Converse of the Satan and he seems! (NOTE: Devil doesn’t seem on this podcast)
Ever since we celebrated our 600th episode final yr, we knew we must report a 666th episode. Skipping that quantity was by no means an choice, nor would we need to faux that we did not know its significance. Therefore this very particular episode trying again at a delirious section of (North) American historical past, the Satanic Panic.
Host Jeremy Parish views this as the primary in a sequence of “Developments and Influences” podcasts that sort out real-world occasions and study their affect on video video games as a complete, as a result of when most people and legislation enforcement view the Prince of Darkness as Public Enemy #1, that is going to have an effect on all departments of popular culture.
Becoming a member of Jeremy are common contributor Diamond Feit (hello!), returning contributor Chris Sims, and first-time visitor Benito Cereno; Chris and Benito additionally host a podcast referred to as Apocrypals if you happen to’re searching for extra conversations about Biblical issues.
Description: The satan is within the particulars as Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, Chris Sims, and Benito Cereno look again at a serious cultural second for America within the Nineteen Eighties—the so-called Satanic Panic—and the knock-on impact it had on video video games and different media.
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Paintings for this episode by Leeann Hamilton and enhancing thanks go to Greg Leahy.
