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DOOM Sidebar: Notes from the cutting room floor

2026-10-2019:05

Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends, but sometimes the month gets away from you. As edits are still ongoing on the next installment in our deep dive into DOOM and its relationship to the Columbine shooting, we're taking a break and we celebrating the halfway mark through the series with a fun conversation Kate Lynch, Ryan Weaver, and Kevin had during our most recent recording. Be sure to tune back in for the next episode in the DOOM series on ...

DOOM, Part 3: The Columbine episode

2026-10-0601:36:55

Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Andy Hunter and Phil Thomas. In a Very Special Episode of Scandalous Games, we finally turn to one of the most influential events in shaping the public perception of video games in the United States: the April 20, 1999, mass shooting at Columbine High School near Littleton, CO. Kevin, Andy, and Phil examine how DOOM became the poster child for blame after the shooting, and the discourse among public figures...

DOOM, Part 2: Won't somebody please think of the deadlines?

2026-09-1555:28

Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch and Matt Shoemaker. In part two of our three-month series on DOOM, we address the relatively muted moral backlash to id’s legendary title between 1993 and 1999. Topics discussed include: GenCon is fun and you should try to go if you can; recollections on Washington, DC’s loudest critic of violent video games: the late Joe Lieberman; everyone’s favorite 90s educational computer game; taking ...

DOOM, Part 1: Knee deep in the details

2026-09-0101:21:32

Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch and Matt Shoemaker who is a tabletop gaming historian and author of Gathering of Gamers. We continue our long celebration of five years of Scandalous Games by starting a deep dive into one of the, if not the, most famous controversial video games: the legendary 1993 sci-fi FPS: DOOM. In part one of our three-month series, we examine the origins of DOOM, its creators, and the monumental ...

Mortal Kombat-mentary (Scandalous Games Summer)

2026-08-0401:55:15

Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends, but we like to take it easy during the summer months for Scandalous Games Summer, where we offer a syncable audio commentary track of a video game related movie. This month, we wrap up the 2026 edition of Scandalous Games summer with the 1995 adaptation of Mortal Kombat (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113855/). Join us as we discuss Johnny Cage's reports on Outworld in the dailies, children (and at least one...

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