Thumbstick Athletes

With a short week between recordings we decided to list our top 5 favorite videogame characters. 00:01:30 – News Quick Hits: We touch on the best-selling console worldwide in 2011, who Skyrim predicts to win the Super Bowl, the Game of Thrones RPG release date, how many hours of content are in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and Zynga’s success thanks in part to Facebook. 00:07:05 – How Our Weeks Were: 00:13:20 – Music Break: “Short Blues” by Redmagik 00:14:50 – Main Segment: Our Top 5 Video Game Characters: We count down our top five favorite video game characters of all time. From Pikachu to Solid Snake, and Garrus to Yoshi, with plenty of Final Fantasy love in between, we break down some of the best characterizations in video games. 01:03:10 – Music Break: “Garou-Blues” by JML 01:04:40 – Feedback A shortened week equals shortened feedback! We discuss a listener’s favorite classic football video games, QB Club ‘98 and NFL 2k5. 01:06:00 – News Dan talks about potential games in the Mass Effect universe. A Mas