Thumbstick Athletes

The Super Bowl is this week, so we took it upone ourselves to talk about football videogames from the past as well the current state of the Madden games. 00:00:35 – Quick Hits & Our Weeks: 23:47 – Music Break: Sea and Field – “Le Phare” 25:17 – Main Segment: Football in Video Games! From 1979’s Football, to the current Madden monopoly, we break down the evolution of American football in video games then discuss what we’d like to see in future football video games. 1:27:30 – Music Break: Sea and Field – “Matelot” 1:29:00 – Feedback: Eric’s wife plays Skyrim… a lot! 1:35:05 Gamerscore and JRPG talk.  Average Gamerscore somewhere around 12,000? 1:38:59 Next generation games suggestions, and 2D games for girls. 1:43:30 News: Japan has copied its own formula for Pokémon.  Will brings to light the hypocrisy. 1:47:15 Opinion: Call of Duty is boring and needs to change. Eric discusses the IGN article that brings to light Call of Duty’s lack of innovation from title to title. 1:54:55 Corey discusses video game add