Episode list

Dexter Thomas in Reset: The Unauthorized Guide to Video Games (2021)

Dexter unearths a lost successor to NBA Jam and plays it for the first time in 30 years. Plus, meet the people dedicated to preserving video games and gaming culture.

Alex Valle and Dexter Thomas in Reset: The Unauthorized Guide to Video Games (2021)

S1.E2 ∙ Finish Him: A History of Fighting Games Tue, Feb 9, 2021

Find out what makes the fighting game community so unique amongst other gamer groups. Dexter battles an FGC legend and talks to two up and comers looking to change the game.

Dexter Thomas in Reset: The Unauthorized Guide to Video Games (2021)

S1.E3 ∙ War Games 1: How The Pentagon Games Tue, Feb 9, 2021

Uncover the secret history of the relationship between the U.S. military and the video game industry. Dexter tries a VR treatment for vets experiencing PTSD.

Dexter Thomas in Reset: The Unauthorized Guide to Video Games (2021)

S1.E4 ∙ War Games 2: Recruiting an Army of Fun Tue, Feb 9, 2021

Find out how the U.S. Army uses video games to recruit new soldiers. Dexter trains with the Army esports team at Fort Knox.

Dexter Thomas in Reset: The Unauthorized Guide to Video Games (2021)

S1.E5 ∙ Fandom Vs Marketing: That Game Chose You Fri, Feb 19, 2021

Who gets to be a gamer? Did you choose that game or did it choose you? The rise of the gamer bro and how Black SIMS fans changed the game for everyone.

Dexter Thomas in Reset: The Unauthorized Guide to Video Games (2021)

S1.E6 ∙ Regulate This or Regulate That Fri, Feb 19, 2021

Reset explores the history of regulation in gaming from Pong to Mortal Kombat. Maybe it wasn't game content that needed to be regulated, but instead gamers themselves?

Dexter Thomas in Reset: The Unauthorized Guide to Video Games (2021)

S1.E7 ∙ Esports Economics: Drafting for Dollars Tue, Feb 16, 2021

What's one billion dollars really worth? Dexter investigates the economics of the e-sports bubble and finds out how people behind the scenes get used by an explosive industry.