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The Olympic Games Olympiad - Part II

We take the games across the pacific to Nagano, the land of curling, coin tossing, and creepy mascots.

Aug. 17 2012

Cast: Dave, Ryan, Brad

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Nagano Winter Olympics '98

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Loved it!

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@Xymox said:

My completionist OCD is now ON thanks to you skipping alpine skiing. Why skip 1 event that take's like 30 seconds long, 2 hours into the show, and having done all the other events so far? I mean, it's not like you're gonna make another one of these, so why not suck it up?

lel ur funny

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Bored Vinny is best Vinny.

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@Sweetz said:

Man Nagano looks unapproachably difficult, especially for something released in '98. Who did they think that were making that game for? What super hardcore gamer is buying Olympics games? I'd think you'd want to make these games as approachable as possible.

In any case, this feature is great. It's very cool to see the evolution of gaming through such a specific lens. Brilliant idea on Ryan's part. Can't wait till next week when the start getting into the PS2 era games.

I played the shit out of Nagano on my N64 when it came out. I was 10.

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I love this Premium Feature and heartily endorse it.

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Looking forward to the next one!

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i played the shit out of nagano when it was released on the n64.

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@HoboZero: God, same here man. I'm not even into curling, but I watched enough in Vancouver to basically know how it's played, so yeah that section had me silently screaming at Ryan the whole time.

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Damn, the PS1 version of Nagano is garbage. The stream was robbed of "SECOND ATTEMPT GO TO THE START"

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Thus, and the naming of the Olympic videos posted today, are confusing. Explain!

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Calibration for an analog stick? Holy Christ, that's weird.

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Boy am I glad I watched it to the very, very end.