Thumbstick Athletes

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Latest Episodes

2021 Thumbies Awards Part 2
February 05, 2022

Part two of the gaming awards show you don't want to miss, with a few more of our ever popular awards like the "Steamy Turd" award, "Game We Wish We Played" and our yearly console wars award..."Most Valuable Console." Be sure to catch our next regular ep

2021 Thumbies Awards Part 1
January 27, 2022

It's well past time for our annual awards episode, being well into January....so here it is, Part 1 of the 2021 Thumbies awards.  We cover memorable categories such as "Best Rainy Day Game", "The One That Got Away" and the ever popular "Please Stop"

Episode 502: Welcome Back Will
December 04, 2021

This week we welcome Will back into regular hosting duties, for the first time since probably the Summer.  We take the opportunity to find out what he's been playing and his thoughts said games.  Some of the titles discussed were Halo: Infinite

Episode 501: Halo Infinite Multiplayer
November 21, 2021

It's been a hot minute since Dan or Corey have sunk any time into a Halo game, especially multiplayer...yet here we are.  The surprise release of the Halo Infinite Multiplayer has the TSA Pod taking up arms against their fellow gaming community and s

Episode 500: Top 10 5.0
November 17, 2021

We have everyone back on for the big 5-0-0!  In usual fashion we revisit our top 10 games lists, as well a re-live some of the many moments and conversations we've had on the show!

Episode 499: The Riftbreaker
November 01, 2021

Corey carries the episode this week, relating his experiences with the new and trending game The Riftbreaker...available now on Steam and PC Gamepass.  In nibblebits we cover some exciting PlayStation exclusives coming to PC and in "What We Played" s

Episode 498: Metroid Dread
October 16, 2021

So yeah, the Metroid series is one that we collectively as a podcast don't have a ton of experience with.  Will played the Metroid Prime games many years ago, but that pretty much sums up our experiences with it.  So it was a good opportunity to

Episode 497: New World
October 09, 2021

Our topic for this week is the first (successful) game from Amazon Game Studios New World...and is the $40, no subscription fee MMORPG set in a fantasy style Age of Exploration type world worth it?   For the other segments we discuss the Twitch hack

Episode 496: Eastward
October 02, 2021

Recording at their new Saturday morning podcast time, Dan and Corey relate their experiences with new indie action-RPG Eastward.....a spiritual successor of sorts to the fabled Earthbound.  Then during "What We Played" Dan gets a little further in de

Episode 495: We're Back Baby!
September 23, 2021

For realsies this time!  After a super busy summer, things are have slowed down a little for Dan and Corey and we can get into a normal recording schedule again...likely on the weekend mornings.  But for now we get ya'll up to date on what we pl