ThatSportsGamer Show

With awards season here, I figured this would be a great time to bring back ThatSportsGamer Show so that we could get a little bit more in depth than a blog post for some of the rewards.

Also, doing some number crunching, and depending on how you count, this is either episode 95, 100, or like 107 of ThatSportsGamer Show. Since it’s a fresh start, let’s just call this our 100th episode!!! My funky math gets us here by having 94 episodes, and 5 “Hit & Run” episodes.

So, without further ado, my selection for Non-Sports Game of the Year for 2017 is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). PUBG is a battle royale game, where 100 players are dropped onto an island, and battle it out to be the last man, or woman, standing.

For this episode I decided to bring on a few folks that I play a lot of PUBG with, SnaggleJ, Hope, and JayOh. We talk about some of our experiences with the game, our tips for new players, and discuss why this game has struck a cord with us.

Special thanks to Chris Beck for our outro music.

This week on Bullpen Banter, I discuss the new Josh Donaldson card that entered the Ticket Counter, the new Hardware flashbacks available in Set 12 packs, the World Series Event and more, as well as getting by backside handed to me in the World Series Event.

SDS blog posts we discussed:

Keep on the conversation going on the Bullpen Banter Discord Server.

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Bullpen Banter is a weekly show hosted by myself (ThatSportsGamer), Chris (MillsGamingTV), and Kris (SnaggleJ) dedicated to MLB The Show 17. We’ll give you tips, strategies and team breakdowns, to help you be the best MLB player you can be. Watch the show live on Mondays at 9:30pm ET on http://www.Twitch.tv/ThatSportsGamer.

The new Bullpen Banter logo was created by BT Creative.

This week on Bullpen Banter, I’m flying solo to talk about the roster update, which saw Justin Verlander become a Diamond, the new set of Player of the Month cards, and the upcoming new Ranked Season, Warehouse.

Videos mentioned in this episode:

SDS blog posts we discussed:

Keep on the conversation going on the Bullpen Banter Discord Server.

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Bullpen Banter is a weekly show hosted by myself (ThatSportsGamer), Chris (MillsGamingTV), and Kris (SnaggleJ) dedicated to MLB The Show 17. We’ll give you tips, strategies and team breakdowns, to help you be the best MLB player you can be. Watch the show live on Mondays at 9:30pm ET on http://www.Twitch.tv/ThatSportsGamer.

The new Bullpen Banter logo was created by BT Creative.

This week on Bullpen Banter, the gang’s all here as we discuss the release of the second set of Future Stars, featuring players like Ian Happ, Jose Berrios and Chance Sisco, the release of a new 99 Griffey for a flawless BR Run, and a slew of Postseason Events on the horizon.

SDS blog posts we discussed:

Keep on the conversation going on the Bullpen Banter Discord Server.

Follow our hosts on Twitter:

Bullpen Banter is a weekly show hosted by myself (ThatSportsGamer), Chris (MillsGamingTV), and Kris (SnaggleJ) dedicated to MLB The Show 17. We’ll give you tips, strategies and team breakdowns, to help you be the best MLB player you can be. Watch the show live on Mondays at 9:30pm ET on http://www.Twitch.tv/ThatSportsGamer.

The new Bullpen Banter logo was created by BT Creative.

If somehow you don’t already know, I do a live stream show, Bullpen Banter on Twitch.tv/ThatSportsGamer with MIllsGamingTV and SnaggleJ about one of our favorite games, MLB The Show. We’ve been doing it for over a year now, and people have been asking for an audio version of the show. So, this is our first experiment with how to do that.

For normal podcasts, we usually use Skype and the MP3 Skype Recorder, but the Bullpen Banter show is streamed live, and done using Discord for our audio. There is not currently an easy way to get the audio from those calls, though I do believe they are working on building something in. One option could have been to use the audio from the archives that are posted on YouTube.com/ThatSportsGamer, but those would have game sounds and Twitch notifications baked into it. I wanted something cleaner for you. So, for this test run we are using a Discord bot known called Craig Records and seeing if it will do the job.

This is just a test run, and since I don’t have a feed created for it yet, I figured I’d use the ThatSportsGamer Show feed since, it’s already setup, and, if you’re still subscribed to it, this will be a nice little surprise. In the future, assuming this all works out and we want to continue doing this, I’ll create a new feed for it, since I want to bring back ThatSportsGamer Show at some point.

Please, please, please give use feedback on the quality of this. You can always reach me on Twitter, @ThatSportsGamer, and in our Discord server for Bullpen Banter at ThatSportsGamer.com/BBDiscord.

The Press Row Podcast’s 2014 Rookie of the Year, Super Mega Baseball is getting a sequel, and I’m very excited. Metalhead Software is back with a follow up to one of my favorite games of 2014, and Super Mega Baseball 2 will be releasing in 2017.

ThatSportsGamer Show is available in all your favorite places for podcasts:

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In a recent episode of Bullpen Banter, my weekly show about MLB The Show 16, I talked about the five player types that you need on your bench to succeed. I thought it went pretty well, and figured it would be good to throw in this feed.

Bullpen Banter is a weekly show hosted by myself (ThatSportsGamer) and Chris (Millennium) dedicated to MLB The Show 16. We’ll give you tips, strategies and team breakdowns, to help you be the best MLB player you can be. Watch the show live on Mondays at 10pm ET on http://www.Twitch.tv/ThatSportsGamer

ThatSportsGamer Show is available in all your favorite places for podcasts:

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We continue the run up to #MaddenSeason by taking a look at the top rated players on the defensive side of the ball on this Hit & Run episode.

Do you agree with who they have rated top at their respective positions? Think the ratings should be different? Hit me up on Twitter, @ThatSportsGamer, and let’s talk about it.

Pre-order Madden NFL 17 from Amazon to help support ThatSportsGamer.

Also, I was a guest on this week’s Press Row Podcast, please head over to HitThePass.com and give that a listen. We talked about what changes/additions Sony San Diego should make to the next version of their MLB The Show franchise.

ThatSportsGamer Show is available in all your favorite places for podcasts:

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#MaddenSeason is quickly approaching and the news about Madden NFL 17 is starting to roll out. On this episode I go over the top QBs, HBs, WRs. TEs. and OLs.

Do you agree with who they have rated top at their respective positions? Think the ratings should be different? Hit me up on Twitter, @ThatSportsGamer, and let’s talk about it.

Pre-order Madden NFL 17 from Amazon to help support ThatSportsGamer.

ThatSportsGamer Show is available in all your favorite places for podcasts:

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For the first episode of ThatSportsGamer’s Hit & Run I wanted to talk about a game that has been dominating my cell phone screen, and no, I’m not talking about Pokemon Go. Noodlecake Games‘ Super Stickman Golf series has been a personal favorite of mine, and Super Stickman Golf 3 is another great entry into the series. Listen to the podcast to find out why.

Super Stickman Golf 3 is available on Android and iOS, free with IAP.

ThatSportsGamer Show is available in all your favorite places for podcasts:

PocketCasts | iTunes | Google Play | RSS