Thumbstick Athletes

We list and discuss some of the bigger gaming releases for the first half of Fall 2012.

The Athletes relate some of their more favorite drinking games involving videogames.  We were minus Will who is not yet of age to consume alcoholic beverages.

We list our top 5 games we've spent all summer playing, and in one case, the top 5 games played this summer.

Like the title describes, this episode was more or less a disaster, rife with technical difficulties and a terribly scratchy throat. We did however cover some mobile gaming so it wasn't a total loss. Back to normal next week though, as Dan's internet has FINALLY been fixed.  Enjoy!!

The second part of our game genres episode.

In the next installment of our Gaming 101 series, we run down the list of game genres and give examples of games in said genres.

We do something a little different for our 50th episode!

The Murthas have their Dad in studio to discuss his view of their gaming habits growing up.  Find out a parent's perspective in this episode!

We discuss the newly released Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC as well as the Dawnguard expansion for Skyrim.

The Athletes discuss the newly announced Microsoft Surface Tablet and some gaming news during the main segment.

Though we had many tough decisions, we list our top 5 SNES games as well discuss some honorable mentions.

We do a legnthy recap of all the major E3 presentations as well as touch on some minor announcements made during the week's events. 00:02:00- Teasers:  Crusader Kings II, Dragon’s Dogma, Gaikai 00:05:00- Our Weeks -Corey: followed E3 closely, signed up for Blockbuster All Access and Gamefly -Will: prom weekend, didn’t go but partied afterward -Dan: also followed E3 closely, watch TMNT 2, blast from the past 00:14:44- Break 00:13:30- Microsoft -SmartGlass, games and Kinect integration 00:54:40- EA -games, UFC license 01:12:44- Break 01:14:12- Ubisoft -games, especially Watch Dogs 01:35:53- Sony -Wonderbook, games and some Vita specific games 01:54:28- Nintendo -Wii U info, games for the new system 02:20:45- Miscellaneous -Star Wars 1313, etc., 02:37:53- Break 02:39:17- Feedback 03:03:26- What we Played -Will: beat Diablo III, purchased Diablo II and had trouble installing -Corey: Dawn of Discovery, Crusader Kings II, Gaikai -Dan: beat Dragon’s Dogma, hopefully posting review soon  

The title speaks for itself, we discuss some of the confirmed announcements as well as some rumors for 2012 E3.

In this new episode type we start with the very basics, breaking down the differences between the consoles and the old standby PC gaming.  

We do a somewhat brief (we had to skip over quite a few games) rundown of Star Wars videogames, and stop to further discuss more notable games and ones we've played. Nibble Bits 0:02:00 Will -New Mass Effect 3 multiplayer DLC called Rebellion Pack -New Minecraft update adding Creative Mode -Bioware Austin branch is letting go of developers  from the SWTOR team 0:03:28 Eric - Minecraft sold over 400,000 copies on its first week on XBLA 0:05:01 Corey -Leaked game from the Bungie, named Destiny -Tony Hawk Pro Skater music is announced -David Shaw recommend the Xbox 360 be banned in America -6.3 Million own Diablo 3. -Dead Island Game Of the Year Edition all DLC packs for 30 Dollars -Kinect competitor supposedly 100 times more accurate than Kinect 0:13:19 Dan -Friaxis XCOM Enemy Unknown comes out October 9th for PC -Comcast raises monthly data cap from 250 GBs to 300 GBs -World of War Planes enters closed beta -Skyrim update 1.6 adds horse combat for PC players. Everyone’s Weeks 0:14:58 Corey -Went to a restauran

We discuss the much anticipated Diablo 3, from the controversial log in problems to gameplay and everything in between. 00:01:20- Nibble Bits 00:12:15- what we did             Corey- Came home, saw avengers 3 with Eric and Will. All three enjoyed it.             Eric-    Took wife, Justin, and friends out to celebrate them graduating college.             Will-    Played Diablo             Dan-    first free week as a free man and played a ton of video games, went to midnight                         release of Diablo 3 00:22:28 Return from break/main segment-  Diablo 3 The Athletes talk about server issues, characters they made, and what they liked and didn’t like about the game. Be sure to listen and leave feedback on your though 01:01:51- return from break/feedback/new Voicemails (finally…) make sure to call and leave the athletes a voicemail. 607-527-0547. It’ll be played on the air.... News- 01:28:15  Corey- The Real Reason there will never be offline single player in Diablo 3 Eric-    Asking Players for

We relive some of the classic NES games from our childhood as well as discuss some that we didn't play, but definitely deserve mentioning. Nibble bits: 00:02:04             Corey- Bio-shock moved to2/26/13                         EA Released EA Humble Indie Bundle last week                         SWTOR lost 400,000 subscribers                         Rumors of Wii-u game titles                         Scandal               Eric-    Elder Scrolls online confirmed for 2013                                     Set 100- years before Skyrim                         Angry birds has hit 1 BILLION downloads                         Adventure-time on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network             Will-    Snowbound Area             Kingdom Hearts should come back to consoles             Zynga to go to court…   Dan-    South Park RPG Name leaked on XBOX Live stick of truth             Nokia/Rovio Angry Birds Space coming to windows phone.             As of 3/31 30 million Skylanders figurines               How was our week:

The hosts each bring in their own topic for discussion on the podcast, which includes some controversial topics, movie/game correlations and a proposal of sorts. 00:00;36 Nibble Bits -Corey: Skrim DLC Dawnguard, Diablo 3 players have the option of global play, Nintendo confirmed self-published games will be available in digital form, Angry Birds Space became fastest growing mobile game, Uncharted designer leaves Naughty Dog, Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 announced,  Portal 2 level editor and announced characters for Playstation All Stars Battle Royale. -Eric: Xbox 360 for 90 dollars, new game Unfinished Swam. -Will: Diablo 3 auction house fees announced and Zynga posts a loss of 85.4 million. Dan- Steam coming to Linux, Fable Heroes released on XBLA, Calvin Johnson to appear on the Madden Cover. 00:08:50 Our Weeks -Corey: Move to New York, also saw Cabin in the Woods, Corey’s going away party. -Eric: Drinking, Trailer Park Boys and near death experience. -Will: Rough couple days at school -Dan: Quit his job and ha

With the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs in full swing, we tackle the subject of hockey videogames from their start in the late 70's to the present day iterations.

We all have at least a game or two that we haven't finished, so the Athletes and guest Todd discuss those games, and why we didn't finish them. Featuring Fez, Legends of Grimrock, Pottermore and why we don’t finish games! 00:00;36 Nibblebits 00:02;00 Will: Rovio turns down Zynga’s offer – Halo 4’s release date – Dishonored trailer 00:04;20 Dan: Darksiders 2 moved back to August – Narrowing of the Madden 13 cover candidates 00:05;20 Eric: Nintendo will show off new Mario game  and Pikmin at E3 – James Bond’s glorious return to consoles 00:09;50 Corey: More Dark Souls for PC details 00:11;00 How was our week (Including our guest Todd’s top 5) 00:26;54 Main Segment: Why don’t we finish games? We break down all the games we’ve played without beating by discussing the reasons behind their abandonment. 01:02;35 Feedback We discuss whether there will be and what kind of Mass Effect 3 sequels we’d like to see.  We’re asked who the biggest gamer is out of us.                                                 Also poo