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 Playing Dread is a Q27 Media Production, and a member of the New Jersey Horror Collective. New episodes every second wednesday of the month. Find our socials: www.playingdread.com All music in this episode used under a creative commons license. 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: https://www.dreadxp.com/interview/youre-still-a-kidder-steve-michael-napadano-looks-back-on-harvester-at-26/ 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: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/1d88omy/so_real_it_hurts_mortal_kombat_arcade_print_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.  

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