Thumbstick Athletes

We cover a plethora of shooters recently released in one fell swoop. While none of us have the multiplayer edge we used to, Will still played quite a bit of and was successful at the Modern Warfare Remaster.

The first proper Civ release in 6 years, and one of many changes too.  Veterans of the series Dan and Corey cover the changes from V to VI and give our thoughts as usual.  We also discuss the newly released Skyrim Special Edition.

Like the title says, we cover the Battlefield series' return to the past with Battlefield 1 and its World War 1 setting.

This week we cover the Windows 10 and Xbox One Play Anywhere title Gear of War 4.  Though none of us really played much multiplayer, (we don't usually) we cover some of the campaign and Horde mode.  We also cover the big news from today in the Nintendo Switch reveal and our thoughts on what we know so far.

This week we pick and discuss the best exclusives for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.  We decided to leave out the Wii U since it has mostly exclusives, which range from good to excellent. 

One of our earliest episodes was Budget Gaming, where we offer suggestions on how to play games on a budget.  In the past 5 years, a lot has changed...so we offer up some new suggestions on how to game on a budget.

The Horizon festival takes itself down under, hosting races from the beautiful coastline of Australia, to the rugged outback.  It's also one of the early titles in Xbox's Play Anywhere program, allowing PC players the chance to play with their Xbox friends.  During "What We Played" Eric gives his first impressions of FIFA 17.

This week we individually list all the games we're hyped for, then come to a consensus on which games should be in the top 5 and what they rank.  During What We Played, Corey tried The Turing Test and we also cover the Digital Homicide/Steam controversy. 

This week we talk about the current Steam indie darling Halcyon 6, with its unique blend of strategy, RPG elements and retro art style.  During What We Played Eric talks about the demos for FIFA 17 and Forza Horizon 3 and Corey played Quadrilateral Cowboy.

Like the title suggests, this week we discuss our time with the Battlefield 1 beta and the odd Playstation Pro announcement.

For this week we cover the newest entry in the Deus Ex franchise in Mankind Divided.  During "What We Played" Corey talks about Obduction.

Our annual Fall games preview this week in which we cover Battlefield 1, Call of Duty Infinite Warfare, Civ 6, and a few other releases for the year.  In "What We Played" we give brief first impressions of Deus Ex Mankind Divided and talk some more about Enderal.

After several long years of waiting, No Man's Sky is finally here....listen and find out what we thought.  Corey talks about Skyrim mod Enderal and Pokemon Uranium during what we played.

Corey is back this week luckily, as his experience with Hearthstone is invaluable in evaluating Elder Scrolls Legends...the beta for the upcoming CCG from Bethesda.  During "What We Played" Eric briefly talks about No Man's Sky, without spoiling anything for those of us waiting to play it on PC.  Full episode on it next week!

The full release of Starbound is upon us....after nearly three years in early access.  You get the benefit hearing from some of us that played it in early access, and Eric who played it for the first time this week.  During "What We Played" Eric talks about Abzu, and the Athletes cover the latest Pokemon GO update.

This week we cover the classically styled JRPG I am Setsuna, with it's Chrono Trigger like combat system and somber feel.  During what we played, Will talks a little about We Happy Few, Eric got a 2DS and we all talk about Pokemon GO.

We did some spoiler-free coverage of INSIDE last week, but it's an extremely difficult game to cover without talking about anything that happened in it.  This week we discuss the most common question hanging in people's minds after playing.....What's it all mean?   During What We Played we briefly cover the first couple hours of I am Setsuna and obviously talk some more about Pokemon Go.

Initially we had planned on devoting a full episode to Inside this week and covering Pokemon Go next week, but Inside is hard game to cover and talk much about without spoiling things for the player.  We each were able to get in enough time with Pokemon Go over the past few days that we decided to cover it this week also.

Since we're just a hair over 2016's midpoint, we decided to take a look back on some of our favorite releases from the first half.

With the 2016 Steam Summer sale winding down over the next few days, we each give some of our recommended purchases.  After the outro, Dan and Corey do their final Game of Thrones recap and analysis for the sixth season covering The Winds of Winter.