Sweet 16 & Video Games At The Olympics | The Video Game Pals Episode 16

-What We're Playing This Week -PSA: Dear Matt Murphy, Hellblade is apparently good -Buy or Sell: What’s Good Games: Choose one franchise to revive in exchange for another that you love. DA NEWS: 1. Paris is currently considering including eSports in the 2024 Olympics: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/08/08/paris-mulling-inclusion-of-esports-in-2024-olympic-program/ 2. EA is fighting to make NBA Live Relevant Again: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-has-a-clever-way-of-helping-nba-live-18-compete/1100-6452440/ https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/3/16088412/wnba-nba-live-18-teams-rosters 3. Shadow of War made some headlines this week because of its new approach to microtransactions: https://community.wbgames.com/t5/Official-Announcements/Introducing-the-Market/m-p/1611183 4. Valve has announced their next video game, and their fans are NOT happy: http://screenrant.com/valve-dota-2-artifact-announcement-response/ 5. Moving on to some brighter news, Netflix’s Castlevania series has (almost) broken a small record at Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.cbr.com/castlevania-rotten-tomatoes/ Meat and potatoes: since this is our sweet 16 episode, I wanted to ask you, who are some of your favorite teenagers in gaming? What makes that time period such an attractive setting for video games? Gaijin Goomba’s Japanese High School Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PC4dGbizOM Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire