The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports: Crash Course Games #17

Today, John Green is going to be your substitute teacher as we dive into the world of sports! Now “sports” is a pretty broad genre of game, we probably couldn’t even cover them in an entire series, but today we’re going to do our best to look at the origins of sports as they trace their histories back the Olympics (and even a little earlier), and look at how the rise of national pride and gaming communities has led us to the cultural behemoth of the FIFA World Cup. It’s a lot to cover, but we’re do our best to answer the big question for you non-sports-loving-gamers out there along the way: why do we love sports anyway?

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[asherfitzgerald]

Of course when John gets hold of an episode it becomes a history lesson :D XD
Love it!

[cavalcadeofbobs]

YAY! John Green! I have misssed him since world history!

[simplyoiseau]

"Players almost never bite eachother." John Green quoting Luis Suarez lol

[jonasmuller]

OMG! It is so much fun to watch John Green explain aspects of society, like he did and used to on CC literature and American/World History!
I would be thrilled if we see more of that kinda stuff :)

[luisguillermojg]

I actually met Andre during Comic-Con. He's very sweet in person, and I was surprised by how tall he is.

[Zeldaschampion]

Since John plays so many Soccer video games, he was probably the better pick anyways.

[unknownentity]

This was a nice change in pace for this series. I love John and I certainly love me some Vidya Gaems!

[yochlel]

8:07
Ah yes, Kickabout, the prog rock song and ending theme to Harper's Bazaar Adventure, i love that song.

[schmittelt]

Is there a Crash Course: Ancient Mythology in the works? I'd love that!

[Araanor]

I've never liked football but I still enjoy watching it with close friends from time to time. It's fun to get passionate about something together even if you don't really care who wins or loses. You feel a special connection with your friend

[jigglycarollo]

This is an important episode. Glad I finally got around to it like a year after it was uploaded.

[StephenStaver]

Of course, John is the one to talk about Sports games. XD

[TheCheesyNachos]

6:42 "players almost never bite each other"

Looking at you, Suarez.

[aziz]

9:08 "Loving Liverpool is literally bad for my health" lmao

[KimShailee]

Is youtubing a sport? I'd like it to be a sport... Why isn't it a sport?!

[jaxxon]

Inb4 this video gets taken down for saying the words "Olympics"

[july_fish]

This video made me realized that Andre is equal to crash course games in my brain

[isaacliu]

Soccer is coming for you, America. You can't resist the rest of the world forever...

[snowman]

serena williams won 4 premier league trophies???

[saunders]

You guys need to make a series on sports. So much material there