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Clint Oldenburg from EA sports joins us inside Ahman Green's Gamers Lounge. Clint is one of the team members at EA who creates "Madden". Clint is also a former NFL player and tells us what game first got him hooked! He fills us in how he landed a job at EA Sports and what is favorite part about working there is. Clint's got an awesome story of first meeting John Madden as well. And we put Clint on the spot about how the player ratings are exactly determined. Clint also gives us what we can expect with the newest version of Madden. Plus we've got This or That, What's on Stream, and Game Releases.
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Jon is back and joins Ahman and Ben as we welcome Lord Kev inside Ahman Green's Gamers Lounge. Kev is a rapper and Madden Pro, who is actually the 46th ranked Madden player in the world! He tells us how he got into the music industry and who is inspirations are in the industry Today. Kev also describes how he got hooked on gaming and what led him to becoming such a great Madden player. Plus we discuss China instituting strict rules for gamers under the age of 18, Nintendo America cracking down on an event in Ohio where people were traveling to play Super Smash Brothers, plus Ahman's got the latest on everything that was dropped at Gamescon. We've got This or That, Game Releases, and What's on Stream as well!
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Ben is back from vacation this week to rejoin Ahman and we couldn't be more excited to welcome content creator TygarLily inside Ahman Green's Gamers Lounge! Tygar tells us her origin story on how she got involved in gaming and what it was like growing up in a world that wasn't as accepting of gaming as our current world is. She details struggles with trying to find gaming options in both high school and college. Tygar is also really into Cosplay which her and Ahman geek out about together!! She also describes how she first got into shoutcasting and how that first experience was a truly "fake it until you make it" experience, but thankfully her "Lost Tribe" followers were there to help! TygarLily also is an eSports news correspondent for Double Tap so we discuss Gamescom which starts TODAY!! Plus we've got the usual suspects: who or what are making news in the gaming world, this or that, game releases, and what's on stream.
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This week Andrew Vollbrecht owner of Gaming Generations jumps inside the Gamers Lounge. Andrew was an employee of Game Stop and didn't like the direction the company was going so he decides to open his own place. He's got a unique take on Game Stop including his experiences there and what's the best part of owning your own gaming store. We talk Ariana Grande Fortnite concert and Andrew dishes on if we will ever see a 007 Golden Eye reboot after Golden Eye reloaded came out on Xbox 360 a few years back. Andrew also gives us tech tips which are useful to any gamer! Plus he shares what's the craziest thing someone asked him to fix at Gaming Generations. It's a crazy story that happened with an Xbox but it wasn't a red ring of death! And we've all your favorite as well This or That, Game Releases, and What's on Stream.
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It's just Ahman and Ben this week and there's a lot going on in the gaming world! We breakdown the latest with the Activision Blizzard lawsuit and things just keep getting worse. Ahman took part in the Halo Infinite Beta release over the weekend so he gives us what we have to look forward to! And after you hear about the Chinese government cracking down on gaming companies and how they view video games as a whole you will be reminded how good we have it here in America. Plus we've got This or That, Game Releases, and What's on Stream.
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Ahman is on the road this week visiting family and friends back in Omaha Nebraska but he still manages to squeeze us in!! This week we dive into the world's most storied fighting game championship making it's return however not in person, the sexual harassment allegations that are coming out of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit that has been filed, and will eSports ever be in the Olympics? We also have This or That, Game Releases, and What's on Stream.
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It's just Ahman and Ben holding down the gamers lounge this week as Jon is on vacation but we're joined by one of Ahman's athletes from his Lakeland University eSports team. Courtney (SashaFierce93) tells us her journey and how she become a collegiate eSports athlete. Her high school didn't offer any eSports teams or clubs and her entire community looked down on those who played video games. Courtney's journey to becoming team captain of Lakeland's Rainbow Siege 6 team is one of perseverance and never giving up on her dream of what she loves.....Gaming! She also has advice and wisdom to share for anyone out there that wants to be apart of an eSports team in college and trying to make a career in the gaming world. We also talk the Apex Legends season 10 launch and Netflix will soon be offering video games much like they do TV Shows and movies. Plus we've got the usual suspects as well: This or That, Game Releases, and What's on Stream.
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