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The Olympic Games Olympiad - Part I

Ryan just tries to stay loose and have some fun with a bunch of old Olympics games.

Aug. 17 2012

Cast: Dave, Ryan, Brad, Alexis

Posted by: Drew

90 Comments

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Olympicssssssssssss

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Sweet!

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MOAR Olympics

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The speed with which these videos are going up is truly amazing.

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What kind of sorcery is this?

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Ryan looks so sad in this thumbnail

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ALREADY ?! Nice job :')

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@certmcgurt said:

Ryan looks so sad in this thumbnail

He did spend 4 hours falling events

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I hear part 1 is the best part.

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@cheddartyme: Valid... very valid.

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oh I'm glad this went up so fast

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GBR came second in the 100m to Will Smith from team USA?

edit: aw i said this before they noticed

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Olympian Brad is the best Brad.

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The Korean Archer, ranked #1 in the world, is legally blind. Shit's crazy, yo.

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@cheddartyme said:

@certmcgurt said:

Ryan looks so sad in this thumbnail

He did spend 4 hours falling events

SPOILER ALERT! Also, no gold for Team USA?

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This...now this is why I'm a premium member.....

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yay this went up so fast!

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They should have just played California Games. California Games >>>>>>> all

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Go for golllld!

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All I can hear during the first event they did in lillehammer is "wolf like me" 

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I haven't watch yet , but this is what I paid for . Im special I paid money !

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You'd think Alexis was an intern with the amount of light-hearted ridicule he often has to put up with.

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Obviously 3d was all the rage but god the Sydney game looks bad. The genesis games look so much better, should have stuck with 2d until they could make it look vaguely human.

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I played so much of the '92 game, Olympic Gold, for the Master System. For shame.

Interestingly, the Genesis/Megadrive version doesn't look very much better. Same graphics, just higher detail and res.

Also. International Track and Field '96 for PS1 was a lot better than the official game, had great graphics for its time.

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I had the 94 winter Olympics game, my god the nostalgia.

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The top of the screen is still wavering back and forth, guys. I don't know if you've noticed. But it is.

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I haven't watched this yet but I predict a lot of button mashing.

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Women's curling IS pretty great.

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Am I the only one hearing some seriously bad blown-out audio, even when turned too low to really hear? It's only on Ryan's voice.

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Amazing stream. This is why Giant Bomb is one of the greatest sites on the net.

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apparently I'm in the minority but I prefer winter Olympics

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I don't know how Ryan got into the Olympics. His performance seems to be lacking

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Man, Brad is really bad at video games AND using google.

I went to Gamefaqs.com and searched for "Olympic Gold" and found it right away with instructions for each mini game. Took maybe 30 seconds.

Also, during Ryan's failed attempt at pole vaulting, he wouldn't push any buttons and then be confused when he didn't actually vault. Well, what did you expect? You didn't press a button. You wouldn't expect Mario to jump over a hole if you didn't press a button.

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What does it mean when Jeff playing Solitaire by himself is more entertaining than this subscriber content?

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I have the full coverage of the '88 Olympics on VHS. Just dusty but in good shape.

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Is that "You Will Be Mine" by Guns n'Roses playing in Barcelona?

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I don't give a dong about the olympics, but I love Ryan's love for them. Maybe the winter games could be held inside Trackmania?

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It's things like this that keep my faith in GB going.

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Why does the GB Video player still always load after 5 or 10 seconds it's starting to get really annoying. I have to download the video and play it in VLC. They should just use Youtube as their official Video player, hardly anyone gets problems with loading on Youtube.

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@YOUNGLINK said:

I have the full coverage of the '88 Olympics on VHS. Just dusty but in good shape.

Those tapes are older than I am.
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In the 2008 Beijing Olympics someone threw(hammer throw) into the cage during the finals.

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@csl316 said:

It's things like this that keep my faith in GB going.

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Yup, amazing. Why I love this site.

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SICKLYMPICS PART THE FIRST!

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@JacDG said:

@YOUNGLINK said:

I have the full coverage of the '88 Olympics on VHS. Just dusty but in good shape.

Those tapes are older than I am.

Those tapes are almost as old as I am. (born July of '88)

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@Vigorousjammer said:

@JacDG said:

@YOUNGLINK said:

I have the full coverage of the '88 Olympics on VHS. Just dusty but in good shape.

Those tapes are older than I am.

Those tapes are almost as old as I am. (born July of '88)

uuuuuuugggghhh...you damn kids. *cane-shake*

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@WilyBoy said:

What does it mean when Jeff playing Solitaire by himself is more entertaining than this subscriber content?

It means that, like me, you're not interested in the Olympics. I liked some of the banter here a lot (the shaving conversation) but I'm just not interested in the Olympics or games based on the Olympics. SPORTS. Means nothing about subscriber content.

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Ryan should have been in matching wrist bands and headband.

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Fun stuff!

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It's like I'm watching the real olympics all over again!

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Is Brad's stubble going gray?