Bibliography

Below you'll find sources for all of the facts and references made in each episode.

Japan plays more games than any other country in the world.
One person died from gun violence in Japan in 2015.
13,286 people died from gun violence in the United States in 2015.
Gun deaths per 100,000 people in the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, and Australia.
Guns per 100 people in the United States.
Number of AR-15s manufactured each year.
Number of guns in the UK.
Huffington Post report on gun licensing in video games.
Electronic Arts included a disclaimer in their 2016 advertisement for 'Battlefield'.
98% of mass shootings are perpetrated by men.

Level One - Genocide on Turtle Island

Learn more about Beth LaPensée and all of her games at her website.
Here is a map of the locations of the 2.4 million miles of pipeline in the United States.
Listen to the songs from Honour Water here. They are shared with us by Sharon Day, the Oshkii Giizhik Singers, and elders who collaborated at the Oshkii Giizhik Gathering.

Level Two - Gone Home

Level Three - Screaming in Simlish

Please enjoy this real video of Katy Perry singing 'Last Friday Night' in Simlish.

Level One - The Good Ship Niantic

Pokémon tend to congregate in more affluent neighborhoods.
Tom Lattanzio used lures to attract Pokémon Go players to his pizza shop.
You can find more information about the creation of Pokémon Go's digital world here.
You can find the Historical Marker Database here.
'Warning: Pokémon Go is a Death Sentence if You're a Black Man' by Omari Akil.
You can find information about the whaling vessel Niantic on Wikipedia.
If you'd like to read 'Pokéquality and Public Space' by Daisy Charles, get in touch with me through our Contact page.

Level Two - What Happened to Ian Garvey?

Level One - Beyond Imagination

In the first month after Call of Duty: Black Ops was released, it was played for 68,000 years.
Stephen Machuga runs the charity, Stack-Up, which sends video games and consoles to veterans and soldiers.
You can find Tim Locklear at the Boris the Service Dog Facebook page.
Bryant Chambers has a YouTube channel where he gives personal and professional development advice.
You can learn more about Skip Rizzo's VR PTSD treatment here.

Level Two - Virtual Soldiers

All of the information in this act can be found in Robertson Allen's book, America's Digital Army, and Corey Mead's book, War Play.

Level Three - Return to Castle Wolfenstein

You can find videos from Bethesda's Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus advertising campaign here.
If you insist, you can read about the backlash to that campaign here.
You can still play Wolfenstein 3D here.
You can play Silas Warner's Castle Wolfenstein here.
Silas's friends react to his death and share memories here.
Kari Ann Owen teaches therapeutic horseriding at Wildhorse! in Montana.

Learn more about A Mortician's Tale and Gabby's game studio, Laundry Bear, here.
Learn more about Caitlin Doughty, the Order of the Good Death, and death positivity here.
You can still play Neopets here.