TSGRR – Blades of Steel

T.J. Lauerman January 1, 2014 No Comments

In this inaugural episode of ThatSportsGamer’s Retro Roundtable we are going back to the great year of 1989, and lacing up our skates to hit the ice with Konami’s Blades of Steel.

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Rich Grisham’s writing can be found at GamesRadar, OXM and you can also hear his dulcet tones hosting Operation Sports’ Press Row Podcast.

Greg Sewart can be found co-hosting the Player One Podcast and making the great video series, Generation 16.

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TSG Show: Ep 081 – TSG Awards Part 2

T.J. Lauerman December 28, 2013 No Comments

This week on ThatSportsGamer Show: I hand over the reigns of the show, again, to none other than Rich Grisham as he and Scott join me to discuss the first half of the 2013 ThatSportsGamer Awards.

Awards given out in this episode:

Best Single Player Online Mode
Best Single Player Career Mode
Most Anticipated Game of 2014
Game of the Year

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Special thanks to Chris Beck for our outro music.

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TSG Show: Ep 080 – TSG Awards Part 1

T.J. Lauerman December 16, 2013 No Comments

This week on ThatSportsGamer Show: I hand over the reigns of the show to none other than Rich Grisham as he and Scott join me to discuss the first half of the 2013 ThatSportsGamer Awards.

Awards given out in this episode:

Best Song In A Sports Game
Most Interesting Game
Best Cover Athlete(s)
Best Card Collecting Mode
Best Franchise Mode
Biggest Disappointment
Game That Will Be Missed

We want to know your top 3 sports games from this year, so head over to this post and let us know in the comments.

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Special thanks to Chris Beck for our outro music.

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TSG Awards: Best Song

T.J. Lauerman December 15, 2013 No Comments

Honorable Mention:

Dropkick Murphys – “The Boys Are Back” featured in NHL 14

If ThatSportsGamer Awards existed in 2005 Dropkick Murphys would have won the award for Best Song In A Sports Game back then with “Tessie” off the MVP Baseball 2005 soundtrack.

Best Song In A Sports Video Game:

Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive” featured in NBA 2K14 and MLB 13: The Show

Billboard magazine named it “the rock hit of the summer” and Rolling Stone magazine named it “the biggest rock hit of the year”.

TSG Awards – Your Picks

T.J. Lauerman December 14, 2013 No Comments

It’s almost time to give away some ThatSportsGamer Awards. During the recording of the podcast I’d love to read some lists of your favorite sports games from this year.

If you could just reply to this post with your top 3 sports games of this year, I’d really appreciate it.

Preferably in this format:
3.
2.
1.

TSG Show: Ep 079 – Game of the Generation?

T.J. Lauerman December 11, 2013 No Comments

This week on ThatSportsGamer Show: Scott is back and we are joined by Jeff Solomon to discuss Jeff’s new Nintendo 3DS, the winner in the NASCAR ’14 cover vote, and how EA correctly picked Sporting KC to win the MLS Cup using FIFA 14. We also discuss PastaPadre’s sports game of the generation tournament which prompts me to force Jeff and Scott into picking their sports game of the generation.

Links to some of the posts we discussed:

Best Sports Game of the Generation Tournament via Pasta Padre

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Special thanks to Chris Beck for our outro music.

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TSG’s Retro Roundtable – Preview

T.J. Lauerman December 5, 2013 No Comments

As we enter the next generation of sports video games, we thought it was time to look back at some of the great sports games of generations past.

Hosts:

T.J. Lauerman – @ThatSportsGamer
Richard Grisham – @RichGrisham
Greg Sewart – @Sewart

Each episode we’ll look back at an individual sports game from the past. If you’d like to suggest a game for us, leave a comment below or send us an email.

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TSG Show: Ep 078 – Xbox One Impressions

T.J. Lauerman November 30, 2013 No Comments

This week on ThatSportsGamer Show: I am joined by the host of the Press Row Podcast, Rich Grisham, and Canada’s favorite son, and co-host of the Player One Podast, Greg Sewart. We attempt to talk about their time with the Xbox One but quickly get derailed by discussing sports movies that you should have watched. This is either the best, or worst, ThatSportsGamer Show we’ve ever done, so let us know which one you think it is in the comments below.

Rich Grisham can be found at hosting the Press Row Podcast and streaming live on Twitch.TV.

Greg Sewart is on the Player One Podcast and streaming live on Twitch.TV. Also, make sure you head over to YouTube to watch Greg’s look at the history of Sega’s Genesis console, Generation 16.

Also don’t forget to follow us on twitter @ThatSportsGamer @RichGrisham and @Sewart, while you’re at it, why not Like ThatSportsGamer on Facebook.

Special thanks to Chris Beck for our outro music.