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EP31: Moral Kombat (ft. Liana Kerzner, Cyril Lachel, & Henry Jenkins)
EP31: Moral Kombat (ft. Liana Kerzner, Cyril Lachel, & Henry Jenkins)
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Aug 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
On this episode: guest host and lead producer Jay Cockburn travels back to the 90s, and looks at the story of Mortal Kombat. The game was violent, gory, glorious. It was a youth rebellion in miniature. Parents rebelled against the rebellion, staging their own petulant counter-revolution, and politicians embraced it. It triggering a moral panic and even congressional hearings into violence in games. But why did it happen, who did it serve, and what does it tell us about our own culture?
Released:
Aug 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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