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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

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Low-key, this is the best series ever done on this site.

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The only olympics I care of these days

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2020 here to experience the Olympics.

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WOW! Would have never found this series without QL Crew. Perfect chill stream

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Thank you GBTV for reminding me about this great series

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Gosh this is still great

And I still wish these games were a thing each olympics

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weird how this was almost exactly four years ago

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@certmcgurt: Maybe if he wants to produce content he should actually pretend like he doesn't want to kill himself? I dunno, I just agree that he looks sad...and that makes me sad. That's not what I come here for :(

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ryan just can't admit he's bad at video games can he

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Vinny, you inspire me, particularly with the intro to this video.

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Only OFFICIALLY licensed games?!?! No Caveman Olympics or NuMan Athletes?!? Good DAY, sir!

Nah, not really, I'm having a blast.

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Videos like this are why I subscribe to this site, and will forever as long as they keep doing insane but fun stuff like this.

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The Man with no Kettle is the greatest name ever for anything

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GoooooooOOOOoooo Dave Stead!

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Oh fuck me, the explosion at 2:00:30 made me legit jump. Way to choose the time when I'm lulled into a false sense of security Vinny.

My button mashing technique over the years has involved to me now using my two index and two middle fingers on all four of the face buttons. You have to hold the controller a bit weird, but it works amazingly well.

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Haha, Ryan's befuddlement with the Barcelona archery was funny.

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@RuthLoose: 1986, represent!

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Fantastic, beautiful! More, more!

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Thought of the day:

There's more polygons in Snake's moustache in Metal Gear Solid 4 than the entirety of the Atlanta Olympics game.

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At about 2:00:00, Vinny scared the crap out of me! You're so focused and then oh gawd!

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Oh yeah, best performing Caribbean country in 1988's bobsleigh? Netherlands Antilles. But did anyone ever make a movie about them? Nope.

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Even as an American, the US flag for English drives me crazy

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You should've went to your friends at gamefaqs.com, another fine CBS Interactive website.

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You can't win gold without breaking a few controllers!

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Button mashing- gotta go with the two-thumb approach!

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sweatbands!

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You know, this made me think. I would buy an Olympic history game. Like the Olympic version of "Madden Moments" from the madden series.

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The Tek arrows at the end of the archery segment had me dying laughing, oh my god Vinny.

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@Silverbrand said:

@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*

I am just barely older than the concept of Discovery Channel's Shark Week. Yeah... (25 going on 26 in September).

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Why are there no character pages for Dave Stead etc? That stuff is interesting.

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The first time the arrows exploded in the archery made me jump.

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wut.. last olympic games... Brad's leaving?

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@Curufinwe: I have something similar, but for different reasons: I've had patchy white(not grey) facial hair (which I never let grow in the first place) since I first started having facial hair. In fact, my hair pigmentation is apparently slightly damaged, and my hair has started turning white(instead of grey). I had 1-2 white hairs a few years back, I now have about 20. Supposedly I'll have white hair before the end of next year or within the next 2 years, so I'll barely be 29 at that point.

All of it is caused by an accident I was in when I was like 11 with an extreme source of electricity.

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Famous Japanese Athlete, Daniel Curly! at 50:20

Fucking lost it, that is ridiculous.

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Someone needs to make a gif of Brad's heartfelt fist pump at the start of the video.

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Damnit Brad, just go straight to Gamefaqs and search for Olympic Gold there. Took me like 2 seconds.

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Did this get better towards the end? I weirdly found it dull at the beginning. Watched all the way to the PS1 game.

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@planetary said:

Is Brad's stubble going gray?

That can happen when you get into your early/mid 30s. :(

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The era before on-screen button prompts and/or tutorials; I don't think I could ever properly go back to those days. The things we take for granted.

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Is Brad's stubble going gray?

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

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Fun stuff!

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Ryan should have been in matching wrist bands and headband.

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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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@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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@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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SICKLYMPICS PART THE FIRST!

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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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In the 2008 Beijing Olympics someone threw(hammer throw) into the cage during the finals.