Sports Games: Oversaturated, Yet Underappreciated - Episode #24

Sports games have a long history of being both massively purchased 0 and also massively maligned by gamers everywhere. The key franchises release year after year while more boutique titles steal our hearts while commercially failing. Cal loves em' though, so we're gonna talk about 'em. What's fun? Can you collect them? That & more!

0:00 - Intro

0:30 - Main Topic

1:45 - Why do Sports Games have a Bad Rap?

8:25 - Do We Play Sports Games?

16:30 - What Happened to Arcade Titles?

23:38 - Collecting Sports Games

28:50 - The Fantasy Mode

35:55 - Playing Older Sports Games

43:23 - Recent Pickups

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