Kotaku: penn & teller

Watch Penn & Teller's Video Game Bullshit! Episode

Mike Fahey — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:00:00 MDT

In this episode of Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, the comedy duo take on "the video game industry's worst nightmare" Jack Thompson, and hand a 9-year-old boy an AR-15 rifle to see if anyone dies.

We gave you a taste, and now here's the entire episode of Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, which takes on the issue of violent video games and the people that love to hate them. The episode is currently on YouTube in three parts as seen on GamePolitics. Here's a taste of that episode.

The show excels at making what they want to look bad look extremely bad, so we can't really take this as any sort of reasoned argument, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun. You'll definitely want to wear headphones while watching, because Penn curses enough for him and his little mute friend.

Get A Taste Of Bullshit!'s Video Game Episode

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:00:19 MDT

Magical duo Penn and Teller's Showtime series Bullshit! will focus on the topic of video game violence this week, as long-promised, tapping self-proclaimed video game violence experts who we expect will have insightful and informed perspectives to offer.

While the show will tap mentally rickety individuals who say regrettable things like "Grand Theft Auto is the worst assault on children since polio," it will also feature illustrative charts and graphs, as seen in this newest preview for Thursday's episode of Penn & Teller's Bullshit!

Armed with a handy visual aid in this snippet is Chris Cooney, who drives the point... somewhere with his "Fire Triangle" diagram, complete with Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold imagery for maximum scariness.

Can't say that Bullshit!'s one of my favorite shows, as the episodes I've seen haven't left me feeling that much more informed, but this episode should be interesting. Check your local listings and all that.

Bullshit! [Showtime via GameStooge]

Desert Bus Creators Take on Jack Thompson

Owen Good — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:00:00 MDT

This trailer for Penn & Teller: Bullshit - an unabashedly biased take on the talking points of various agenda pushers - puts our favorite disbarred lawyer in the crosshairs in the upcoming season.

Looks like they're going after the idea that video game violence begets real world violence, specifically Thompson's claim that games represent "the greatest attack on children since polio." Shouldn't take much for this Mythbusters-with-a-middle-finger to knock that one down.

The rest of the minute long trailer says bullshit four times and also features audio of women orgasming, or at least faking it, and saying "female ejaculation." So, consider it NSFW. P&T:BS resumes its next season Thursday on Showtime. Not sure if Jack's in the premiere episode or what. Update: Newly-minted commenter MontagueMusket points out the JT episode will be July 9, according to Wikipedia.

Penn & Teller: Bullshit Starring Jack Thompson [GameStooge, thanks Jonah Falcon]

Penn and Teller Game From Hell

Brian Crecente — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:00:05 MST

Screenhead sends word of the never released Penn & Teller game for the Sega CD and 3DO consoles. The game sounds like one big goof on gaming with challenges like driving a bus through the Nevada desert. The drive takes 8 hours of real time through an empty desert in a bus that randomly veers to the right.

Penn-Teller Sega Game [Screenhead]