A seemingly unprovoked attack on Paris Saint-Germain star Kheira Hamraoui would begin a strange set of events, with twists and turns straight out of a Hollywood Thriller.By The Ugly Game

Identified as a future star for the Brazil national team, Bruno Souza was plotting something sinister, which threatened to derail his promising career.By The Ugly Game

A local celebrity and successful second-division footballer, Richard Appiah was hiding an unimaginably ghastly secret from his family and friends.By The Ugly Game

One awful decision would rip a family apart, but Luke McCormick was controversially granted a second chance in professional football.By The Ugly Game

Though Giovanni Padovani emerged as a star within Italy's under-17 national team, intense jealousy drove him to commit an unspeakable crime in August of 2022 - against a woman he once loved.By The Ugly Game

Immerse yourself into the dark side of world football with 'The Ugly Game'. Season 1 features a disgraced Brazilian superstar, a hammer-wielding defender from Italy, and the Mexican international currently jailed for 75 years...By The Ugly Game

WE AIN'T DEAD YET - THIS IS THE 100 MEGA SHOCK!The finale of our 3-part series on video game communities, we talk white-collar crime in video games and how it trickles down into video game communities via the history of SNK and their ever-popular Neo-Geo! What happens when a titan of the arcade industry is raided by a life-long corporate criminal? …

Game Crimes Episode 6 - Gold Medal Games: Sonic Mania ft. Sid MenonDescription: Part 2 of our 3-part series on video game communities, the criminals are joined by Sid Menon of the We Thought About Games podcast as we examine 2017's retro-platformer throwback Sonic Mania. How did the Sonic fangame community go from a loose collection of gaming nerds…

Episode 5 - Fan TranslationsDescription: Part 1 of our new 3-part series on video game communities, we explore the wild world of fan translations. What motivates someone to hack a video game into another language when it may not be legal to do so and how do game companies benefit from the exhaustive labor of fandom?GAME CRIMES is a history project …

Episode 4 - Heroes of Games: Danielle Bunten BerryDescription: In this episode, we turn our microscope lens to influential transwoman game designer Danielle Bunten Berry. Berry's games laid the foundation for much of what we know about modern multiplayer games and exploring her notes provides us a broader window to discuss queer erasure in video ga…

Episode 3 - The Life & Afterlife of the Sega DreamcastDescription: On the anniversary of 9.9.99, we commune with the spirit of the Sega Dreamcast. We mourn together, celebrate its history and examine its corpse. It shouldn't have existed but its disciples won't let it die! Blue Skies Forever!GAME CRIMES is a history project by Mike Bachmann (Greeti…

Episode 2 - Mr. Gameboy's Bootleg Handheld Buyer's GuideDescription: Bachmann takes us on a trip through the wild west of black market video game consoles. Do you want to play Dreamcast games on the subway? Are you curious if you can install linux on a gameboy? Is there really a black market version of the App Store? Find out here.GAME CRIMES is a …

FREE GAMES CLICK HEREWhy can you be arrested for downloading a 30 year old computer game? Why do librarians, archivists and piracy rings have to break the law to preserve our history? And what does Mike have to do to get his valuable 'theories' into the Library of Congress?GAME CRIMES is a history project by Mike Bachmann (Greetings Adventures Podc…