:
https://www.filfre.net/2021/04/the-ratings-game-part-1-a-likely-and-an-unlikely-suspect/
That Mortal Kombat Ad:
Wikipedia page for Ken Park (Sorry for what you're about to read - Adrian):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Park
Sega Genesis 'Bully' Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vjv5LKrOq8&pp=ygUVc2VnYSBidWxseSBjb21tZXJjaWFs
Actual bullying PSA for comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_j5TZZnxJE
Troma Entertainment/Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troma_Entertainment
Dartmouth Libraries - Exploitation Films explainer:
https://researchguides.dartmouth.edu/filmgenres/exploitationfilms
I realized I had the opportunity to coin the phrase 'pretensploitation' in this episode when discussing Ken Park and Harvester and missed my window. Dang it.
