Talkie Talk Ep. 1 – Are You Ready For Some Football (Movies)?

Talkie Talk
Talkie Talk
Talkie Talk Ep. 1 - Are You Ready For Some Football (Movies)?
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The second-slash-first episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk.

In this episode, we have TJ, Brent, and David discuss their Watchlist/Playlist, some quick Oscar Nomination reactions before going into Football movies to celebrate Super Bowl week with some football-related trivia quizzes and general pigskin cinema discussion.

We rate this podcast…. a TEN! A TEN! A TEN!

Talkie Talk Episode 1


Intro – Watchlist/Playlist:
TJ13th, Life Animated, Kubo and the Two Strings, Inferno, Angels & Demons, How I Met Your Mother, Playing: Hearthstone
Brent13th, Cloud Atlas, Dallas Buyers Club, Hidden Figures, Watchmen, Playing: Skyrim, 10-Yard Fight (check out Brent’s great article)
DavidLife Animated, Kubo and the Two Strings, Hell or High Water, Captain Fantastic, Playing: Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
Quick Hit: Oscar Nomination Reactions
Main Topic: Football Movies
Quizzes: Football Filmographies, Football Box-Office
General Discussion: Friday Night Lights (TV), The Replacements, Necessary Roughness, Little Giants, The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon (yes, really), Any Given Sunday, Rudy, Varsity Blues, Draft Day, Friday Night Lights (movie), Remember the Titans, Brian’s Song
Homework Follow-up: 99 Homes
New Homework Assignment: Tucker & Dale Vs Evil

(Slight warning: Some mild language)

8-Bit Halfwit: 10-Yard Fight

8-Bit Halfwit is a series where Brent Blackwell, a longtime but not particularly skillful gamer, revisits NES games in order of their release. To see more in this series, click here.

Photo: GameFAQs

Details

Release Date: October 18, 1985
Genre: American Football
GameFAQs rating: 2.39/5
GameFAQs difficulty level: Easy
GameFAQs length: 4.2 hours
Background: 10-Yard Fight, an opening day release for Nintendo in the US, had been around in arcade form for a couple of years. Wikipedia calls it “the first slightly realistic American football video game ever developed and released”.

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